Tag: Edinburgh North & Leith
A view from Westminster – Deidre Brock MP
by Deidre Brock MPThe news cycle has been dominated by allegations of multiple parties held at Downing Street and Whitehall departments last year during lockdown, and the public mood has been one of anger,...
Comment – Time to move on from the Westminster museum
When I’m traipsing through the lobbies of Westminster I often think how much the mother of all parliaments could learn from its reconvened and revamped cousin up the road in Edinburgh. Not just the dangerously radical idea...
#GE2015 Edinburgh’s Westminster constituencies
It can be a little confusing wondering which constituency you live in, especially in Edinburgh city centre where all the boundaries seem to meet.Here is the constituency map which we hope you will find helpful as...
Lazarowicz wants the government to think again about VAT on alterations
by Edinburgh North and Leith MP, Mark Lazarowicz
20% VAT plan for listed building alterations is bad news for Edinburgh and LeithThe UK government’s budget has come under a lot of criticism for a number...
Edinburgh MP wants rethink on retirement age
Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, has made a strong call for the UK Coalition Government to think again on its plan to sharply accelerate the rise in the state pension age...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011 Result – Edinburgh North & Leith
Malcolm Chisholm LABShirley-Anne Somerville SNPDan Farthing LIBDEMSheila Low CONS
Result:- Malcolm Chisholm wins with 12858 votes.Shirley Anne Somerville 12263Sheila Low 2928Dan Farthing 2836Turnout of 52.2%Malcolm Chisholm also held this seat in 2007 by a majority...
Edinburgh Reporter chats : Malcolm Chisholm MSP
Malcolm Chisholm, MSP for Edinburgh North and Leith, comes to meet The Reporter at reception in Holyrood. Doesn't he have people to do that? Well, no, since it is a Friday, but he confesses...
