Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lothian |
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| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament |
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Lothian shown within Scotland
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| Council areas | City of Edinburgh East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian |
| Population | 786,439 (2019) |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 7 Conservative 3 Labour 3 Scottish Green 2 Liberal Democrats 1 |
| Constituencies | Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh |
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. The region is located in the eastern area of the Central Belt of the Scottish Lowlands and is anchored by capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.
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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.
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
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| Term | Election | Midlothian | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh Pentlands | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh West | Linlithgow | Livingston | |||||||||
| 1st | 1999 | Rhona Brankin (Labour) |
Susan Deacon (Labour) |
Sarah Boyack (Labour) |
Malcolm Chisholm (Labour) |
Iain Gray (Labour) |
Angus MacKay (Labour) |
Margaret Smith (LD) |
Mary Mulligan (Labour) |
Bristow Muldoon (Labour) |
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| 2nd | 2003 | David McLetchie (Conservative) |
Mike Pringle (LD) |
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| 3rd | 2007 | Kenny MacAskill (SNP) |
Angela Constance (SNP) |
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| Term | Election | Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Edinburgh Eastern | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Edinburgh Pentlands | Edinburgh Southern | Edinburgh Western | Linlithgow | Almond Valley | |||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | Colin Beattie (SNP) |
Kenny MacAskill (SNP) |
Marco Biagi (SNP) |
Malcolm Chisholm (Labour) |
Gordon MacDonald (SNP) |
Jim Eadie (SNP) |
Colin Keir (SNP) |
Fiona Hyslop (SNP) |
Angela Constance (SNP) |
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| 5th | 2016 | Ash Denham (SNP) |
Ruth Davidson (Conservative) |
Ben Macpherson (SNP) |
Daniel Johnson (Labour) |
Alex Cole-Hamilton (LD) |
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| 6th | 2021 | Angus Robertson (SNP) |
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Regional list MSPs
Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.
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| 1st (1999–2003) |
Robin Harper (Green) |
Margo MacDonald (SNP) |
Fiona Hyslop (SNP) |
Kenny MacAskill (SNP) |
David Steel (Lib Dem) |
James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) |
David McLetchie (Conservative) |
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| Margo MacDonald (Ind) |
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| 2nd (2003–07) |
Margo MacDonald (Ind) |
Colin Fox (Socialist) |
Mark Ballard (Green) |
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| 3rd (2007–11) |
Ian McKee (SNP) |
Stefan Tymkewycz (SNP) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
George Foulkes (Labour) |
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| Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) |
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| 4th (2011–16) |
Alison Johnstone (Green) |
Margo MacDonald (Ind)[a] |
Kezia Dugdale (Labour)[b] |
Neil Findlay (Labour) |
Sarah Boyack (Labour) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
David McLetchie (Conservative)[c] |
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| Vacant (April 2014–May 2016) | Cameron Buchanan (Conservative)[c] |
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| 5th (2016–21) |
Andy Wightman (Green)[d] |
Gordon Lindhurst (Conservative) |
Miles Briggs (Conservative) |
Jeremy Balfour (Conservative) |
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| Andy Wightman (Ind)[d] |
Sarah Boyack (Labour)[b] |
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| 6th (2021–) |
Lorna Slater (Green) |
Foysol Choudhury (Labour) |
Sue Webber (Conservative) |
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- [a] 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.
- [b] Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack.
- [c] 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.
- [d] Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.
Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Central | Angus Robertson | SNP gain from Scottish Conservatives | |
| Edinburgh Eastern | Ash Denham | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Ben Macpherson | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Southern | Daniel Johnson | Scottish Labour hold | |
| Edinburgh Western | Alex Cole-Hamilton | Scottish Liberal Democrats hold | |
| Linlithgow | Fiona Hyslop | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Colin Beattie | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| SNP | Graham Campbell, Angus Robertson, Fiona Hyslop, Ben Macpherson, Catriona MacDonald, Sarah Masson, Greg McCarra, Alison Dickie, Alex Orr, Douglas Thomson, Andrew Ewen, Rob Connell | 141,478 | 35.9 |  0.3 |
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| Conservative | Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Jeremy Balfour, Rebecca Fraser, Malcolm Offord, Scott Douglas, Gordon Lindhurst, Marie-Clair Munro, Graham Hutchison, Iain Whyte, Callum Laidlaw, Charles Kennedy, Damian Timson | 78,595 | 19.9 | 3.0 |
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| Labour | Daniel Johnson, Sarah Boyack, Foysol Choudhury, Maddy Kirkman, Nick Ward, Kirsteen Sullivan, Frederick Hessler, Stephen Curran | 76,689 | 19.4 | 1.4 |
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| Green | Alison Johnstone, Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Chas Booth, Steve Burgess, Alys Mumford, Emily Frood, Ben Parker, Elaine Taylor, Bill Wilson, Evelyn Weston, Alex Staniforth | 49,984 | 12.7 |  2.1 |
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| Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton, Fred Mackintosh, Jill Reilly, Rebecca Bell, Sally Pattie, Fraser Graham, Caron Lindsay, Bruce Wilson, Charles Dundas | 28,433 | 7.2 | 1.6 |
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| Alba | Kenny MacAskill, Alex Arthur, Christina Hendry, Irshad Ahmed | 6,141 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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| All for Unity | Charlotte Morley, Parvinder Singh, Alan Hogg, Andy Macaulay, David Hamilton, Mike Knox | 2,423 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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| Animal Welfare | Vivienne Moir, Gavin Ridley | 2,392 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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| Scottish Family Party | Richard Lucas, Philip Holden, Norman Colville, Gareth Kirk, Amy Ireland | 2,041 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Women's Equality | Emma Watt, David Renton, Lucy Hammond | 1,124 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
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| Freedom Alliance | Jon Pullman, Cara Wase, Patricia McCann | 922 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | John Leckie, David Nichol | 828 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Reform UK | Derek Winton, Mev Brown, Iain Morse, Lesley MacDonald | 810 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Libertarian | Tam Laird, Cameron Paterson | 689 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Communist | Matthew Waddell | 598 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Independent | Ashley Graczyk | 430 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| UKIP | Donald Mackay, John Mumford, Steve Hollis, Kenneth Lowry | 420 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
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| SDP | Alasdair Young, Neil Manson, Lawrence Edwards | 227 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| Renew | Heather Astbury, Anna Freemantle-Zee | 102 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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2016 Scottish Parliament election
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 Green MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)
Constituency results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Central | Ruth Davidson | Scottish Conservatives gain from SNP | |
| Edinburgh Eastern | Ash Denham | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Ben Macpherson | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Southern | Daniel Johnson | Scottish Labour gain from SNP | |
| Edinburgh Western | Alex Cole-Hamilton | Scottish Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | |
| Linlithgow | Fiona Hyslop | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Colin Beattie | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | ±0 | 118,546 | 36.2% | -2.9% | ||
| Scottish Conservatives | Miles Briggs Gordon Lindhurst Jeremy Balfour |
3 | +1 | 74,972 | 22.9% | +11.3% | |
| Scottish Labour | Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay |
2 | -1 | 67,991 | 20.8% | -4.1% | |
| Scottish Greens | Alison Johnstone Andy Wightman |
2 | +1 | 34,551 | 10.6% | +3.0% | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | 0 | ±0 | 18,479 | 5.6% | +0.1% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 5,802 | 1.8% | +1.2% | ||
| Women's Equality | 0 | ±0 | 3,877 | 1.2% | +1.2% | ||
| RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance | 0 | ±0 | 1,641 | 0.5% | +0.5% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 1,319 | 0.4% | +0.3% | ||
2011 Scottish Parliament election
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 Greens MSP (additional member)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Central | Marco Biagi | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Edinburgh Eastern | Kenny MacAskill | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | Scottish Labour hold | |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP gain from Scottish Conservatives | |
| Edinburgh Southern | Jim Eadie | SNP gain from Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
| Edinburgh Western | Colin Keir | SNP gain from Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
| Linlithgow | Fiona Hyslop | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Colin Beattie | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
Additional member results
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | -3 | 110,953 | 39.2 | +12.7 | ||
| Scottish Labour | Sarah Boyack Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay |
3 | +2 | 70,544 | 24.9 | -1.3 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | David McLetchie Gavin Brown |
2 | +1 | 33,019 | 11.7 | -1.5 | |
| Scottish Greens | Alison Johnstone | 1 | ±0 | 21,505 | 7.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Margo MacDonald | 1 | ±0 | 18,732 | 6.6 | ±0 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | 0 | 15,588 | 5.5 | -7.3 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | 0 | ±0 | 3,218 | 1.1 | -0.3 | ||
| BNP | 0 | ±0 | 1,978 | 0.7 | -0.2 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 1,822 | 0.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 1,681 | 0.6 | -0.2 | ||
| Scottish Socialist Party | 0 | ±0 | 1,183 | 0.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Christian Party | 0 | ±0 | 914 | 0.3 | -0.4 | ||
| Liberal Party | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.2 | ±0 | ||
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 0 | ±0 | 553 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 327 | 0.1 | -0.9 | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 294 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 134 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | ±0 | 61 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
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