South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
South Scotland 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.
| South Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
.svg.png.webp) South Scotland shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 682,329 (2019)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 7 Scottish Conservative Party 6 Labour 3 |
| Council areas | Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
| Constituencies | Ayr 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 |
The South Scotland region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the South of Scotland region.[2]
Constituencies and local government areas
2011–present
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.
| Region | Constituencies | |
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1999–2011
Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.[3]
The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:
| Region | Constituencies | |
|---|---|---|
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The region covered the following local government areas: In full:
- Scottish Borders
- South Ayrshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
In part:
- East Ayrshire
- East Lothian
- Midlothian
- North Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as South of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 1st (1999–2003) |
Phil Gallie (Conservative) |
Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |
Christine Grahame (SNP) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Adam Ingram (SNP) |
Murray Tosh (Conservative) |
David Mundell (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2nd (2003–07) |
Rosemary Byrne (Socialist) |
Alasdair Morgan (SNP) |
Chris Ballance (Green) | |||||||||||
| Derek Brownlee (Conservative) | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd (2007–11) |
Michael Russell (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
Aileen Campbell (SNP) | |||||||||||
| as South Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 4th (2011–16) |
Chic Brodie (SNP) |
Jim Hume (Lib Dem) |
Joan McAlpine (SNP) |
Aileen McLeod (SNP) |
Paul Wheelhouse (SNP) |
Claudia Beamish (Labour) |
Graeme Pearson (Labour) | |||||||
| 5th (2016–2021) |
Rachael Hamilton (Conservative) |
Brian Whittle (Conservative) |
Emma Harper (SNP) |
Colin Smyth (Labour) | ||||||||||
| Michelle Ballantyne (Conservative, then Reform UK) | ||||||||||||||
| 6th (2021–) |
Craig Hoy (Conservative) |
Sharon Dowey (Conservative) |
Carol Mochan (Labour) |
Martin Whitfield (Labour) | ||||||||||
Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (6 constituency members and 1 additional member)
- 3 Labour MSPs (additional members)
- 6 Conservative MSPs (3 constituency members and 3 additional member)
Constituency results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | Siobhian Brown | SNP gain from Conservative | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Elena Whitham | SNP hold | |
| Clydesdale | Màiri McAllan | SNP hold | |
| Dumfriesshire | Oliver Mundell | Conservative hold | |
| East Lothian | Paul McLennan | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Rachael Hamilton | Conservative hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Finlay Carson | Conservative hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional Member results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland[4][5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| SNP | Emma Harper, Joan McAlpine, Paul Wheelhouse, Màiri McAllan, Richard Walker, Heather Anderson, Siobhian Brown, Stacy Bradley, Paul McLennan, Ali Salamati, Stephen Thompson, Laura Brennan-Whitefield | 136,741 | 37.6 |  0.7 | |
| Conservative | Oliver Mundell, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Brian Whittle, Sharon Dowey, Shona Haslam, Finlay Carson, Scott Hamilton, Alex Allison, Eric Holford, Alexandra Herdman, John Denerley | 121,730 | 33.5 |  1.4 | |
| Labour | Colin Smyth, Carol Mochan, Martin Whitfield, Claudia Beamish, Kevin McGregor, Katherine Sangster, Ian Davidson | 57,236 | 15.7 | 2.1 | |
| Scottish Green | Laura Moodie, Barbra Harvie, Dominic Ashmole, Katherine Malone, Charles Strang, Ciara Campbell, Peter Barlow, James Puchowski, Tristan Gray | 18,964 | 5.2 | 0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia, Jenny Marr | 12,422 | 3.4 | 0.3 | |
| All for Unity | George Galloway, Jamie Blackett, Dr Bruce Halliday, Jim Grindlay, Kirsteen Michell, Elspeth Grindlay, Malcolm MacDonald | 5,521 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| Alba | Cynthia Guthrie, Corri Wilson, Suzanne Blackley, Laurie Flynn | 3,896 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Maxwell Dunbar | 1,690 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Scottish Family | Charles McEwan, Dorothy Yost, Sophie Hendry, Theresa Gavin, Elizabeth Fabisiak | 1,659 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | John Ferguson, Simon Bellord | 1,126 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Reform UK | Michelle Ballantyne, David Kirkwood, James Corbett, William Luke | 779 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Mandy Blackman, Amanda McConechy, Gillian Jamieson, Joy Rivett-Gill | 686 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| UKIP | Richard Elvin, Julia Searle, Patricia Mountain, Patricia Bryant, Nick Hollis, David Blaymires | 578 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
| Libertarian | Stef Johnstone | 534 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Scotia Future | Chic Brodie | 194 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Vanguard | Michael Banks | 92 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
- 6 Conservative MSPs (four constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
Constituency results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | John Scott | Conservative hold | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Jeane Freeman | SNP hold | |
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP hold | |
| Dumfriesshire | Oliver Mundell | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Labour hold | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Conservative hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Finlay Carson | Conservative hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Joan McAlpine Paul Wheelhouse Emma Harper |
3 | -1 | 120,217 | 38.3 | -2.7 | |
| Conservative | Rachael Hamilton Brian Whittle |
2 | +2 | 100,753 | 32.1 | +12.6 | |
| Labour | Claudia Beamish Colin Smyth |
2 | ±0 | 56,072 | 17.8 | -7.5 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | ±0 | 14,773 | 4.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 11,775 | 3.7 | -1.7 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 6,726 | 2.1 | +1.0 | ||
| Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 0 | ±0 | 1,485 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 1,294 | 0.4 | +0.1 | ||
| RISE | 0 | ±0 | 1,097 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSPs (all constituency members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Ayr | John Scott | Conservative hold | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Adam Ingram | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Clydesdale | Aileen Campbell | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Dumfriesshire | Elaine Murray | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| East Lothian | Iain Gray | Labour hold | |
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | John Lamont | Conservative hold | |
| Galloway and West Dumfries | Alex Fergusson | Conservative hold | |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | Christine Grahame | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: South Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Joan McAlpine Aileen McLeod Paul Wheelhouse Chic Brodie |
4 | -1 | 114,270 | 41.0 | +12.4 | |
| Labour | Claudia Beamish Graeme Pearson |
2 | +2 | 70,596 | 25.3 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | 0 | -1 | 54,352 | 19.5 | -2.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume | 1 | ±0 | 15,096 | 5.4 | -4.5 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | ±0 | 8,656 | 3.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | ±0 | 4,418 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 3,343 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 2,906 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
| BNP | 0 | ±0 | 2,017 | 0.7 | -0.4 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 1,924 | 0.7 | -0.1 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 813 | 0.3 | -0.7 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | ±0 | 697 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||
Footnotes
- Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- South of Scotland [region] [sic], BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
- Scottish Parliamentary Election results 2021 [region] [sic], Dumfries & Galloway; retrieved 9 May 2021
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