Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Lothian
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
Lothian shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 6 Conservative 4 Labour 3 Scottish Green 2 Liberal Democrats 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

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
	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

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
1st	1999		Rhona Brankin (Labour)		Susan Deacon (Labour)		Sarah Boyack (Labour)		Malcolm Chisholm (Labour)		Iain Gray (Labour)		Angus MacKay (Labour)		Margaret Smith (LD)		Mary Mulligan (Labour)		Bristow Muldoon (Labour)
2nd	2003				Susan Deacon (Labour)						David McLetchie (Conservative)		Mike Pringle (LD)						Bristow Muldoon (Labour)
3rd	2007				Kenny MacAskill (SNP)						David McLetchie (Conservative)		Mike Pringle (LD)						Angela Constance (SNP)
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
4th	2011		Colin Beattie (SNP)		Kenny MacAskill (SNP)		Marco Biagi (SNP)		Malcolm Chisholm (Labour)		Gordon MacDonald (SNP)		Jim Eadie (SNP)		Colin Keir (SNP)		Fiona Hyslop (SNP)		Angela Constance (SNP)
5th	2016		Colin Beattie (SNP)		Ash Denham (SNP)		Ruth Davidson (Conservative)		Ben Macpherson (SNP)		Gordon MacDonald (SNP)		Daniel Johnson (Labour)		Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem)		Fiona Hyslop (SNP)		Angela Constance (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
as Lothians
1st (1999–2003)	Robin Harper (Green)		Margo MacDonald (SNP)		Fiona Hyslop (SNP)	Kenny MacAskill (SNP)	David Steel (Lib Dem)		James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative)		David McLetchie (Conservative)
1st (1999–2003)			Margo MacDonald (SNP)				David Steel (Lib Dem)				David McLetchie (Conservative)
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)
3rd (2007–11)						Ian McKee (SNP)	Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP)		Gavin Brown (Conservative)		George Foulkes (Labour)
as Lothian
4th (2011–16)	Alison Johnstone (Green)		Margo MacDonald * (Ind)		Kezia Dugdale (Labour)	Neil Findlay (Labour)	Sarah Boyack (Labour)			Gavin Brown (Conservative)		David McLetchie * (Conservative)
4th (2011–16)		vacant					Sarah Boyack (Labour)	Cameron Buchanan (Conservative)		Gavin Brown (Conservative)

5th (2016–21)	Andy Wightman (Green)		Gordon Lindhurst (Conservative)	Miles Briggs (Conservative)	Jeremy Balfour (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 upcoming Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.

Election results

Scottish Parliament election 2016

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

6 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
2 Scottish Green Party MSP (both additional members)
1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Lothian
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Almond Valley	Angela Constance	SNP hold
	Edinburgh Central	Ruth Davidson	Conservative gain from SNP
	Edinburgh Eastern	Ash Denham	SNP hold
	Edinburgh Northern and Leith	Ben Macpherson	SNP gain from Labour
	Edinburgh Pentlands	Gordon MacDonald	SNP hold
	Edinburgh Southern	Daniel Johnson	Labour gain from SNP
	Edinburgh Western	Alex Cole-Hamilton	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP
	Linlithgow	Fiona Hyslop	SNP hold
	Midlothian North and Musselburgh	Colin Beattie	SNP hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Lothians
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP		0	±0	118,546	36.2%	-2.9%
	Conservative	Miles Briggs Gordon Lindhurst Jeremy Balfour	3	+1	74,972	22.9%	+11.3%
	Labour	Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay	2	-1	67,991	20.8%	-4.1%
	Scottish Green	Alison Johnstone Andy Wightman	2	+1	34,551	10.6%	+3.0%
	Liberal Democrats		0	±0	18,479	5.6%	+0.1%
	UKIP		0	±0	5,802	1.8%	+1.2%
	Women's Equality		0	±0	3,877	1.2%	+1.2%
	RISE		0	±0	1,641	0.5%	+0.5%
	Solidarity		0	±0	1,319	0.4%	+0.3%

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
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
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.

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

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