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2011

Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 2011

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.

Contents

The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.

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.

Regional List MSPs

Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.

  • 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, there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement; following her death, her seat remained vacant until the Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.

    • 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)

    • 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)

    • References

    Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region) Wikipedia
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