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Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Scottish Parliament region
Scottish Parliament region
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Lothian | ||
| type | constituency_type = electoral region | ||
| parl_name | Scottish Parliament | ||
| map1 | image = [[File:Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg | 220px]] | |
| caption | Lothian shown within Scotland | ||
| electorate | year = 2011 | ||
| seats | party= | member_label = MSPs | |
| members | Scottish National Party 7 | ||
| Conservative 3 | |||
| Labour 3 | |||
| Scottish Green 2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats 1 | |||
| district_label | Council areas | ||
| district | City of Edinburgh | ||
| East Lothian (part) | |||
| Midlothian (part) | |||
| West Lothian | |||
| parts_label | Constituencies | ||
| parts | Almond Valley | ||
| Edinburgh Central | |||
| Edinburgh Eastern | |||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | |||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | |||
| Edinburgh Southern | |||
| Edinburgh Western | |||
| Linlithgow | |||
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | |||
| previous | Lothians | population = 786,439 (2019) |
Conservative 3 Labour 3 Scottish Green 2 Liberal Democrats 1 East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
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 region is located in the eastern area of the Central Belt of the Scottish Lowlands and is anchored by capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.
As a result of the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the region will be replaced by the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
Constituencies and local government areas
Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026
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 |
|---|
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
| as Lothians | Term | Election | Midlothian | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh Pentlands | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh West | Linlithgow | Livingston | as Lothian | Term | Election | Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Edinburgh Eastern | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Edinburgh Pentlands | Edinburgh Southern | Edinburgh Western | Linlithgow | Almond Valley |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Rhona Brankin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | Susan Deacon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Sarah Boyack | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Malcolm Chisholm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="1" | Iain Gray | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="1" | Angus MacKay | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="3" | Margaret Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (LD) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Mary Mulligan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | Bristow Muldoon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2" | David McLetchie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Conservative) | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2" | Mike Pringle | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (LD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | Scottish National Party}}" | Kenny MacAskill | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Angela Constance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Colin Beattie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Kenny MacAskill | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Marco Biagi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" | Malcolm Chisholm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Gordon MacDonald | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Jim Eadie | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Colin Keir | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Fiona Hyslop | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Angela Constance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2016 | Ash Denham | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Conservatives}}" | Ruth Davidson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Conservative) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Ben Macpherson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | Daniel Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2" | Alex Cole-Hamilton | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (LD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 2021 | Scottish National Party}}" | Angus Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) |
Regional list MSPs
Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | as Lothians | as Lothian | Vacant (April 2014–May 2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||||||||||
| (1999–2003) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="5" | Robin Harper | ||||||||
| (Green) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="1" | Margo MacDonald | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="5" | Fiona Hyslop | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="5" | Kenny MacAskill | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2" | David Steel | ||||||||
| (Lib Dem) | ||||||||||
| Independent politician}}" rowspan="1" | Margo MacDonald | |||||||||
| (Ind) | ||||||||||
| 2nd | ||||||||||
| (2003–07) | Independent politician}}" rowspan="3" | Margo MacDonald | ||||||||
| (Ind) | Scottish Socialist Party}}" rowspan="1" | Colin Fox | ||||||||
| (Socialist) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1" | Mark Ballard | ||||||||
| (Green) | ||||||||||
| 3rd | ||||||||||
| (2007–11) | Ian McKee | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Stefan Tymkewycz | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Gavin Brown | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | George Foulkes | ||||||||
| (Labour) | ||||||||||
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | ||||||||||
| (SNP) | ||||||||||
| 4th | ||||||||||
| (2011–16) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="5" | Alison Johnstone | ||||||||
| (Green) | Independent politician}}" rowspan="1" | Margo MacDonald | ||||||||
| (Ind)[a] | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="5" | Kezia Dugdale | ||||||||
| (Labour)[b] | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="5" | Neil Findlay | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | Sarah Boyack | ||||||||
| (Labour) | ||||||||||
| Cameron Buchanan | ||||||||||
| (Conservative)[c] | ||||||||||
| 5th | ||||||||||
| (2016–21) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1" | Andy Wightman | ||||||||
| (Green)[d] | Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="3" | Gordon Lindhurst | ||||||||
| (Conservative) | Miles Briggs | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | Jeremy Balfour | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| Independent politician}}" rowspan="1" | Andy Wightman | |||||||||
| (Ind)[d] | Sarah Boyack | |||||||||
| (Labour)[b] | ||||||||||
| 6th | ||||||||||
| (2021–) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1" | Lorna Slater | ||||||||
| (Green) | Foysol Choudhury | |||||||||
| (Labour) | Sue Webber | |||||||||
| (Conservative) |
- [a] As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement; following her death, her seat remained vacant until the Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.
- [b] Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack.
- [c] 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.
- [d] Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.
Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
References
- [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area-2011-dz/spc/spc-19-tabs.xlsx Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)], [[National Records of Scotland]]; retrieved 6 May 2021 ([https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/2011-based-special-area-population-estimates/spc-population-estimates accompanying summary notes])
- "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Boundary Commission for Scotland.
- (2025-05-01). "What would Scotland's new electoral map look like?".
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2021/scotland/regions/S17000012 Lothian] [region], BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
- (6 May 2021). "Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll". City of Edinburgh Council.
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