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South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
| South of Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Parliament electoral region | The South of Scotland region | |
| shown within Scotland | ||
| [[Image:South of Scotland 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg | 200px]] | |
| Created | ||
| 1999 | ||
| Abolished | ||
| 2011 | ||
| Constituencies | ||
| Ayr | ||
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | ||
| Clydesdale | ||
| Cunninghame South | ||
| Dumfries | ||
| East Lothian | ||
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | ||
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | ||
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | ||
| Council areas | ||
| East Ayrshire (part) | ||
| East Lothian (part) | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Midlothian (part) | ||
| North Ayrshire (part) | ||
| Scottish Borders | ||
| South Ayrshire | ||
| South Lanarkshire (part) |
South of Scotland was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament when it was created in 1999. The region was replaced with South Scotland in 2011 following a review.
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 region had boundaries with the West of Scotland, Central Scotland and Lothians regions.
Constituencies and council areas
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. They cover all of three council areas, the Scottish Borders council area, the Dumfries and Galloway council area and the South Ayrshire council area, and parts of five others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, the North Ayrshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area:
| Constituency | Map | |
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:South of Scotland 1999 numbered.PNG | 300px]] |
The rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the Central Scotland electoral region, the rest of the East Lothian and Midlothian council areas are within the Lothians region, the rest of the North Ayrshire council area is within the West of Scotland region and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is divided between the Central Scotland and Glasgow regions.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
| Term | Election | Ayr | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Clydesdale | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Dumfries | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | East Lothian | Cunninghame South |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Scottish Labour}}" | Ian Welsh | |||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="4" | Cathy Jamieson | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="4" | Karen Gillon | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Alasdair Morgan | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | |||||||||
| *2000 by* | Scottish Conservatives}}" | John Scott | ||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Scottish Conservative Party}}" rowspan="2" | Scottish Conservative Party}}" rowspan="2" | Alex Fergusson | ||||||
| (Conservative) | Jeremy Purvis | |||||||||
| (LD) | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | Scottish Conservatives}}" | John Lamont | |||||||
| (Conservative) | Iain Gray | |||||||||
| (Labour) |
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="4" | Christine Grahame | |||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="4" | Adam Ingram | |||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="4" | Michael Russell | |||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Conservatives}}" | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||
| (2003–07) | Alasdair Morgan | ||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Socialist Party}}" rowspan="1" | Rosemary Byrne | |||||
| (Socialist) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="2" | Chris Ballance | |||||
| (Green) | Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2" | ||||||
| Solidarity (Scotland)}}" rowspan="1" | Derek Brownlee | ||||||
| (Conservative) | |||||||
| 3rd | |||||||
| (2007–11) | Scottish National Party}}" | Michael Russell | |||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Aileen Campbell | |||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Conservatives}}" | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | Jim Hume | ||||
| (Lib Dem) |
Election results
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 4 Conservative MSPs (three constituency members and one additional member)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
Constituency results
References
- "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries".
- Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See ''[http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] {{webarchive. link. (21 September 2007 ''.)
- Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election. next Scottish Parliament election]].
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