Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
| Lothian | |
|---|---|
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electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
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Lothian shown within Scotland | |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs |
Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Conservative 2 Scottish Green 1 Independent 1 |
| Council areas |
City of Edinburgh East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian |
| Constituencies |
Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh |
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Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. 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 Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.[1]
Constituencies and local government areas
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
| Constituency | |
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as Lothians | ||||||||||||||
| 1st (1999-2003) |
Margo MacDonald (SNP) |
Fiona Hyslop (SNP) |
Kenny MacAskill (SNP) |
David Steel (Lib Dem) |
James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) |
David McLetchie (Conservative) |
Robin Harper (Green) | |||||||
| 2nd (2003-07) |
Margo MacDonald (Ind) |
Colin Fox (Socialist) |
Mark Ballard (Green) | |||||||||||
| 3rd (2007-11) |
Ian McKee (SNP) |
Stefan Tymkewycz (SNP) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
George Foulkes (Labour) | ||||||||||
| Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) | ||||||||||||||
| as Lothian | ||||||||||||||
| 4th (2011-16) |
Margo MacDonald * (Ind) |
Sarah Boyack (Labour) |
Kezia Dugdale (Labour) |
Neil Findlay (Labour) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
David McLetchie * (Conservative) |
Alison Johnstone (Green) | |||||||
| vacant | Cameron Buchanan (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
- Upon the death of David McLetchie, he was replaced by Cameron Buchanan as the next name on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Conservatives. As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, following her death there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement, and so her seat will remain vacant until the next Scottish Parliament general election.
Scottish Parliament election 2011
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional member)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (two additional members)
- 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Lothian | ||||||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Central | Marco Biagi | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Edinburgh Eastern | Kenny MacAskill | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP gain from Conservative | ||||
| Edinburgh Southern | Jim Eadie | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
| Edinburgh Western | Colin Keir | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
| Linlithgow | Fiona Hyslop | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Colin Beattie | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
Additional member results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Lothians | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | -3 | 110,953 | 39.2% | +12.7 | ||
| Labour | Sarah Boyack Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay |
3 | +2 | 70,544 | 24.9% | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | David McLetchie Gavin Brown |
2 | +1 | 33,019 | 11.7% | -1.5 | |
| Scottish Green | Alison Johnstone | 1 | ±0 | 21,505 | 7.6% | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Margo MacDonald | 1 | ±0 | 18,732 | 6.6% | ±0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 15,588 | 5.5% | -7.3 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | ±0 | 3,218 | 1.1% | -0.3 | ||
| BNP | 0 | ±0 | 1,978 | 0.7% | -0.2 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 1,822 | 0.6% | +0.4 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 1,681 | 0.6% | -0.2 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | ±0 | 1,183 | 0.4% | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 914 | 0.3% | -0.4 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.2% | ±0 | ||
| Christian Peoples | 0 | ±0 | 553 | 0.2% | -0.1 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 327 | 0.1% | -0.9 | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 294 | 0.1% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 134 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 61 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
References
- ↑ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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