Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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- This article is about a Scottish Parliament electoral region. For other uses of Central Scotland please see Central Scotland.
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| The Central Scotland region shown within Scotland |
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| Created 1999 |
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| Labour Party | 9 MSPs |
| Scottish National Party | 3 MSPs |
| Independent | 1 MSP |
| Conservative Party | 1 MSP |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 MSP |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | 1 MSP |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1 MSP |
| Constituencies Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Motherwell and Wishaw Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
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| Council areas East Ayrshire (part) East Dunbartonshire (part) Falkirk North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
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Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba in Gaelic) is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. 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.
The Central Scotland region shares boundaries with the Lothians, South of Scotland, West of Scotland, Glasgow and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
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[edit] Constituencies and council areas
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time[1]. They cover all of two council areas[2], the Falkirk council area and the North Lanarkshire council area, and parts of three others, the South Lanarkshire council area, the East Ayrshire council area and the East Dumbartonshire council area.
The rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is within the Glasgow and South of Scotland regions, the rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the South of Scotland region, and the rest of the East Dunbartonshire council area is within the West of Scotland region.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Labour MSPs (nine constituency members)
- 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (three additional members)
- 1 Independent MSP (one constituency member)
- 1 Conservative MSP (one additional member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (one additional member)
- 1 Scottish Senior Citizens MSP (one additional member)
- 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (one additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Central Scotland | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 106,318 | 40.41% | +1.13% | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 59,274 | 22.53% | -5.25% | 3 | Alex Neil, Michael Matheson, Linda Fabiani | |
| Conservative | 24,121 | 9.17% | +0.02% | 1 | Margaret Mitchell | |
| Scottish Socialist | 19,016 | 7.23% | +5.49% | 1 | Carolyn Leckie | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 17,146 | 6.52% | N/A | 1 | John Swinburne | |
| Liberal Democrats | 15,494 | 5.89% | -0.31% | 1 | Donald Gorrie | |
| Scottish Green | 12,248 | 4.66% | +2.87 | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 3,855 | 1.47% | -1.85% | 0 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 2,147 | 0.82% | -0.05% | 0 | ||
| Independent | 1,265 | 0.48% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish People's Alliance | 1,192 | 0.45% | N/A | 0 | ||
| UK Independence | 1,009 | 0.38% | N/A | 0 | ||
[edit] 1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Labour MSPs (nine constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (five additional members)
- 1 Independent (one constituency member)
- 1 Conservative MSP (one additional member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Central Scotland | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 129,822 | 39.28% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 91,802 | 27.78% | N/A | 5 | Alex Neil, Andrew Wilson, Michael Matheson, Gil Paterson, Linda Fabiani | |
| Conservative | 30,243 | 9.15% | N/A | 1 | Lyndsay McIntosh | |
| Independent | 27,700 | 8.38% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 20,505 | 6.20% | N/A | 1 | Donald Gorrie | |
| Socialist Labour | 10,956 | 3.32% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Green | 5,926 | 3.32% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 5,739 | 1.74% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 2,888 | 0.87% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 2,567 | 0.78% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Families and Pensioners Party | 1,373 | 0.42% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | 1,373 | 0.42% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent Progressive | 248 | 0.08% | N/A | 0 | ||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
- ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.
