Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026

Map of boundaries from 2011

Map of boundaries from 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.

Constituency MSPs

Regional list MSPs

Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.

• ^[a] As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement; following her death, her seat remained vacant until the Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.
• ^[b] Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack.
• ^[c] Upon the death of David McLetchie, he was replaced by Cameron Buchanan as the next name on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Conservatives.
• ^[d] Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.

2021 Scottish Parliament election

Additional member results

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian[4][5]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	SNP	Graham Campbell, Angus Robertson, Fiona Hyslop, Ben Macpherson, Catriona MacDonald, Sarah Masson, Greg McCarra, Alison Dickie, Alex Orr, Douglas Thomson, Andrew Ewen, Rob Connell	141,478	35.9	0.3
	Conservative	Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Jeremy Balfour, Rebecca Fraser, Malcolm Offord, Scott Douglas, Gordon Lindhurst, Marie-Clair Munro, Graham Hutchison, Iain Whyte, Callum Laidlaw, Charles Kennedy, Damian Timson	78,595	19.9	3.0
	Labour	Daniel Johnson, Sarah Boyack, Foysol Choudhury, Maddy Kirkman, Nick Ward, Kirsteen Sullivan, Frederick Hessler, Stephen Curran	76,689	19.4	1.4
	Green	Alison Johnstone, Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Chas Booth, Steve Burgess, Alys Mumford, Emily Frood, Ben Parker, Elaine Taylor, Bill Wilson, Evelyn Weston, Alex Staniforth	49,984	12.7	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cole-Hamilton, Fred Mackintosh, Jill Reilly, Rebecca Bell, Sally Pattie, Fraser Graham, Caron Lindsay, Bruce Wilson, Charles Dundas	28,433	7.2	1.6
	Alba	Kenny MacAskill, Alex Arthur, Christina Hendry, Irshad Ahmed	6,141	1.6	1.6
	All for Unity	Charlotte Morley, Parvinder Singh, Alan Hogg, Andy Macaulay, David Hamilton, Mike Knox	2,423	0.6	0.6
	Animal Welfare	Vivienne Moir, Gavin Ridley	2,392	0.6	0.6
	Scottish Family	Richard Lucas, Philip Holden, Norman Colville, Gareth Kirk, Amy Ireland	2,041	0.5	0.5
	Women's Equality	Emma Watt, David Renton, Lucy Hammond	1,124	0.3	0.9
	Freedom Alliance	Jon Pullman, Cara Wase, Patricia McCann	922	0.2	0.2
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament	John Leckie, David Nichol	828	0.2	0.2
	Reform	Derek Winton, Mev Brown, Iain Morse, Lesley MacDonald	810	0.2	0.2
	Scottish Libertarian	Tam Laird, Cameron Paterson	689	0.2	0.2
	Communist	Matthew Waddell	598	0.2	0.2
	Independent	Ashley Graczyk	430	0.1	0.1
	UKIP	Donald Mackay, John Mumford, Steve Hollis, Kenneth Lowry	420	0.1	1.7
	SDP	Alasdair Young, Neil Manson, Lawrence Edwards	227	0.1	0.1
	Renew	Heather Astbury, Anna Freemantle-Zee	102	0.0	0.0

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2016 Scottish Parliament election

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

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
• 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
• 2 Green MSPs (both additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional member)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (two additional members)
• 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)
• 1 Independent MSP (additional member)