Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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Lothians
Scottish Parliament electoral region
The Lothians region shown within Scotland
Created
1999
Current representation
Scottish National Party 5 MSPs
Labour Party 5 MSPs
Liberal Democrats 2 MSPs
Conservative 2 MSPs
Scottish Green Party 1 MSP
Independent 1 MSP
Constituencies
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Edinburgh Pentlands
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh West
Linlithgow
Livingston
Midlothian
Council areas
City of Edinburgh
East Lothian (part)
Midlothian (part)
West Lothian

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

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].

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes:

Constituency Map
  1. Edinburgh Central covers the central area of the City of Edinburgh.
  2. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh covers north east of the City of Edinburgh and the Musselburgh area of East Lothian.
  3. Edinburgh North and Leith covers the northern part of the City of Edinburgh.
  4. Edinburgh Pentlands covers the south western portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  5. Edinburgh South covers the south eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  6. Edinburgh West covers the north western portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  7. Linlithgow covers the eastern part of the West Lothian.
  8. Livingston covers the western part of the West Lothian.
  9. Midlothian covers the eastern part of Midlothian.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

[edit] Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians
Constituency Elected member Result
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labour hold
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Kenny MacAskill Scottish National Party gain from Labour
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labour hold
Edinburgh Pentlands David McLetchie Conservative hold
Edinburgh South Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats hold
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats hold
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labour hold
Livingston Angela Constance Scottish National Party gain from Labour
Midlothian Rhona Brankin Labour hold

[edit] Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Scottish National Party Fiona Hyslop
Ian McKee
Stefan Tymkewycz		 3 +1 76,019 26.5% +10.2
Labour George Foulkes 1 +1 75,495 26.3% +0.8
Conservative Gavin Brown 1 ±0 37,548 13.1% -2.0
Liberal Democrats 0 ±0 36,571 12.7% +1.7
Scottish Green Robin Harper 1 -1 20,147 7.0% -5.0
Independent Margo MacDonald 1 ±0 19,256 6.7% -3.5
Scottish Senior Citizens 0 ±0 4,176 1.4% N/A
Solidarity 0 ±0 2,998 1.0% N/A
British National Party 0 ±0 2,637 0.9% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 ±0 2,190 0.8% -0.1
Scottish Christian 0 ±0 2,002 0.7% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 -1 1,994 0.7% -4.7
Publican Party 0 ±0 1,230 0.4% N/A
Witchery Tour Party 0 ±0 867 0.3% -0.1
Christian Peoples 0 ±0 848 0.3% N/A
UK Independence 0 ±0 834 0.3% -0.1
Had Enough Party 0 ±0 670 0.2% N/A
Scottish Voice 0 ±0 661 0.2% N/A
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers 0 ±0 322 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 ±0 189 0.1% N/A
Scottish Enterprise Party 0 ±0 183 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 ±0 129 0.0% N/A
Independent 0 ±0 73 0.0% N/A

Changes:

[edit] 2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

[edit] Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Lothians
Constituency Elected member Result
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labour hold
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Labour hold
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labour hold
Edinburgh Pentlands David McLetchie Conservative gain from Labour
Edinburgh South Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats hold
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labour hold
Livingston Bristow Muldoon Labour hold
Midlothian Rhona Brankin Labour hold

[edit] Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Lothians
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 0 65,098 24.5% -5.7%
Scottish National Party Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop		 2 −1 43,142 16.2% -9.5%
Conservative James Douglas-Hamilton 1 −1 40,173 15.1% -0.6%
Scottish Green Robin Harper
Mark Ballard		 2 +1 31,908 12.0% +5.1%
Liberal Democrats 0 −1 29,237 11.0% -3.4%
Independent Margo MacDonald 1 +1 27,143 10.2% N/A
Scottish Socialist Colin Fox 1 +1 14,448 5.4% +3.8%
Scottish Pensioners Party 0 0 5,609 2.1% N/A
Liberal 0 0 2,573 1.00% +0.4%
Socialist Labour 0 0 2,181 0.8% -2.5%
UK Independence 0 0 1,057 0.4% N/A
Witchery Tour Party 0 0 964 0.4% -
Scottish People's Alliance 0 0 879 0.3% N/A
ProLife Party 0 0 608 0.2% N/A
Independent 0 0 383 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 0 184 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 0 78 0.00% N/A

[edit] 1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

[edit] Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Lothians
Constituency Elected member Result
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labour gain
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Labour gain
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labour gain
Edinburgh Pentlands Iain Gray Labour gain
Edinburgh South Angus Mackay Labour gain
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats gain
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labour gain
Livingston Bristow Muldoon Labour gain
Midlothian Rhona Brankin Labour gain

[edit] Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Lothians
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 99,098 30.2% N/A
Scottish National Party Margo MacDonald
Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop		 3 N/A 85,085 25.7% N/A
Conservative David McLetchie
James Douglas-Hamilton		 2 N/A 52,067 15.7% N/A
Liberal Democrats David Steel 1 N/A 47,565 14.4% N/A
Scottish Green Robin Harper 1 N/A 22,848 6.9% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 10,895 3.3% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 5,237 1.6% N/A
Liberal 0 N/A 2,056 0.6% N/A
Witchery Tour Party 0 N/A 1,184 0.4% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 898 0.3% N/A
Civil Rights Movement 0 N/A 806 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 564 0.2% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 557 0.2% N/A
Socialist Party (GB) 0 N/A 388 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 256 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 145 0.04% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 54 0.02% N/A

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
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