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Lothian East

Mr Douglas Alexander
— Current MP
71,287
Electorate
1
Elections
63.8%
Avg turnout
0
Times changed

Election history

LAB Douglas Alexander Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 13,265 Turnout 63.8% Votes 48,102
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Douglas Alexander LAB
23,555 49.0% +18.5pp
Lyn Jardine SNP
10,290 21.4% -13.4pp
Scott Hamilton CON
5,535 11.5% -16.0pp
Robert Davies REF
3,039 6.3% —
Duncan Dunlop LD
2,649 5.5% -0.8pp
Shona McIntosh
2,477 5.2% —
George Kerevan ALB
557 1.2% —

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2021 Census

📊 Age

50 to 64
22.2%
65 and over
21.1% ▼0.1pp
0 to 17
20.9%
35 to 49
18.7%
25 to 34
10.6%
18 to 24
6.5% ▲0.6pp

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group — — 1.4% — — —
Asian or Asian British — — 1.1% — — —
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British — — 0.3% — — —
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups — — 1.0% — — —
White — — 97.2% — — —

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist — — 0.2% — — —
Christian — — 35.0% — — —
Hindu — — 0.2% — — —
Jewish — — 0.1% — — —
Muslim — — 0.7% — — —
Sikh — — 0.1% — — —
No religion — — 57.7% — — —
Other religion — — 0.8% — — —
Not answered — — 5.7% — — —

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Level 4 qualifications or above — — 34.8% — — —
No qualifications — — 14.6% — — —

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers — — 67.9% — — —
Private renters — — 7.8% — — —
Social renters — — 22.7% — — —

Previous MPs

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No historic membership records available.