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Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Midlothian North and Musselburgh
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Colin Beattie
Council area Midlothian
East Lothian
Created from East Lothian,
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh,
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale,
Midlothian

Midlothian North and Musselburgh 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.

Before the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Midlothian was abolished, with the creation of two new constituencies called Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Linlithgow.


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