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Midlothian
Every general election in Midlothian since 1955. Latest: Kirsty McNeill, Labour, majority 8,167.
2024 general election
Lab gain from SNP Turnout 60.0% of 73,554 electors. Full result →
East Renfrewshire: Lab Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Lab Midlothian: Lab North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab Orkney and Shetland: LD Aberdeen North: SNP Aberdeen South: SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: SNP Airdrie and Shotts: Lab Alloa and Grangemouth: Lab Angus and Perthshire Glens: SNP Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber: SNP Bathgate and Linlithgow: Lab Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD Coatbridge and Bellshill: Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Lab Dumfries and Galloway: Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con Dundee Central: SNP Dunfermline and Dollar: Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven: Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: Lab Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab Edinburgh South: Lab Edinburgh South West: Lab Edinburgh West: LD Falkirk: Lab Glasgow East: Lab Glasgow North: Lab Glasgow North East: Lab Glasgow South: Lab Glasgow South West: Lab Glasgow West: Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife: Lab Gordon and Buchan: Con Hamilton and Clyde Valley: Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West: Lab Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: LD Livingston: Lab Lothian East: Lab Mid Dunbartonshire: LD Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey: SNP Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke: Lab North East Fife: LD Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab Perth and Kinross-shire: SNP Rutherglen: Lab Stirling and Strathallan: Lab West Dunbartonshire: Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: Con Central Ayrshire: Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: Con Outlined: Midlothian. Neighbouring seats coloured by their 2024 winner. Winning party, 19 general elections
MPs since 2010
Notional 2019 result on today’s boundaries: Scottish National Party, majority 11.8%.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1955 1964 1970 O1974 1983 1992 2001 2010 2017 2024 Labour, 1955: 60.2% Labour, 1959: 60.2% Labour, 1964: 61.3% Labour, 1966: 56.6% Labour, 1970: 53.0% Labour, February 1974: 44.7% Labour, October 1974: 41.5% Labour, 1979: 47.8% Labour, 1983: 42.7% Labour, 1987: 48.3% Labour, 1992: 43.9% Labour, 1997: 53.5% Labour, 2001: 52.7% Labour, 2005: 45.5% Labour, 2010: 47.0% Labour, 2015: 30.2% Labour, 2017: 36.4% Labour, 2019: 29.7% Labour, 2024: 48.6% Conservative, 1955: 39.8% Conservative, 1959: 39.8% Conservative, 1964: 38.7% Conservative, 1966: 27.1% Conservative, 1970: 31.5% Conservative, February 1974: 28.4% Conservative, October 1974: 16.0% Conservative, 1979: 26.4% Conservative, 1983: 21.9% Conservative, 1987: 18.2% Conservative, 1992: 20.1% Conservative, 1997: 10.9% Conservative, 2001: 9.6% Conservative, 2005: 9.4% Conservative, 2010: 11.9% Conservative, 2015: 11.9% Conservative, 2017: 25.5% Conservative, 2019: 21.7% Conservative, 2024: 7.4% Scottish National Party, 1966: 16.4% Scottish National Party, 1970: 15.6% Scottish National Party, February 1974: 27.0% Scottish National Party, October 1974: 35.6% Scottish National Party, 1979: 16.8% Scottish National Party, 1983: 6.2% Scottish National Party, 1987: 10.6% Scottish National Party, 1992: 21.9% Scottish National Party, 1997: 25.5% Scottish National Party, 2001: 21.3% Scottish National Party, 2005: 17.0% Scottish National Party, 2010: 20.6% Scottish National Party, 2015: 50.6% Scottish National Party, 2017: 34.4% Scottish National Party, 2019: 41.5% Scottish National Party, 2024: 30.1% Liberal Democrats, 1992: 13.1% Liberal Democrats, 1997: 9.2% Liberal Democrats, 2001: 12.8% Liberal Democrats, 2005: 26.2% Liberal Democrats, 2010: 17.1% Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.3% Liberal Democrats, 2017: 3.8% Liberal Democrats, 2019: 7.0% Liberal Democrats, 2024: 5.9% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 29.2% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 22.0% Vote share in Midlothian at each general election Boundary changes in 2024 Where the voters of today’s Midlothian lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Election Winner Runner-up Majority % Turnout Result
2024 Kirsty McNeill SNP 8,167 18.5 60.0% Lab gain from SNP 2019 Owen Thompson Lab 5,705 11.8 68.4% SNP gain from Lab 2017 Danielle Rowley SNP 885 2.0 66.3% Lab gain from SNP 2015 Owen Thompson Lab 9,859 20.4 71.2% SNP gain from Lab 2010 David Hamilton SNP 10,349 26.4 63.9% Lab hold 2005 LD 7,265 19.3 62.2% 2001 SNP 9,014 31.4 59.1% Lab hold 1997 SNP 9,870 28.0 74.1% 1992 SNP 10,334 22.0 77.9% Lab hold 1987 Alliance 12,253 26.2 77.2% Lab hold 1983 Alliance 6,156 13.6 74.2% 1979 Con 16,936 21.5 77.8% Lab hold October 1974 SNP 4,084 5.9 77.4% Lab hold February 1974 Con 11,742 16.3 81.6% 1970 Con 12,474 21.4 75.6% Lab hold 1966 Con 14,416 29.6 77.5% Lab hold 1964 Con 10,959 22.5 78.9% Lab hold 1959 Con 9,660 20.4 81.3% Lab hold 1955 Con 8,786 20.3 78.1%
Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.
Questions and answers Who is the MP for Midlothian? Kirsty McNeill (Labour) won Midlothian at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,167.
Which parties have won Midlothian? At the 19 general elections held under this name since 1955: Labour 17, Scottish National Party 2.
Which region is Midlothian in? Midlothian is in Scotland.
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