South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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| South of Scotland Scottish Parliament electoral region | |
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| The South of Scotland region shown within Scotland | |
| Created 1999 | |
| Abolished 2011 | |
| Constituencies Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | |
| Council areas East Ayrshire (part) East Lothian (part) Dumfries and Galloway Midlothian (part) North Ayrshire (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
South of Scotland was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament when it was created in 1999. The region was replaced with South Scotland in 2011 following a review.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies were sub-divisions of the region and it elected seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elected a total of 16 MSPs.
The region had boundaries with the West of Scotland, Central Scotland and Lothians regions.
Constituencies and council areas
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.<ref>Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Template:Webarchive.</ref> They cover all of three council areas,<ref>Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.</ref> the Scottish Borders council area, the Dumfries and Galloway council area and the South Ayrshire council area, and parts of five others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, the North Ayrshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area:
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The rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the Central Scotland electoral region, the rest of the East Lothian and Midlothian council areas are within the Lothians region, the rest of the North Ayrshire council area is within the West of Scotland region and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is divided between the Central Scotland and Glasgow regions.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
Election results
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 4 Conservative MSPs (three constituency members and one additional member)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)