Edinburgh North and Leith

Current MP

Tracy Gilbert

Labour

Efficiency 4.4/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Edinburgh North and Leith

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,023 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,436 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,455 local · 550,136 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza1,077 local · 198,966 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders775 local · 188,125 total
• Call an immediate general election727 local · 1,059,229 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.681 local · 128,749 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders665 local · 244,450 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations662 local · 144,783 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants640 local · 720,772 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold531 local · 189,887 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.500 local · 115,560 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable485 local · 109,063 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible471 local · 136,650 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy434 local · 118,874 total
• Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza423 local · 67,305 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local · 239,407 total
• Decriminalise Abortion386 local · 103,653 total
• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services372 local · 83,222 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 343 local · 281,794 total

About Edinburgh North and Leith

Edinburgh North and Leith is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Scotland and has a registered electorate of 78,411 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.