Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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.
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The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.[1]
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.
| Constituency | |
|---|---|
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as Lothians | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| 2nd (2003–07) |
Margo MacDonald (Ind) |
Colin Fox (Socialist) |
Mark Ballard (Green) | |||||||||||
| 3rd (2007–11) |
Ian McKee (SNP) |
Stefan Tymkewycz (SNP) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
George Foulkes (Labour) | ||||||||||
| Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) | ||||||||||||||
| as Lothian | ||||||||||||||
| 4th (2011–16) |
Alison Johnstone (Green) |
Margo MacDonald * (Ind) |
Kezia Dugdale (Labour) |
Neil Findlay (Labour) |
Sarah Boyack (Labour) |
Gavin Brown (Conservative) |
David McLetchie * (Conservative) | |||||||
| Vacant (April 2014–May 2016) | Cameron Buchanan (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
| 5th (2016–21) |
Andy Wightman (Ind)[a] |
Gordon Lindhurst (Conservative) |
Miles Briggs (Conservative) |
Jeremy Balfour (Conservative) | ||||||||||
- 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. 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.
- [a] Originally sat as a green MSP until 2020
Election results
Scottish Parliament election 2016
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 Scottish Green Party MSP (both additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)
Constituency results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Central | Ruth Davidson | Conservative gain from SNP | ||||
| Edinburgh Eastern | Ash Denham | SNP hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Ben Macpherson | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Southern | Daniel Johnson | Labour gain from SNP | ||||
| Edinburgh Western | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | ±0 | 118,546 | 36.2% | -2.9% | ||
| Conservative | Miles Briggs Gordon Lindhurst Jeremy Balfour |
3 | +1 | 74,972 | 22.9% | +11.3% | |
| Labour | Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay |
2 | -1 | 67,991 | 20.8% | -4.1% | |
| Scottish Green | Alison Johnstone Andy Wightman |
2 | +1 | 34,551 | 10.6% | +3.0% | |
| 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 | 0 | ±0 | 1,641 | 0.5% | +0.5% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 1,319 | 0.4% | +0.3% | ||
Scottish Parliament election 2011
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 Green Party MSP (additional member)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Central | Marco Biagi | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Edinburgh Eastern | Kenny MacAskill | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour hold | ||||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | SNP gain from Conservative | ||||
| Edinburgh Southern | Jim Eadie | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
| Edinburgh Western | Colin Keir | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
| Linlithgow | Fiona Hyslop | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Colin Beattie | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | -3 | 110,953 | 39.2 | +12.7 | ||
| Labour | Sarah Boyack Kezia Dugdale Neil Findlay |
3 | +2 | 70,544 | 24.9 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | David McLetchie Gavin Brown |
2 | +1 | 33,019 | 11.7 | -1.5 | |
| Scottish Green | Alison Johnstone | 1 | ±0 | 21,505 | 7.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Margo MacDonald | 1 | ±0 | 18,732 | 6.6 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 15,588 | 5.5 | -7.3 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 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 | 0 | ±0 | 1,183 | 0.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 914 | 0.3 | -0.4 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.2 | ±0 | ||
| CPA | 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 | ||
References
- "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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