Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions from 2011


As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies, new constituencies and additional member regions of the Scottish Parliament were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The D'Hondt method is used, as previously, in the allocation of additional member seats.
The Boundary Commission for Scotland began the review as announced on 3 July 2007, and provisional proposals were published on Thursday 14 February 2008.
The Scottish Parliament Act 2004 required the commission to review boundaries of all constituencies except Orkney and Shetland so that the area covered by the reviewed constituencies continues to be covered by a total of 71 constituencies.
The Orkney and Shetland constituencies were taken into account, however, in review of boundaries of the additional member regions.
Final recommendations followed public consultations and a series of local inquiries, and the terms of the 2004 act required final recommendations to be submitted in a report to the Secretary of State for Scotland not later than 30 June 2010.

Boundary changes

For the purposes of the review the Boundary Commission for Scotland must take into account the boundaries of the local government council areas. In order to do this some council areas were grouped together, the largest of these groupings of provisional proposals consisted of four of Scotland's 32 council areas the smallest only containing one. Constituencies created in 1999 were based on Scottish Westminster constituencies that were created in 1997 and they in turn were based on the boundaries of local government regions and districts and islands areas that existed at the time, but since have been abolished and replaced with the council areas.
Following their proposal processes the Commission published their Final Recommendations. All the review processes were completed with the outlined constituencies below no longer due for alteration.

Constituencies

ConstituencyCouncil area or areasAdditional members region
Aberdeen CentralAberdeen CityNorth East Scotland
Aberdeen DonsideAberdeen CityNorth East Scotland
Aberdeen South and North KincardineAberdeen City, AberdeenshireNorth East Scotland
Aberdeenshire EastAberdeenshireNorth East Scotland
Aberdeenshire WestAberdeenshireNorth East Scotland
Airdrie and Shotts
North LanarkshireCentral Scotland
Almond Valley
West LothianLothian
Angus North and MearnsAberdeenshire, AngusNorth East Scotland
Angus SouthAngusNorth East Scotland
Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeHighlands and Islands
AyrSouth AyrshireSouth Scotland
Banffshire and Buchan CoastAberdeenshire, MorayNorth East Scotland
Caithness, Sutherland and RossHighlandHighlands and Islands
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyEast Ayrshire, South AyrshireSouth Scotland
Clackmannanshire and DunblaneClackmannanshire, StirlingMid Scotland and Fife
Clydebank and MilngavieEast Dunbartonshire, West DunbartonshireWest Scotland
ClydesdaleSouth LanarkshireSouth Scotland
Coatbridge and ChrystonNorth LanarkshireCentral Scotland
CowdenbeathFifeMid Scotland and Fife
Cumbernauld and KilsythNorth LanarkshireCentral Scotland
Cunninghame NorthNorth AyrshireWest Scotland
Cunninghame SouthNorth AyrshireWest Scotland
DumbartonArgyll and Bute, West DunbartonshireWest Scotland
DumfriesshireDumfries and GallowaySouth Scotland
DunfermlineFifeMid Scotland and Fife
Dundee City EastDundee CityNorth East Scotland
Dundee City WestDundee CityNorth East Scotland
East KilbrideSouth LanarkshireCentral Scotland
East LothianEast LothianSouth Scotland
EastwoodEast RenfrewshireWest Scotland
Edinburgh CentralCity of EdinburghLothian
Edinburgh EasternCity of EdinburghLothian
Edinburgh Northern and LeithCity of EdinburghLothian
Edinburgh PentlandsCity of EdinburghLothian
Edinburgh SouthernCity of EdinburghLothian
Edinburgh WesternCity of EdinburghLothian
Ettrick, Roxburgh and BerwickshireScottish BordersSouth Scotland
Falkirk EastFalkirkCentral Scotland
Falkirk WestFalkirkCentral Scotland
Galloway and West DumfriesDumfries and GallowaySouth Scotland
Glasgow AnnieslandGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow CathcartGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow KelvinGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow Maryhill and SpringburnGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow PollokGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow ProvanGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow ShettlestonGlasgow CityGlasgow
Glasgow SouthsideGlasgow CityGlasgow
Greenock and InverclydeInverclydeWest Scotland
Hamilton, Larkhall and StonehouseSouth LanarkshireCentral Scotland
Inverness and NairnHighlandHighlands and Islands
Kilmarnock and Irvine ValleyEast AyrshireSouth Scotland
KirkcaldyFifeMid Scotland and Fife
LinlithgowWest LothianLothian
Midlothian North and MusselburghEast Lothian, MidlothianLothian
Midlothian South, Tweedale and LauderdaleMidlothian, Scottish BordersSouth Scotland
Mid Fife and GlenrothesFifeMid Scotland and Fife
Motherwell and WishawNorth LanarkshireCentral Scotland
MorayMorayHighlands and Islands
Na h-Eileanan an IarNa h-Eileanan SiarHighlands and Islands
North East FifeFifeMid Scotland and Fife
OrkneyOrkney IslandsHighlands and Islands
PaisleyRenfrewshireWest Scotland
Perthshire NorthPerth and KinrossMid Scotland and Fife
Perthshire South and Kinross-shirePerth and KinrossMid Scotland and Fife
Renfrewshire North and WestInverclyde, RenfrewshireWest Scotland
Renfrewshire SouthRenfrewshireWest Scotland
RutherglenSouth LanarkshireGlasgow
ShetlandShetland IslandsHighlands and Islands
Skye, Lochaber and BadenochHighlandHighlands and Islands
StirlingStirlingMid Scotland and Fife
Strathkelvin and BearsdenEast DunbartonshireWest Scotland
Uddingston and BellshillNorth Lanarkshire, South LanarkshireCentral Scotland

Electoral regions

The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations can be summarised below;
RegionConstituenciesmap
Central ScotlandAirdrie and Shotts
Coatbridge and Chryston
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
East Kilbride
Falkirk East
Falkirk West
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Motherwell and Wishaw
Uddingston and Bellshill
GlasgowGlasgow Anniesland
Glasgow Cathcart
Glasgow Kelvin
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Glasgow Pollok
Glasgow Provan
Glasgow Shettleston
Glasgow Southside
Rutherglen
Highlands and IslandsArgyll and Bute
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Inverness and Nairn
Moray
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney
Shetland
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
LothianAlmond Valley
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Edinburgh Pentlands
Edinburgh Southern
Edinburgh Western
Linlithgow
Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and FifeClackmannanshire and Dunblane
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Mid Fife and Glenrothes
North East Fife
Perthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Stirling
North East ScotlandAberdeen Central
Aberdeen Donside
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Aberdeenshire East
Aberdeenshire West
Angus North and Mearns
Angus South
Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Dundee City East
Dundee City West
South ScotlandAyr
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Clydesdale
Dumfriesshire
East Lothian
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Galloway and West Dumfries
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West ScotlandClydebank and Milngavie
Cunninghame North
Cunninghame South
Dumbarton
Eastwood
Greenock and Inverclyde
Paisley
Renfrewshire North and West
Renfrewshire South
Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Historical representation by party

Central Scotland

Glasgow

Highlands and Islands

Lothian / Lothians (1999–2011)

Mid Scotland and Fife

North East Scotland

South of Scotland / South Scotland (2011)

West of Scotland / West Scotland (2011)