Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Christine Grahame
Council area	Midlothian Scottish Borders
Created from	Midlothian, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Midlothian was abolished, with the creation of two new constituencies called Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Midlothian is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale; Midlothian North and Musselburgh is part of the Lothian region.

Since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale has been formed from the following electoral wards:

In full: Penicuik, Midlothian South, Tweeddale West, Tweeddale East, Galashiels and District, Leaderdale and Melrose
In part: Midlothian West (shared with Midlothian North and Musselburgh)

Members of the Scottish Parliament

As Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

	Member	Party
1999	Ian Jenkins	Scottish Liberal Democrats
2003	Jeremy Purvis	Scottish Liberal Democrats
2007	Jeremy Purvis	Scottish Liberal Democrats

As Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Christine Grahame	Scottish National Party
	2016	Christine Grahame	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Christine Grahame	16,031	45.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Michelle Ballantyne	10,163	28.6	+16.8
	Labour	Fiona Dudgale	5,701	16.0	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Chapman	3,686	10.6	-17.7
Majority			5,868	16.5	+1.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Christine Grahame	13,855	43.5	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Purvis	8,931	28.0	-2.2
	Labour	Ian Miller	5,312	16.7	-2.6
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	3,743	11.8	-4.4
Majority			4,924	15.5
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Party		Votes	%
	SNP	10,971	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	9,770	30.2
	Labour	6,247	19.3
	Conservative	5,235	16.2
	Others	97	0.3
Majority		1,201	3.7

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Purvis	10,656	35.1	+8.1
	SNP	Christine Grahame	10,058	33.2	+8.3
	Conservative	Derek Brownlee	5,594	18.4	-2.8
	Labour	Catherine Maxwell Stuart	4,019	13.2	-8.4
Majority			598	2.0
Turnout			30,327	56.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Purvis	7,197	26.96	−8.86
	SNP	Christine Grahame	6,659	24.94	+ 2.40
	Labour	Catherine Maxwell Stuart	5,757	21.56	−0.82
	Conservative	Derek Brownlee	5,686	21.30	+ 2.05
	Scottish Socialist	Norman Lockhart	1,055	3.95	+ 3.95
Majority			538	2.01	n/a
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	12,078	35.82	n/a
	SNP	Christine Creech	7,600	22.54	n/a
	Labour	George McGregor	7,546	22.38	n/a
	Conservative	John Campbell	6,491	19.25	n/a
Majority			4,478	13.28	n/a

Footnotes

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	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

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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