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Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Lothians | |
| constituency_type | electoral region | |
| parl_name | Scottish Parliament | |
| image | [[File:Lothians 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg | 220px]] |
| caption | Lothians shown within Scotland | |
| year | 1999 | |
| abolished | 2011 | |
| member_label | MSPs | |
| local_council_label | Council areas | |
| local_council | City of Edinburgh | |
| East Lothian (part) | ||
| Midlothian (part) | ||
| West Lothian | ||
| parts_label | Constituencies | |
| parts | Edinburgh Central | |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | ||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | ||
| Edinburgh South | ||
| Edinburgh West | ||
| Linlithgow | ||
| Livingston | ||
| Midlothian | ||
| next | Lothian |
East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
The Lothians was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) from 1999 to 2011. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies were sub-divisions of the region and it elected seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elected a total of 16 MSPs.
The Lothians region shared boundaries with the South of Scotland and Central Scotland regions, and was connected with the Mid Scotland and Fife region by bridges over the Firth of Forth.
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries it is largely replaced by the Lothian region.
Constituencies and council areas
The council areas City of Edinburgh and West Lothian 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.
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes:
| Map | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Lothians RegionNumber.PNG | center | 350px]] |
Members of the Scottish Parliament
The table below displays the Members of the Scottish Parliament that were elected from the Lothians region between 1999 and 2011. From the 2011 election the Lothian region was used.
Constituency MSPs
| Term | Election | Midlothian | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh Pentlands | Edingburgh South | Edinburgh West | Linlithgow | Livingston |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="3" | Rhona Brankin | |||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="2" | Susan Deacon | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="3" | Sarah Boyack | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="3" | Malcolm Chisholm | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="1" | |||||||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Scottish Conservative Party}}" 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) |
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||||||||
| (1999–2003) | 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" | |||||||
| Independent politician}}" rowspan="1" | ||||||||
| 2nd | ||||||||
| (2003–07) | Independent politician}}" rowspan="3" | Margo MacDonald | ||||||
| (Ind) | Scottish Socialist Party}}" rowspan="1" | Colin Fox | ||||||
| (Socialist) | Scottish Green Party}}" rowspan="1" | Mark Ballard | ||||||
| (Green) | ||||||||
| 3rd | ||||||||
| (2007–11) | Ian McKee | |||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Stefan Tymkewycz | ||||||
| (SNP) | Gavin Brown | |||||||
| (Conservative) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="2" | George Foulkes | ||||||
| (Labour) | ||||||||
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | ||||||||
| (SNP) |
Election results
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and one additional member)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (one constituency and one additional member)
- 1 Scottish Green Party MSPs (additional members)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
References
- See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-21)
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