Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Lothian
Lothian
electoral region; for the Scottish Parliament
	Lothian shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 6; Conservative 4; Labour 3; Scottish Green 2; Liberal Democrats 1
Council areas	City of Edinburgh; East Lothian (part); Midlothian (part); West Lothian
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 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
	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

as Lothians
Term	Election	Midlothian		Edinburgh East and Musselburgh		Edinburgh Central		Edinburgh North and Leith		Edinburgh Pentlands		Edinburgh South		Edinburgh West		Linlithgow		Livingston
1st	1999	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3" \|	Rhona Brankin (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="2" \|	Susan Deacon (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3" \|	Sarah Boyack (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3" \|	Malcolm Chisholm (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="1" \|	Iain Gray (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="1" \|	Angus MacKay (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="3" \|	Margaret Smith (LD)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3" \|	Mary Mulligan (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="2" \|	Bristow Muldoon (Labour)
2nd	2003	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="2" \|		David McLetchie (Conservative)	Susan Deacon (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="2" \|		Mike Pringle (LD)											Bristow Muldoon (Labour)
3rd	2007	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"\|		David McLetchie (Conservative)	Kenny MacAskill (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"\|		Mike Pringle (LD)		Angela Constance (SNP)
as Lothian
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	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Colin Beattie (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Kenny MacAskill (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"\|	Marco Biagi (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Malcolm Chisholm (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Gordon MacDonald (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"\|	Jim Eadie (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Colin Keir (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Fiona Hyslop (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Angela Constance (SNP)
5th	2016	Ash Denham (SNP)	Colin Beattie (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color"\|	Ruth Davidson (Conservative)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"\|	Ben Macpherson (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Daniel Johnson (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Gordon MacDonald (SNP)	Alex Cole-Hamilton (LD)					Fiona Hyslop (SNP)		Angela Constance (SNP)

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)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"\|	Robin Harper (Green)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="1"\|	Margo MacDonald (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"\|	Fiona Hyslop (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"\|	Kenny MacAskill (SNP)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	David Steel (Lib Dem)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"\|	James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	David McLetchie (Conservative)
1st (1999–2003)	bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color" rowspan="1"\|			Margo MacDonald (SNP)						David Steel (Lib Dem)				David McLetchie (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)	bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|		Margo MacDonald (Ind)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Socialist Party/meta/color" rowspan="1"\|	Colin Fox (Socialist)		bgcolor="Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" rowspan="1"\|		Mark Ballard (Green)
3rd (2007–11)	Ian McKee (SNP)			bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Stefan Tymkewycz (SNP)		Gavin Brown (Conservative)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	George Foulkes (Labour)
3rd (2007–11)	Ian McKee (SNP)			Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP)			Gavin Brown (Conservative)		George Foulkes (Labour)
as Lothian
4th (2011–16)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|	Alison Johnstone (Green)	bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color" rowspan="1"\|	Margo MacDonald * (Ind)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|	Kezia Dugdale (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|	Neil Findlay (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"\|	Sarah Boyack (Labour)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|	Gavin Brown (Conservative)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"\|	David McLetchie * (Conservative)
4th (2011–16)	Vacant (April 2014–May 2016)		Cameron Buchanan (Conservative)							Sarah Boyack (Labour)		Gavin Brown (Conservative)
5th (2016–21)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color"\|		Andy Wightman (Green)	bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color"\|	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.

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

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Additional member results

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 118,546 | style="text-align:right;" | 36.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -2.9% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Miles Briggs
Gordon Lindhurst
Jeremy Balfour | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 74,972 | style="text-align:right;" | 22.9% | style="text-align:right;" | +11.3% |-

|- | style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | -1 | style="text-align:right;" | 67,991 | style="text-align:right;" | 20.8% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.1% |-

|- | style="background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Alison Johnstone
Andy Wightman | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 34,551 | style="text-align:right;" | 10.6% | style="text-align:right;" | +3.0% |-

|- | style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 18,479 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.6% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.1% |-

|- | style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 5,802 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.8% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.2% |-

|- | style="background-color: #432360; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Women's Equality | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,877 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.2% |-

|- | style="background-color: #f15723; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | RISE | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,641 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.5% |-

|- | style="background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,319 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.3% |-

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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

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Additional member results

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | -3 | style="text-align:right;" | 110,953 | style="text-align:right;" | 39.2 | style="text-align:right;" | +12.7 |-

|- | style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Sarah Boyack
Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +2 | style="text-align:right;" | 70,544 | style="text-align:right;" | 24.9 | style="text-align:right;" | -1.3 |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | David McLetchie
Gavin Brown | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 33,019 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.7 | style="text-align:right;" | -1.5 |-

|- | style="background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Alison Johnstone | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 21,505 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.6 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.5 |-

|- | style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | Margo MacDonald | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 18,732 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.6 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |-

|- | style="background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,218 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.3 |-

|- | style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | BNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,978 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.7 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.2 |-

|- | style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,822 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.4 |-

|- | style="background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,681 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.2 |-

|- | style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,183 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.3 |-

|- | style="background-color: #9966CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Christian | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 914 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.4 |-

|- | style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 697 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |-

|- | style="background-color: #813887; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | CPA | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 553 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.1 |-

|- | style="background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 327 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | -0.9 |-

|- | style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 294 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 134 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.0 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 61 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.0 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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References

^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[1] "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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