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. 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.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the
Lothians region.
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.- 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
- 4 Conservative MSPs
- 3 Labour MSPs
- 2 Scottish Green Party MSP
- 1 Liberal Democrats MSP
Constituency results
Additional member results
Scottish Parliament election 2011
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs
- 4 Labour MSPs
- 2 Conservative MSPs
- 1 Scottish Green Party MSP
- 1 Independent MSP
Constituency results