Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 11,209 | 37.4 | +14.2 | |
| Labour | Norman Murray | 9,827 | 32.8 | -12.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cole-Hamilton | 5,473 | 18.3 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | Christine Wright | 3,458 | 11.5 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 1,382 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,967 | 52.9 | +4.3 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +13.3 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Susan Deacon | 12,655 | 43.57 | −2.62 | |
| SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 6,497 | 22.37 | −5.67 | |
| Conservative | John Smart | 3,863 | 13.30 | +0.86 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Peacock | 3,582 | 12.33 | +1.85 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Derek Durkin | 2,447 | 8.43 | +6.55 | |
| Majority | 6,158 | 21.20 | +3.05 | ||
| Turnout | 29,044 | 50.33 | −11.44 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Susan Deacon | 17,086 | 46.19 | N/A | |
| SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 10,370 | 28.04 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jeremey Balfour | 4,600 | 12.44 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas | 4,100 | 11.08 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Derrick White | 697 | 1.88 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,714 | 18.15 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain | |||||
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