South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

South Scotland
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
South Scotland shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 7 Scottish Conservative Party 6 Labour 3
Council areas	Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part)
Constituencies	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

South Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. 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 South Scotland region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the South of Scotland region.^[1]

Constituencies and local government areas

2011–

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Region	Constituencies
		Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Dumfriesshire East Lothian Galloway and West Dumfries Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

1999–2011

Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.^[2]

The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:

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

The region covered the following local government areas: In full:

Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
Dumfries and Galloway

In part:

East Ayrshire
East Lothian
Midlothian
North Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

as South of Scotland
Term	Election	Ayr		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Clydesdale		Galloway and Upper Nithsdale		Dumfries		Roxburgh and Berwickshire		Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		East Lothian		area formerly within the Central Scotland Region prior to 2011		Cunninghame South
1st	1999		Ian Welsh (Labour)		Cathy Jamieson (Labour)		Karen Gillon (Labour)		Alasdair Morgan (SNP)		Elaine Murray (Labour)		Euan Robson (LD)		Ian Jenkins (LD)		John Home Robertson (Labour)				Irene Oldfather (Labour)
1st	2000 by		John Scott (Conservative)						Alasdair Morgan (SNP)						Ian Jenkins (LD)
2nd	2003								Alex Fergusson (Conservative)						Jeremy Purvis (LD)
3rd	2007								Alex Fergusson (Conservative)				John Lamont (Conservative)		Jeremy Purvis (LD)		Iain Gray (Labour)
as South Scotland
Term	Election	Ayr		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Clydesdale		Galloway and West Dumfries		Dumfriesshire		Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire		Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale		East Lothian		Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley		area covered by former constituency moved to the West Scotland Region from 2011
4th	2011		John Scott (Conservative)		Adam Ingram (SNP)		Aileen Campbell (SNP)		Alex Fergusson (Conservative)		Elaine Murray (Labour)		John Lamont (Conservative)		Christine Grahame (SNP)		Iain Gray (Labour)		Willie Coffey (SNP)
5th	2016		John Scott (Conservative)		Jeane Freeman (SNP)		Aileen Campbell (SNP)		Finlay Carson (Conservative)		Oliver Mundell (Conservative)		John Lamont (Conservative)		Christine Grahame (SNP)		Iain Gray (Labour)		Willie Coffey (SNP)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament
as South of Scotland
1st (1999–2003)	Christine Grahame (SNP)	Adam Ingram (SNP)	Michael Russell (SNP)	Alex Fergusson (Conservative)	Murray Tosh (Conservative)	David Mundell (Conservative)	Phil Gallie (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)			Alasdair Morgan (SNP)	Rosemary Byrne (Socialist)	Chris Ballance (Green)	David Mundell (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)				Rosemary Byrne (Socialist)	Chris Ballance (Green)	Derek Brownlee (Conservative)
3rd (2007–11)				Michael Russell (SNP)	Aileen Campbell (SNP)	Derek Brownlee (Conservative)	Jim Hume (Lib Dem)
as South Scotland
4th (2011–16)	Joan McAlpine (SNP)	Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)	Aileen McLeod (SNP)	Chic Brodie (SNP)	Claudia Beamish (Labour)	Graeme Pearson (Labour)	Jim Hume (Lib Dem)
5th (2016–)	Joan McAlpine (SNP)	Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)	Emma Harper (SNP)	Rachael Hamilton (Conservative)	Claudia Beamish (Labour)	Colin Smyth (Labour)	Brian Whittle (Conservative)

Election results

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

7 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
6 Conservative MSPs (four constituency members and two additional members)
3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: South Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Ayr	John Scott	Conservative hold
	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Jeane Freeman	SNP hold
	Clydesdale	Aileen Campbell	SNP hold
	Dumfriesshire	Oliver Mundell	Conservative gain from Labour
	East Lothian	Iain Gray	Labour hold
	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	John Lamont	Conservative hold
	Galloway and West Dumfries	Finlay Carson	Conservative hold
	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Willie Coffey	SNP hold
	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Christine Grahame	SNP hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: South Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Joan McAlpine Paul Wheelhouse Emma Harper	3	-1	120,217	38.3%	-2.7%
	Conservative	Rachael Hamilton Brian Whittle	2	+2	100,753	32.1%	+12.6%
	Labour	Claudia Beamish Colin Smyth	2	±0	56,072	17.8%	-7.5%
	Scottish Green		0	±0	14,773	4.7%	+1.6%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	11,775	3.7%	-1.7%
	UKIP		0	±0	6,726	2.1%	+1.0%
	Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent		0	±0	1,485	0.5%	+0.5%
	Solidarity		0	±0	1,294	0.4%	+0.1%
	RISE		0	±0	1,097	0.3%	+0.3%

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

8 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members)
4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
3 Conservative MSPs (all constituency members)
1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Ayr	John Scott	Conservative hold
	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Adam Ingram	SNP gain from Labour
	Clydesdale	Aileen Campbell	SNP gain from Labour
	Dumfriesshire	Elaine Murray	Labour gain from Conservative
	East Lothian	Iain Gray	Labour hold
	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	John Lamont	Conservative hold
	Galloway and West Dumfries	Alex Fergusson	Conservative hold
	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Willie Coffey	SNP hold
	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Christine Grahame	SNP hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Joan McAlpine Aileen McLeod Paul Wheelhouse Chic Brodie	4	-1	114,270	40.96%	+12.4
	Labour	Claudia Beamish Graeme Pearson	2	+2	70,596	25.3%	-3.5
	Conservative		0	-1	54,352	19.48%	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Hume	1	±0	15,096	5.41%	-4.5
	Scottish Green		0	±0	8,656	3.1%	-0.3
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	±0	4,418	1.58%	-0.4
	UKIP		0	±0	3,343	1.16%	+0.6
	Socialist Labour		0	±0	2,906	1.04%	+0.5
	BNP		0	±0	2,017	0.72%	-0.4
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	1,924	0.69%	-0.1
	Solidarity		0	±0	813	0.29%	-0.7
	Scottish Socialist		0	±0	697	0.25%	-0.2

Footnotes

↑ http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.asp
↑ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.

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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

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