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Constituency view

Lothian East

Scotland

Lab gain from SNP
Current MP

Current representation

Douglas Alexander

Labour

Male

Majority13,265
Turnout63.7%
Electorate75,456
Valid votes48,102
2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour23,555 - 49.0%
SNP10,290 - 21.4%
Conservative5,535 - 11.5%
Reform3,039 - 6.3%
Lib Dem2,649 - 5.5%
Green2,477 - 5.1%
Other557 - 1.2%
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 97.2%White British 79.8%Asian 1.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.0%Other 0.4%
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

Lothian East (2021)
UK 93.3%Other EU 3.5%Other countries 3.2%
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.