South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
| South Scotland | |
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| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament |
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South Scotland shown within Scotland
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| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| 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 |
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.
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.[1]
Contents
Constituencies and local government areas
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.
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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.[2]
The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:
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The region covered the following local government areas: In full:
- Scottish Borders
- South Ayrshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
In part:
- East Ayrshire
- East Lothian
- Midlothian
- North Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
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| as South of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 1st (1999–2003) |
Christine Grahame (SNP) |
Adam Ingram (SNP) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |
Murray Tosh (Conservative) |
David Mundell (Conservative) |
Phil Gallie (Conservative) |
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| 2nd (2003–07) |
Alasdair Morgan (SNP) |
Rosemary Byrne (Socialist) |
Chris Ballance (Green) |
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| Derek Brownlee (Conservative) |
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| 3rd (2007–11) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Aileen Campbell (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
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| 4th (2011–16) |
Joan McAlpine (SNP) |
Paul Wheelhouse (SNP) |
Aileen McLeod (SNP) |
Chic Brodie (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
Graeme Pearson (Labour) |
Claudia Beamish (Labour) |
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| 5th (2016–) |
Emma Harper (SNP) |
Rachael Hamilton (Conservative) |
Brian Whittle (Conservative) |
Colin Smyth (Labour) |
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Election results
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
- 6 Conservative MSPs (four constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
Constituency results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2016: South Scotland | ||||||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Ayr | John Scott | Conservative hold | ||||
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Jeane Freeman | SNP hold | ||||
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP hold | ||||
| Dumfriesshire | Oliver Mundell | Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Labour hold | ||||
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Conservative hold | ||||
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Finlay Carson | Conservative hold | ||||
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | ||||
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | ||||
Additional member results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2016: South Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Joan McAlpine Paul Wheelhouse Emma Harper |
3 | -1 | 120,217 | 38.3% | -2.7% | |
| Conservative | Rachael Hamilton Brian Whittle |
2 | +2 | 100,753 | 32.1% | +12.6% | |
| Labour | Claudia Beamish Colin Smyth |
2 | ±0 | 56,072 | 17.8% | -7.5% | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | ±0 | 14,773 | 4.7% | +1.6% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 11,775 | 3.7% | -1.7% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 6,726 | 2.1% | +1.0% | ||
| Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 0 | ±0 | 1,485 | 0.5% | +0.5% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 1,294 | 0.4% | +0.1% | ||
| RISE | 0 | ±0 | 1,097 | 0.3% | +0.3% | ||
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSPs (all constituency members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland | ||||||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Ayr | John Scott | Conservative hold | ||||
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Adam Ingram | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Dumfriesshire | Elaine Murray | Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Labour hold | ||||
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Conservative hold | ||||
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Alex Fergusson | Conservative hold | ||||
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | ||||
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | ||||
Additional member results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Joan McAlpine Aileen McLeod Paul Wheelhouse Chic Brodie |
4 | -1 | 114,270 | 40.96% | +12.4 | |
| Labour | Claudia Beamish Graeme Pearson |
2 | +2 | 70,596 | 25.3% | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | 0 | -1 | 54,352 | 19.48% | -2.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume | 1 | ±0 | 15,096 | 5.41% | -4.5 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | ±0 | 8,656 | 3.1% | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | ±0 | 4,418 | 1.58% | -0.4 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 3,343 | 1.16% | +0.6 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 2,906 | 1.04% | +0.5 | ||
| BNP | 0 | ±0 | 2,017 | 0.72% | -0.4 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 1,924 | 0.69% | -0.1 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 813 | 0.29% | -0.7 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.25% | -0.2 | ||
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.asp
- ↑ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
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