Lothian (electoral region)

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Lothian
Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region) .svg
Educated
1999
Regions
Edinburgh
West Lothian (parts)
Midlothian (parts)
Seats
Scottish National Party : 6
Conservative Party : 4
Labor Party : 3
Scottish Green : 2
Liberal Democrats : 1

Lothian is one of the eight Scottish electoral regions for election to the Scottish Parliament . It was created under the Scotland Act of 1998 as the Lothians region . In the course of the revision of the electoral regions in 2011, small areas from the Council Area Midlothian were added to the electoral region South Scotland and the Lothians region was renamed Lothian . Lothian includes the cities of Bathgate , Dalkeith , Edinburgh , Linlithgow , Livingston and Musselburgh . The first elections took place during the parliamentary elections on May 6, 1999.

The Central Scotland region is bordered clockwise and starting in the north: Mid Scotland and Fife , South Scotland and Central Scotland .

Geographical breakdown

The Lothian region comprises nine constituencies from the Edinburgh , West Lothian and Midlothian Council Areas . In terms of naming and design, they corresponded to the constituencies of the British Parliament . Each constituency has a representative determined by majority voting . In addition, seven additional members are elected.

1999-2011

Constituency map region
  1. Edinburgh Central
  2. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  3. Edinburgh North and Leith
  4. Edinburgh Pentlands
  5. Edinburgh South
  6. Edinburgh West
  7. Linlithgow
  8. Livingston
  9. Midlothian
 Lothians RegionNumber.PNG Lothians 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region) .svg

2011–

In the course of the revision before the parliamentary elections in 2011, the constituencies and electoral regions were restructured. Here, small parts of the south-east of the Lothians region were slammed into the South of Scotland region and the electoral region was renamed Lothian . According to the new division, the region only comprises nine constituencies.

Constituency map region
  1. Almond Valley
  2. Edinburgh Central
  3. Edinburgh Eastern
  4. Edinburgh Northern and Leith
  5. Edinburgh Pentlands
  6. Edinburgh Southern
  7. Edinburgh Western
  8. Linlithgow
  9. Midlothian North and Musselburgh
 Lothian Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region) .svg

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party be right % Seats Add. Member
Labor Party 99.908 30.2 8th 0
Scottish National Party 85.085 25.7 0 3
Conservative party 52,177 15.8 0 2
Liberal Democrats 47,565 14.4 1 1
Scottish Green 22,848 6.9 0 1
Socialist Labor Party 10,895 3.3 0 0
Socialist 5237 1.6 0 0
Others 6910 2.4 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labor
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Labor
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labor
Edinburgh Pentlands Iain Gray Labor
Edinburgh South Angus MacKay Labor
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labor
Livingston Bristow Muldoon Labor
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Rhona Brankin Labor
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Margo MacDonald
Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop
Conservative David McLetchie
James Douglas-Hamilton
Liberal Democrats David Steel
Scottish Green Robin Harper

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Labor Party 65,098 24.5 −5.7 6th −2 0 0
Scottish National Party 43,142 16.2 −9.5 0 0 2 −1
Conservative party 40.173 15.1 −0.7 1 +1 1 −1
Scottish Green Party 31,908 12.0 +5.1 0 0 2 +1
Liberal Democrats 29,237 11.0 −3.4 2 +1 0 −1
Margo MacDonald (independent) 27,143 10.2 +10.2 0 0 1 +1
Socialist 14,448 5.4 +3.8 0 0 1 +1
Others 14,516 5.4 +3.0 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labor
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Labor
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labor
Edinburgh Pentlands David McLetchie Conservative
Edinburgh South Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labor
Livingston Bristow Muldoon Labor
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Rhona Brankin Labor
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop
Conservative James Douglas-Hamilton
Scottish Green Robin Harper
Mark Ballard
Socialist Colin Fox
Non-party Margo MacDonald

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 76.019 26.5 +10.3 2 +2 3 +1
Labor Party 75,459 26.3 +1.8 4th −2 1 +1
Conservative party 37,548 13.1 −2.0 1 0 1 0
Liberal Democrats 36,571 12.7 +1.7 2 0 0 0
Scottish Green Party 20,147 7.0 −5.0 0 0 1 −1
Margo MacDonald (independent) 19,256 6.7 −3.5 0 0 1 0
Others 22.003 7.7 +2.3 0 0 0 −1
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Labor
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Kenny MacAskill SNP
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labor
Edinburgh Pentlands David McLetchie Conservative
Edinburgh South Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats
Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats
Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Labor
Livingston Angela Constance SNP
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Rhona Brankin Labor
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Fiona Hyslop
Ian McKee
Stefan Tymkewycz
Labor George Foulkes
Conservative Gavin Brown
Scottish Green Robin Harper
Non-party Margo MacDonald

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 110,953 39.2 +12.7 8th +6 0 −3
Labor Party 70,544 24.9 −1.4 1 −3 3 +2
Conservative party 33,019 11.7 −1.4 0 −1 2 +1
Scottish Green Party 21,505 7.6 +0.6 0 0 1 0
Margo MacDonald (independent) 18,732 6.6 −0.1 0 0 1 0
Liberal Democrats 15,588 5.5 −7.2 0 -2 0 0
Others 12,862 4.5 −3.2 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Almond Valley Angela Constance SNP
Edinburgh Central Marco Biagi SNP
Edinburgh Eastern Kenny MacAskill SNP
Edinburgh Northern and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labor
Edinburgh Pentlands Gordon MacDonald SNP
Edinburgh Southern Jim Eadie SNP
Edinburgh Western Colin Keir SNP
Linlithgow Fiona Hyslop SNP
Midlothian North and Musselburgh Colin Beattie SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
Labor Sarah Boyack
Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
Conservative David McLetchie
Gavin Brown
Scottish Green Alison Johnstone
Non-party Margo MacDonald

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 118,546 36.2 −3.0 6th −2 0 0
Conservative party 74,972 22.9 +11.2 1 +1 3 +1
Labor Party 67.991 20.8 −4.1 1 0 2 −1
Scottish Green Party 34,551 10.6 +3.0 0 0 2 +1
Liberal Democrats 18,479 5.6 +0.1 1 +1 0 0
UKIP 5802 1.8 +1.2 0 0 0 0
Women's Equality 3877 1.2 +1.2 0 0 0 0
RISE 1641 0.5 +0.5 0 0 0 0
Solidarity 1319 0.4 +0.3 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Almond Valley Angela Constance SNP
Edinburgh Central Ruth Davidson Conservative
Edinburgh Eastern Ash Denham SNP
Edinburgh Northern and Leith Ben Macpherson SNP
Edinburgh Pentlands Gordon MacDonald SNP
Edinburgh Southern Daniel Johnson Labor
Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrats
Linlithgow Fiona Hyslop SNP
Midlothian North and Musselburgh Colin Beattie SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
Conservative Miles Briggs
Gordon Lindhurst
Jeremy Balfour
Labor Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
Scottish Green Alison Johnstone
Andy Wightman

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 1999 parliamentary elections (PDF; 117 kB)