South Scotland

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South Scotland
South Scotland
Educated
1999
Regions
East Ayrshire (parts)
East Lothian (parts)
Dumfries and Galloway
Midlothian (parts)
North Ayrshire (parts, until 2011)
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire (parts)
Seats
Scottish National Party : 7
Conservative Party : 6
Labor Party : 3

South Scotland is one of the eight Scottish electoral regions for the election of the Scottish Parliament . It was created under the Scotland Act of 1998 under the name South of Scotland . In the course of the revision of the electoral regions in 2011, they were renamed South Scotland and the region was given small areas, including the Council Area Midlothian . In contrast, the areas of the Council Area North Ayrshire went to the electoral region of West Scotland . South Scotland includes the south of Scotland with the cities of Ayr , Cumnock , Dumfries , Galashiels , Hawick , Kilmarnock , Prestwick and Troon . As South of Scotland , the cities of Irvine and Stevenston also fell into this electoral region. The first elections took place during the parliamentary elections on May 6, 1999.

The regions of South Scotland border from west to east: West Scotland, Central Scotland and Lothian .

Geographical breakdown

The South Scotland region comprises nine constituencies from the council areas of East Ayrshire , East Lothian , Dumfries and Galloway , Midlothian , Scottish Borders , South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire . Formerly included areas of the North Ayrshire Council Area were added to the West of Scotland electoral region as part of the revision of the constituencies. The constituencies were named and tailored 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. Ayr
  2. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  3. Clydesdale
  4. Cunninghame South
  5. Dumfries
  6. East Lothian
  7. Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  8. Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  9. Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
 South of Scotland South of Scotland

2011–

Constituency map region
  1. Ayr
  2. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  3. Clydesdale
  4. Dumfriesshire
  5. East Lothian
  6. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  7. Galloway and West Dumfries
  8. Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
  9. Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
 South Scotland South Scotland

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party be right % Seats Add. Member
Labor Party 99,836 31.0 6th 0
Scottish National Party 80,059 25.1 1 3
Conservative party 68.904 21.6 0 4th
Liberal Democrats 38,157 12.0 2 0
Socialist Labor Party 13,887 4.4 0 0
Scottish Green 9467 3.0 0 0
Others 9039 2.9 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Ayr Ian Welsh Labor
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Cathy Jamieson Labor
Clydesdale Karen Turnbull Labor
Cunninghame South Irene Oldfather Labor
Dumfries Elaine Murray Labor
East Lothian John Home Robertson Labor
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alasdair Morgan SNP
Roxburgh and Berwickshire Euan Robson Liberal Democrats
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Ian Jenkins Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
Conservative Phil Gallie
Alex Fergusson
Murray Tosh
David Mundell
SNP Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Christine Creech

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Labor Party 78.955 30.0 −1.0 5 −1 0 0
Conservative party 63,824 24.2 +2.6 2 +2 2 −2
Scottish National Party 48,371 18.7 −6.7 0 −1 3 0
Liberal Democrats 27,026 10.3 −1.7 2 0 0 0
Scottish Green Party 15,026 5.7 +2.7 0 0 1 +1
Socialist 14,228 5.4 +4.4 0 0 1 +1
Scottish Pensioners 9082 3.4 +3.4 0 0 0 0
Others 6734 2.3 −0.6 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Ayr John Scott Conservative
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Cathy Jamieson Labor
Clydesdale Karen Gillon Labor
Cunninghame South Irene Oldfather Labor
Dumfries Elaine Murray Labor
East Lothian John Home Robertson Labor
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alex Fergusson Conservative
Roxburgh and Berwickshire Euan Robson Liberal Democrats
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Jeremy Purvis Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Christine Grahame
Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan
Conservative Phil Gallie
David Mundell
Scottish Green Chris Ballance
Socialist Rosemary Byrne

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Labor Party 79,762 28.8 −1.2 5 0 0 0
Scottish National Party 77.053 27.8 +9.4 0 0 5 +2
Conservative party 62,475 22.6 −1.6 3 +1 1 −1
Liberal Democrats 28,040 10.1 −0.2 1 −1 1 +1
Scottish Green Party 9254 3.3 -2.4 0 0 0 −1
Scottish Senior Citizens 5335 1.9 +1.9 0 0 0 0
Others 14,991 5.5 +3.2 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Ayr John Scott Conservative
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Cathy Jamieson Labor
Clydesdale Karen Gillon Labor
Cunninghame South Irene Oldfather Labor
Dumfries Elaine Murray Labor
East Lothian Iain Gray Labor
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alex Fergusson Conservative
Roxburgh and Berwickshire John Lamont Conservative
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Jeremy Purvis Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Aileen Campbell
Christine Grahame
Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan
Michael Russell
Conservative Derek Brownlee
Liberal Democrats Jim Hume

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 114,270 41.0 +12.2 4th +4 4th −1
Labor Party 70,596 25.3 −3.5 2 −3 2 +2
Conservative party 54,352 19.5 −3.1 3 0 0 −1
Liberal Democrats 15.096 5.4 −4.7 0 -1 1 0
Scottish Green Party 8656 3.1 -0.2 0 0 0 0
Scottish Senior Citizens 4418 1.6 −0.3 0 0 0 0
Others 11,700 4.1 −1.4 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Ayr John Scott Conservative
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Adam Ingram SNP
Clydesdale Aileen Campbell SNP
Dumfriesshire Elaine Murray Labor
East Lothian Iain Gray Labor
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire John Lamont Conservative
Galloway and West Dumfries Alex Fergusson Conservative
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Willie Coffey SNP
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Christine Grahame SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Chic Brodie
Joan McAlpine
Aileen McLeod
Paul Wheelhouse
Labor Claudia Beamish
Graeme Pearson
Liberal Democrats Jim Hume

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 120.217 38.3 −2.7 4th 0 3 −1
Conservative party 100,753 32.1 +12.6 4th +1 2 +2
Labor Party 56,072 17.8 −7.5 1 −1 2 0
Scottish Green Party 14,773 4.7 +1.6 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 11,775 3.7 −1.7 0 0 0 −1
Clydesdale and South
Scotland Independent		 1485 0.5 +0.5 0 0 0 0
Solidarity 1294 0.4 +0.1 0 0 0 0
RISE 1097 0.3 +0.3 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Ayr John Scott Conservative
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Jeane Freeman SNP
Clydesdale Aileen Campbell SNP
Dumfriesshire Oliver Mundell Conservative
East Lothian Iain Gray Labor
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire John Lamont Conservative
Galloway and West Dumfries Finlay Carson Conservative
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Willie Coffey SNP
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Christine Grahame SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Emma Harper
Joan McAlpine
Paul Wheelhouse
Conservative Rachael Hamilton
Brian Whittle
Labor Claudia Beamish
Colin Smyth