Edinburgh North and Leith covers much of northern central Edinburgh and the historic port district of Leith. It includes dense residential neighbourhoods, commercial areas and waterfront redevelopment stretching from the city centre north toward the Firth of Forth. Leith provides one of the constituency’s most distinctive local centres, with its historic docks, tenements and modern waterfront developments. Areas closer to central Edinburgh have a more traditional inner-city form, while the northern edge contains larger open spaces and former industrial land. Major tram, bus and road routes connect the area across the city. The seat is therefore strongly urban and combines central-city neighbourhoods with a major port and waterfront district.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Edinburgh North and Leith, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population110,177
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationScotland
Age profile
0 to 1714.7% · 16,241 people
18 to 249.6% · 10,558 people
25 to 3423.3% · 25,723 people
35 to 4922.9% · 25,238 people
50 to 6416.4% · 18,124 people
65 and over13.0% · 14,293 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
56,680 householdsCensus 2022
Home owners51.1% · 28,978 households
Private renters29.3% · 16,596 households
Social renters18.0% · 10,204 households
Other tenure1.6% · 902 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
56,683 householdsCensus 2022
One-person households43.9% · 24,878 households
Families with dependent children17.5% · 9,902 households
Other single-family households30.8% · 17,457 households
Other household types7.8% · 4,446 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
110,078 people in the source baseCensus 2022Source comparison: Scotland
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.3% · 8,039 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.7% · 12,889 people
Non-disabled81.0% · 89,150 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency633
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded288
Total awarded£31,415,380
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 29 June 2026
Auld Reekie Roller Derby 2026-27 Season
Auld Reekie Roller Derby Limited
£10,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Auld Reekie Roller Derby Limited - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
National Lottery grantAwarded 26 June 2026
Corvidaeum Creative Community Coworking
Corvidaeum Creative Limited
£10,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Corvidaeum Creative Limited - Community - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
National Lottery grantAwarded 26 June 2026
Community Workshops
Super Power Agency
£13,300
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Super Power Agency - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
National Lottery grantAwarded 26 June 2026
Smart Works Scotland: Outreach
Smart Works Scotland
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Smart Works Scotland - Other - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Inclusive Heritages
Grant to Individual
£4,795
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
This project investigates considerate and holistic inclusive solutions to the barriers that queer, disabled and femme-presenting people face in accessing the built environment. The work explores best practice examples through photography, and design solutions and inspirations via drawing, illustration and modelling. The intention is for the summative exhibition to be as accessible as possible in and of itself, demonstrating what is possible if care and lived experience are interspersed throughout art and architecture processes.
283 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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