Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Edinburgh Northern and Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 12,858 | 41.6 | +6.5 | |
| SNP | Shirley-Anne Somerville | 12,263 | 39.7 | +11.8 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Low | 2,928 | 9.5 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Farthing | 2,836 | 9.2 | -17.7 | |
| Majority | 595 | 1.9 | -5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30,885 | 52.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 11,020 | 34.8 | -3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Crockart | 8,576 | 27.1 | +10.4 | |
| SNP | Davie Hutchison | 8,044 | 25.4 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | Iain Whyte | 4,045 | 12.8 | -4.0 | |
| Majority | 2,444 | 7.7 | |||
| Turnout | 31,685 | 52.8 | +4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 10,979 | 38.21 | −8.73 | |
| SNP | Anne Dana | 5,565 | 19.37 | −5.34 | |
| Conservative | Ian Mowat | 4,821 | 16.78 | + 3.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Tombs | 4,785 | 16.65 | + 5.65 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Bill Scott | 2,584 | 8.99 | +6.51 | |
| Majority | 5,414 | 18.84 | −2.27 | ||
| Turnout | 28,734 | 47.49 | −10.70 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 17,203 | 46.94 | N/A | |
| SNP | Anne Dana | 9,467 | 25.83 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jamie Sempill | 5,030 | 13.73 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Tombs | 4,039 | 11.02 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Ron Brown | 907 | 2.48 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,736 | 21.11 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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