Current MP
Current representation
Kirsty McNeill
Labour
Female
Previous MP: Owen Thompson (SNP) - defeated 2024
Constituency view
Midlothian
Scotland
Lab gain from SNP
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Labour21,480 - 48.6%
SNP13,313 - 30.1%
Reform3,276 - 7.4%
Conservative3,248 - 7.4%
Lib Dem2,589 - 5.9%
Other259 - 0.6%
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 95.5%White British 82.4%Asian 2.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.6%
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
Midlothian (2021)
UK 92.3%Other EU 3.9%Other countries 3.8%
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.
Nearby seats
Constituencies around Midlothian
Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Lothian East
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Edinburgh South West
- Edinburgh South
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.