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Lothians Scottish Parliament electoral region
The Lothians region shown within Scotland
Created 1999
Current representation
Scottish National Party	5 MSPs
Labour Party	5 MSPs
Liberal Democrats	2 MSPs
Conservative	2 MSPs
Scottish Green Party	1 MSP
Independent	1 MSP
Constituencies Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Council areas City of Edinburgh East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian

The Lothians is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) 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 Lothians region shares boundaries with the South of Scotland and Central Scotland regions, and is connected with the Mid Scotland and Fife region by bridges over the Firth of Forth .

Contents 1 Constituencies and council areas 2 Election results 2.1 2007 Scottish Parliament election 2.1.1 Constituency results 2.1.2 Additional member results 2.2 2003 Scottish Parliament election 2.2.1 Constituency results 2.2.2 Additional member results 2.3 1999 Scottish Parliament election 2.3.1 Constituency results 2.3.2 Additional member results 3 Footnotes

The City of Edinburgh and the West Lothian council areas are entirely within the region. Most of the East Lothian council area is outside, covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland region. A western portion of the Midlothian council area is covered by the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency, within the South of Scotland region.

Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005^[1].

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes:

Constituency

Map

Edinburgh Central covers the central area of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh covers north east of the City of Edinburgh and the Musselburgh area of East Lothian. Edinburgh North and Leith covers the northern part of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Pentlands covers the south western portion of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh South covers the south eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh West covers the north western portion of the City of Edinburgh. Linlithgow covers the eastern part of the West Lothian. Livingston covers the western part of the West Lothian. Midlothian covers the eastern part of Midlothian.

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and one additional member)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (one constituency and one additional member)
• 1 Scottish Green Party MSPs (additional members)
• 1 Independent MSP (additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Edinburgh Central	Sarah Boyack	Labour Party hold
	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party
	Edinburgh North and Leith	Malcolm Chisholm	Labour Party hold
	Edinburgh Pentlands	David McLetchie	Conservative Party hold
	Edinburgh South	Mike Pringle	Liberal Democrats hold
	Edinburgh West	Margaret Smith	Liberal Democrats hold
	Linlithgow	Mary Mulligan	Labour Party hold
	Livingston	Angela Constance	Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party
	Midlothian	Rhona Brankin	Labour Party hold

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Scottish National Party	Fiona Hyslop Ian McKee Stefan Tymkewycz	3	+1	76,019	26.5%	+10.2
	Labour Party	George Foulkes	1	+1	75,495	26.3%	+0.8
	Conservative Party	Gavin Brown	1	±0	37,548	13.1%	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats		0	±0	36,571	12.7%	+1.7
	Scottish Green Party	Robin Harper	1	-1	20,147	7.0%	-5.0
	Independent	Margo MacDonald	1	±0	19,256	6.7%	-3.5
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	±0	4,176	1.4%	N/A
	Solidarity		0	±0	2,998	1.0%	N/A
	British National Party		0	±0	2,637	0.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	±0	2,190	0.8%	-0.1
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	2,002	0.7%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist Party		0	-1	1,994	0.7%	-4.7
	Publican Party		0	±0	1,230	0.4%	N/A
	Witchery Tour Party		0	±0	867	0.3%	-0.1
	Christian Peoples		0	±0	848	0.3%	N/A
	UK Independence		0	±0	834	0.3%	-0.1
	Had Enough Party		0	±0	670	0.2%	N/A
	Scottish Voice		0	±0	661	0.2%	N/A
	Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers		0	±0	322	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	±0	189	0.1%	N/A
	Scottish Enterprise Party		0	±0	183	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	±0	129	0.0%	N/A
	Independent		0	±0	73	0.0%	N/A

Changes:

• On 31 August 2007, Stefan Tymkewycz resigned to concentrate on being a City of Edinburgh councillor and was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville.

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (one constituency and one additional member)
• 2 Scottish Green Party MSPs (both additional members)
• 2 Scottish National Party MSPs (both additional members)
• 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
• 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Lothians
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Edinburgh Central	Sarah Boyack	Labour Party hold
	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Susan Deacon	Labour Party hold
	Edinburgh North and Leith	Malcolm Chisholm	Labour Party hold
	Edinburgh Pentlands	David McLetchie	Conservative Party gain from Labour Party
	Edinburgh South	Mike Pringle	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party
	Edinburgh West	Margaret Smith	Liberal Democrats hold
	Linlithgow	Mary Mulligan	Labour Party hold
	Livingston	Bristow Muldoon	Labour Party hold
	Midlothian	Rhona Brankin	Labour Party hold

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Lothians
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour Party		0	0	65,098	24.5%	-5.7%
	Scottish National Party	Kenny MacAskill Fiona Hyslop	2	−1	43,142	16.2%	-9.5%
	Conservative Party	James Douglas-Hamilton	1	−1	40,173	15.1%	-0.6%
	Scottish Green Party	Robin Harper Mark Ballard	2	+1	31,908	12.0%	+5.1%
	Liberal Democrats		0	−1	29,237	11.0%	-3.4%
	Independent	Margo MacDonald	1	+1	27,143	10.2%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist Party	Colin Fox	1	+1	14,448	5.4%	+3.8%
	Scottish Pensioners Party		0	0	5,609	2.1%	N/A
	Liberal		0	0	2,573	1.00%	+0.4%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,181	0.8%	-2.5%
	UK Independence		0	0	1,057	0.4%	N/A
	Witchery Tour Party		0	0	964	0.4%	-
	Scottish People's Alliance		0	0	879	0.3%	N/A
	ProLife Party		0	0	608	0.2%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	383	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	184	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	78	0.00%	N/A

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
• 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Lothians
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Edinburgh Central	Sarah Boyack	Labour Party gain
	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Susan Deacon	Labour Party gain
	Edinburgh North and Leith	Malcolm Chisholm	Labour Party gain
	Edinburgh Pentlands	Iain Gray	Labour Party gain
	Edinburgh South	Angus Mackay	Labour Party gain
	Edinburgh West	Margaret Smith	Liberal Democrats gain
	Linlithgow	Mary Mulligan	Labour Party gain
	Livingston	Bristow Muldoon	Labour Party gain
	Midlothian	Rhona Brankin	Labour Party gain

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Lothians
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour Party		0	N/A	99,098	30.2%	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Margo MacDonald Kenny MacAskill Fiona Hyslop	3	N/A	85,085	25.7%	N/A
	Conservative Party	David McLetchie James Douglas-Hamilton	2	N/A	52,067	15.7%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Steel	1	N/A	47,565	14.4%	N/A
	Scottish Green Party	Robin Harper	1	N/A	22,848	6.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	10,895	3.3%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist Party		0	N/A	5,237	1.6%	N/A
	Liberal		0	N/A	2,056	0.6%	N/A
	Witchery Tour Party		0	N/A	1,184	0.4%	N/A
	ProLife Alliance		0	N/A	898	0.3%	N/A
	Civil Rights Movement		0	N/A	806	0.2%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	564	0.2%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	557	0.2%	N/A
	Socialist Party (GB)		0	N/A	388	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	256	0.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	145	0.04%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	54	0.02%	N/A

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

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