Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
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The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. Each constituency is a sub-division of a region, the additional members system is designed to produce proportional representation for each region, and the total number of MSPs elected to the parliament is 129. For references to lists of MSPs, see Member of the Scottish Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
Until the United Kingdom general election of 2005 the first past the post constituencies were the same as for the House of Commons (United Kingdom Parliament, Westminster) (apart from Orkney and Shetland, which were separate constituencies at Holyrood, but not at Westminster). The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 enabled a new set of House of Commons constituencies to be formed in Scotland in 2005[1], reducing their number and, therefore, the number of Scottish Members of Parliament (MPs) to 59, without change to the Holyrood constituencies and the number of MSPs. For Westminster constituencies, see List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.
The boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as they existed until 2005, had not been subject to full-scale review since the period, 1975 to 1996, of local government regions and districts. Many Holyrood constituencies, retaining those boundaries as they do, now straddle boundaries between council areas created in 1996. Newer Westminster constituencies also straddle council area boundaries but, in Westminster representation, there is a clear sense of council areas being grouped into larger areas: the East Ayrshire council area, North Ayrshire council area and South Ayrshire council area, for example, are treated as a single Ayrshire area.
Various council areas are divided between two Holyrood electoral regions. One council area, the South Lanarkshire council area, is divided between three different electoral regions.
The Arbuthnott Commission, in its final report, January 2006, recommended that, in future, council area boundaries and Holyrood and Westminster constituency boundaries should all be reviewed together.
[edit] First past the post seats (constituencies)
| Constituency | Additional members region |
|---|---|
| A | |
| Aberdeen Central | North East Scotland |
| Aberdeen North | North East Scotland |
| Aberdeen South | North East Scotland |
| Airdrie and Shotts | Central Scotland |
| Angus | North East Scotland |
| Argyll and Bute | Highlands and Islands |
| Ayr | South of Scotland |
| B | |
| Banff and Buchan | North East Scotland |
| C | |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Highlands and Islands |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | South of Scotland |
| Central Fife | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| Clydesdale | South of Scotland |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | West of Scotland |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Central Scotland |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Central Scotland |
| Cunninghame North | West of Scotland |
| Cunninghame South | South of Scotland |
| D | |
| Dumbarton | West of Scotland |
| Dumfries | South of Scotland |
| Dundee East | North East Scotland |
| Dundee West | North East Scotland |
| Dunfermline East | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| Dunfermline West | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| E | |
| East Kilbride | Central Scotland |
| East Lothian | South of Scotland |
| Eastwood | West of Scotland |
| Edinburgh Central | Lothians |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lothians |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | Lothians |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Lothians |
| Edinburgh South | Lothians |
| Edinburgh West | Lothians |
| F | |
| Falkirk East | Central Scotland |
| Falkirk West | Central Scotland |
| G | |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | South of Scotland |
| Glasgow Anniesland | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Baillieston | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Govan | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Kelvin | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Pollok | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Glasgow |
| Glasgow Springburn | Glasgow |
| Gordon | North East Scotland |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | West of Scotland |
| H | |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | Central Scotland |
| Hamilton South | Central Scotland |
| I | |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Highlands and Islands |
| K | |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Central Scotland |
| Kirkcaldy | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| L | |
| Linlithgow | Lothians |
| Livingston | Lothians |
| M | |
| Midlothian | Lothians |
| Moray | Highlands and Islands |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Central Scotland |
| N | |
| North East Fife | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| North Tayside | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| O | |
| Ochil | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| Orkney | Highlands and Islands |
| P | |
| Paisley North | West of Scotland |
| Paisley South | West of Scotland |
| Perth | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| R | |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | Highlands and Islands |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | South of Scotland |
| S | |
| Shetland | Highlands and Islands |
| Stirling | Mid Scotland and Fife |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | West of Scotland |
| T | |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | South of Scotland |
| W | |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | North East Scotland |
| Western Isles | Highlands and Islands |
| West Renfrewshire | West of Scotland |
