Election 97

East Lothian

Current MP John Home Robertson
Conservative 97 8,660
Labour 97 22,881
LibDem 97 4,575
Nationalist 97 6,825
Other 97 0
Elected party
East Lothian

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency East Lothian
Conservative 92 14,024
Labour 92 21,123
LibDem 92 5,147
Nationalist 92 6,171
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

The Scottish constituency of East Lothian runs from former coal-mining and working class communities just to the east of Edinburgh, across increasingly rural countryside, to the resort town of Dunbar, taking in inland communities like Haddington on the A1, and the coastal town of North Berwick. Boundary changes on the edge of Edinburgh make the seat less safe for Labour, and, in a good year, the Conservatives will hope to win here. This seems unlikely in 1997.


Super Profiles

2,024 6.52 9.03 72
773 2.49 11.17 22
1,408 4.53 11.25 40
4,951 15.95 14.70 108
144 0.46 10.45 4
2,697 8.69 2.81 309
2,654 8.55 8.01 107
9,354 30.13 15.25 198
4,311 13.88 7.13 195
2,733 8.80 10.17 87