Abolished 2011 | Founded 1999 | |
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Constituencies Edinburgh CentralEdinburgh East and MusselburghEdinburgh PentlandsEdinburgh SouthEdinburgh WestLinlithgowLivingstonMidlothian Created Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | ||
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 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 council areas
- Members of the Scottish Parliament
- Regional List MSPs
- 2007 Scottish Parliament election
- Additional member results
- 2003 Scottish Parliament election
- 1999 Scottish Parliament election
- References
The Lothians region shares boundaries with the South of Scotland and Central Scotland regions, and is 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 City of Edinburgh and the West Lothian council areas 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:
Members of the Scottish Parliament
The table below displays the Members of the Scottish Parliament that were elected from the Lothians region between 1999-2011. From the 2011 election the Lothian region was used.
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Additional member results
Changes:
2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: