Current MP
Current representation
Chris Murray
Labour
Male
Previous MP: Tommy Sheppard (SNP) - defeated 2024
Constituency view
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Scotland
Lab gain from SNP
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Labour18,790 - 41.2%
SNP15,075 - 33.1%
Green4,669 - 10.2%
Conservative2,598 - 5.7%
Reform2,129 - 4.7%
Lib Dem1,949 - 4.3%
Other365 - 0.8%
Demographics
Demographics
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
Ethnic composition
2021
White 84.1%White British 57.0%Asian 9.1%Black, African or Caribbean 2.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.1%
England & Wales (2021)
White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%
2011 data not available for this constituency.
2001 data not available for this constituency.
1991 data not available for this constituency.
Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.
Country of birth
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (2021)
UK 74.2%Other EU 11.3%Other countries 14.5%
England & Wales (2021)
UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%
2011 data not available for this topic.
2001 data not available for this topic.
1991 data not available for this topic.