Edinburgh North and Leith

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Edinburgh North and Leith is a UK parliamentary constituency covering northern parts of Edinburgh, including the historic port district of Leith and surrounding urban areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
administrativeCity Edinburgh
surface form: City of Edinburgh
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Scotland
contains Bonnington, Edinburgh
Broughton, Edinburgh
Canonmills, Edinburgh
Craigentinny, Edinburgh
Gorgie, Edinburgh
surface form: Granton, Edinburgh

Inverleith, Edinburgh
Leith
New Town
surface form: New Town, Edinburgh

Newhaven, near Edinburgh
surface form: Newhaven, Edinburgh

Pilton, Edinburgh
Port of Leith
Restalrig, Edinburgh
Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Trinity, Edinburgh
parts of Edinburgh city centre
country United Kingdom
created 1997
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateType adult residents registered to vote
elects one Member of Parliament
governmentalJurisdiction British Parliament
surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
hasCharacteristic covers northern parts of the City of Edinburgh
includes historic port district of Leith
includes regenerated waterfront developments in Leith and Granton
includes waterfront and docklands areas
largely urban constituency
mixed residential and commercial areas
hasLanguage English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
isUrban true
legislativeAssembly House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
locatedIn Edinburgh
Scotland
mapEntity Scotland
parliamentaryBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
previousType borough constituency
region Scotland
replaced Edinburgh Central
Leith
surface form: Edinburgh Leith

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Ernest Brown representedInParliament Edinburgh North and Leith
this entity surface form: Leith (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverleith, Edinburgh politicalConstituency Edinburgh North and Leith
this entity surface form: Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverleith, Edinburgh politicalConstituency Edinburgh North and Leith
this entity surface form: Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh South borderedBy Edinburgh North and Leith