South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 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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| Population | 682,329 (2019) |
| 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.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
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| Term | Election | Ayr | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Clydesdale | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Dumfries | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | East Lothian | area formerly within the Central Scotland Region prior to 2011 | Cunninghame South | ||||||||||
| 1st | 1999 | Ian Welsh (Labour) |
Cathy Jamieson (Labour) |
Karen Gillon (Labour) |
Alasdair Morgan (SNP) |
Elaine Murray (Labour) |
Euan Robson (LD) |
Ian Jenkins (LD) |
John Home Robertson (Labour) |
Irene Oldfather (Labour) |
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| 2000 by | John Scott (Conservative) |
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| 2nd | 2003 | Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |
Jeremy Purvis (LD) |
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| 3rd | 2007 | John Lamont (Conservative) |
Iain Gray (Labour) |
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| Term | Election | Ayr | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Clydesdale | Galloway and West Dumfries | Dumfriesshire | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | East Lothian | Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | area covered by former constituency moved to the West Scotland Region from 2011 | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | John Scott (Conservative) |
Adam Ingram (SNP) |
Aileen Campbell (SNP) |
Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |
Elaine Murray (Labour) |
John Lamont (Conservative) |
Christine Grahame (SNP) |
Iain Gray (Labour) |
Willie Coffey (SNP) |
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| 5th | 2016 | Jeane Freeman (SNP) |
Finlay Carson (Conservative) |
Oliver Mundell (Conservative) |
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| 2017 by | Rachael Hamilton (Conservative) |
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| 6th | 2021 | Siobhian Brown (SNP) |
Elena Whitham (SNP) |
Màiri McAllan (SNP) |
Paul McLennan (SNP) |
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Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
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| 1st (1999–2003) |
Phil Gallie (Conservative) |
Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |
Christine Grahame (SNP) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Adam Ingram (SNP) |
Murray Tosh (Conservative) |
David Mundell (Conservative) |
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| 2nd (2003–07) |
Rosemary Byrne (Socialist) |
Alasdair Morgan (SNP) |
Chris Ballance (Green) |
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| Derek Brownlee (Conservative) |
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| 3rd (2007–11) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
Aileen Campbell (SNP) |
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| 4th (2011–16) |
Chic Brodie (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
Joan McAlpine (SNP) |
Aileen McLeod (SNP) |
Paul Wheelhouse (SNP) |
Claudia Beamish (Labour) |
Graeme Pearson (Labour) |
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| 5th (2016–2021) |
Rachael Hamilton (Conservative) |
Brian Whittle (Conservative) |
Emma Harper (SNP) |
Colin Smyth (Labour) |
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| Michelle Ballantyne (Conservative, then Reform UK) |
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| 6th (2021–) |
Craig Hoy (Conservative) |
Sharon Dowey (Conservative) |
Carol Mochan (Labour) |
Martin Whitfield (Labour) |
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Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (6 constituency members and 1 additional member)
- 3 Labour MSPs (additional members)
- 6 Conservative MSPs (3 constituency members and 3 additional member)
Constituency results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | Siobhian Brown | SNP gain from Scottish Conservatives | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Elena Whitham | SNP hold | |
| Clydesdale | Màiri McAllan | SNP hold | |
| Dumfriesshire | Oliver Mundell | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| East Lothian | Paul McLennan | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Rachael Hamilton | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Finlay Carson | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional Member results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| SNP | Emma Harper, Joan McAlpine, Paul Wheelhouse, Màiri McAllan, Richard Walker, Heather Anderson, Siobhian Brown, Stacy Bradley, Paul McLennan, Ali Salamati, Stephen Thompson, Laura Brennan-Whitefield | 136,741 | 37.6 |  0.7 |
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| Conservative | Oliver Mundell, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Brian Whittle, Sharon Dowey, Shona Haslam, Finlay Carson, Scott Hamilton, Alex Allison, Eric Holford, Alexandra Herdman, John Denerley | 121,730 | 33.5 |  1.4 |
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| Labour | Colin Smyth, Carol Mochan, Martin Whitfield, Claudia Beamish, Kevin McGregor, Katherine Sangster, Ian Davidson | 57,236 | 15.7 | 2.1 |
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| Green | Laura Moodie, Barbra Harvie, Dominic Ashmole, Katherine Malone, Charles Strang, Ciara Campbell, Peter Barlow, James Puchowski, Tristan Gray | 18,964 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
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| Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia, Jenny Marr | 12,422 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
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| All for Unity | George Galloway, Jamie Blackett, Dr Bruce Halliday, Jim Grindlay, Kirsteen Michell, Elspeth Grindlay, Malcolm MacDonald | 5,521 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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| Alba | Cynthia Guthrie, Corri Wilson, Suzanne Blackley, Laurie Flynn | 3,896 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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| Independent Green Voice | Maxwell Dunbar | 1,690 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Scottish Family | Charles McEwan, Dorothy Yost, Sophie Hendry, Theresa Gavin, Elizabeth Fabisiak | 1,659 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | John Ferguson, Simon Bellord | 1,126 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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| Reform UK | Michelle Ballantyne, David Kirkwood, James Corbett, William Luke | 779 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Freedom Alliance | Mandy Blackman, Amanda McConechy, Gillian Jamieson, Joy Rivett-Gill | 686 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| UKIP | Richard Elvin, Julia Searle, Patricia Mountain, Patricia Bryant, Nick Hollis, David Blaymires | 578 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
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| Libertarian | Stef Johnstone | 534 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| Scotia Future | Chic Brodie | 194 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| Vanguard | Michael Banks | 92 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
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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
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | John Scott | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Jeane Freeman | SNP hold | |
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP hold | |
| Dumfriesshire | Oliver Mundell | Scottish Conservatives gain from Scottish Labour | |
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Scottish Labour hold | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Finlay Carson | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: 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 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | Rachael Hamilton Brian Whittle |
2 | +2 | 100,753 | 32.1 | +12.6 | |
| Scottish Labour | Claudia Beamish Colin Smyth |
2 | ±0 | 56,072 | 17.8 | -7.5 | |
| Scottish Greens | 0 | ±0 | 14,773 | 4.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 11,775 | 3.7 | -1.7 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 6,726 | 2.1 | +1.0 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent/meta/color;" | | Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 0 | ±0 | 1,485 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 1,294 | 0.4 | +0.1 | ||
| RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance | 0 | ±0 | 1,097 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
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
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | John Scott | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Adam Ingram | SNP gain from Scottish Labour | |
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP gain from Scottish Labour Party | |
| Dumfriesshire | Elaine Murray | Scottish Labour gain from Scottish Conservatives | |
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Scottish Labour hold | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Alex Fergusson | Scottish Conservatives hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Joan McAlpine Aileen McLeod Paul Wheelhouse Chic Brodie |
4 | -1 | 114,270 | 41.0 | +12.4 | |
| Scottish Labour | Claudia Beamish Graeme Pearson |
2 | +2 | 70,596 | 25.3 | -3.5 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | 0 | -1 | 54,352 | 19.5 | -2.8 | ||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume | 1 | ±0 | 15,096 | 5.4 | -4.5 | |
| Scottish Greens | 0 | ±0 | 8,656 | 3.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | 0 | ±0 | 4,418 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ||
| United Kingdom Independence Party | 0 | ±0 | 3,343 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 2,906 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
| BNP | 0 | ±0 | 2,017 | 0.7 | -0.4 | ||
| Scottish Christian Party | 0 | ±0 | 1,924 | 0.7 | -0.1 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 813 | 0.3 | -0.7 | ||
| Scottish Socialist Party | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||
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