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Constituencies Almond ValleyEdinburgh CentralEdinburgh EasternEdinburgh Northern and LeithEdinburgh PentlandsEdinburgh SouthernEdinburgh WesternLinlithgowMidlothian 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
- Constituencies and local government areas
- Regional List MSPs
- Scottish Parliament election 2016
- Scottish Parliament election 2011
- References
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.
Scottish Parliament election 2016
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Scottish Parliament election 2011
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: