Founded 2011 | ||
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MSPs Scottish National Party 7
Scottish Conservative Party 6
Labour 3 Council areas Dumfries and Galloway
East Ayrshire
East Lothian (part)
Midlothian (part)
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire (part) Constituencies Ayr
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Clydesdale
Dumfriesshire
East Lothian
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Galloway and West Dumfries
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale Created Scottish Parliament election, 2011 | ||
South Scotland 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
- 2011
- 19992011
- Regional List MSPs
- 2016 Scottish Parliament election
- 2011 Scottish Parliament election
- References
The South Scotland region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the South of Scotland region.
2011–
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.
1999–2011
Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.
The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:
The region covered the following local government areas: In full:
In part:
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: