Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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| Scottish Parliament electoral region | |
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| The Lothians region shown within Scotland | |
| Created 1999 |
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| Current representation | |
| Labour Party | 6 MSPs |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 MSPs |
| Conservative Party | 2 MSPs |
| Scottish Green Party | 2 MSPs |
| Scottish National Party | 2 MSPs |
| Independent | 1 MSP |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1 MSP |
| Constituencies Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian |
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| Council areas City of Edinburgh East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian |
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The Lothians is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
The Lothians region shares boundaries with the South of Scotland and Central Scotland regions, and is connected with the Mid Scotland and Fife region by bridges over the Firth of Forth .
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[edit] Constituencies and council areas
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes:
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The City of Edinburgh and the West Lothian council areas are entirely within the region. Most of the East Lothian council area is outside, covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland region. A western portion of the Midlothian council area is covered by the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency, within the South of Scotland region.
Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005[1].
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (one constituency and one additional member)
- 2 Scottish Green Party MSPs (both additional members)
- 2 Scottish National Party MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
- 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Lothians | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 65,098 | 24.5% | -5.7% | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 43,142 | 16.2% | -9.5% | 2 | Kenny MacAskill; Fiona Hyslop | |
| Conservative | 40,173 | 15.1% | -0.6% | 1 | James Douglas-Hamilton | |
| Scottish Green | 31,908 | 12.0% | +5.1% | 2 | Robin Harper; Mark Ballard | |
| Liberal Democrats | 29,237 | 11.0% | -3.4% | 0 | ||
| Independent | 27,143 | 10.2 | N/A | 1 | Margo MacDonald | |
| Scottish Socialist | 14,448 | 5.4% | +3.8% | 1 | Colin Fox | |
| Scottish Pensioners Party | 5,609 | 2.1% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Liberal | 2,573 | 1.00% | +0.4% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 2,181 | 0.8% | -2.5% | 0 | ||
| UK Independence | 1,057 | 0.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Witchery Tour Party | 964 | 0.4% | - | 0 | ||
| Scottish People's Alliance | 879 | 0.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Party | 608 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 383 | 0.1% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 184 | 0.1% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 78 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | ||
[edit] 1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Lothians | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 99,098 | 30.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 85,085 | 25.7% | N/A | 3 | Margo MacDonald; Kenny MacAskill; Fiona Hyslop | |
| Conservative | 52,067 | 15.7% | N/A | 2 | David McLetchie; James Douglas-Hamilton | |
| Liberal Democrats | 47,565 | 14.4% | N/A | 1 | David Steel | |
| Scottish Green | 22,848 | 6.9% | N/A | 1 | Robin Harper | |
| Socialist Labour | 10,895 | 3.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 5,237 | 1.6% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Liberal | 2,056 | 0.6% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Witchery Tour Party | 1,184 | 0.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 898 | 0.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Civil Rights Movement | 806 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | 564 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 557 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Socialist Party (GB) | 388 | 0.1% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 256 | 0.1% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 145 | 0.04% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 54 | 0.02% | N/A | 0 | ||
