Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Northern and Leith
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh Northern and Leith shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	SNP
MSP	Ben Macpherson
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Created from	Edinburgh North and Leith

Edinburgh Northern and Leith is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Prior to the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, most of the constituency was part of the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh