Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Midlothian and Scottish Borders.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3]
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | South Scotland |
| Electorate | 62,464 (2026)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Calum Kerr |
| Council area | Midlothian Scottish Borders |
| Created from | Midlothian, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
Created for the 2011 election, the constituency covers parts of the former constituencies of Midlothian and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.[4][5] The remainder of Midlothian council area lies within the constituency of Midlothian North, whilst the remainder of Scottish Borders forms the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency.[6]
Electoral region
Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the other nine constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Clydesdale; Dumfriesshire; East Kilbride; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse; and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.[3] The region covers the whole of the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, and South Ayrshire council areas; and parts of the council areas of East Ayrshire, Midlothian, and South Lanarkshire.[7] By population it is now the largest of Scotland's eight electoral regions.[3]
Prior to the 2025 review, there were nine constituencies in the South Scotland region. Besides Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, the other eight constituencies were: 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 covered the Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire council areas in full and parts of the East Lothian, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire council areas.
Midlothian North, which covers the rest of Midlothian, is part of the Edinburgh and Lothians East region.[7]
Constituency boundaries and council area
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale was created by the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries ahead of the 2011 election from parts of the former constituencies of Midlothian and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.[4] Following the Second Periodic Review in 2025, the boundary with Midlothian North was amended to move Newtongrange into Midlothian North. The electoral wards of Scottish Borders Council and Midlothian Council used in the current creation of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale are:[2]
- Scottish Borders:
- Tweeddale East (entire ward)
- Tweeddale West (entire ward)
- Galashiels and District (entire ward)
- Leaderdale and Melrose (entire ward)
- Midlothian:
- Penicuik (entire ward)
- Midlothian South (shared with Midlothian North)
- Midlothian West (shared with Midlothian North)
Members of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | |
| 2026 | Calum Kerr | ||
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Calum Kerr | 14,091 | 40.9 |  5.1 |
9,350 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Cockburn | 6,930 | 20.1 | 10.4 |
6,250 | 18.1 | ||
| Green | 4,988 | 14.4 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Dunlop[b] | 4,649 | 13.5 |  7.5 |
4,258 | 12.3 | ||
| Labour | Daniel Coleman | 4,614 | 13.4 | 1.2 |
4,164 | 12.0 | ||
| Reform | Carolyn Grant | 4,199 | 12.2 | New | 4,446 | 12.8 | ||
| Independent Green Voice | 355 | 1.0 | ||||||
| AtLS | 254 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | 199 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist | 102 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 44 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Independent | Sean Davies | 44 | 0.1 | |||||
| UKIP | 40 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Independent | Denise Sommerville | 40 | 0.1 | |||||
| Heritage | 37 | 0.1 | ||||||
| ADF | 37 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Scottish Common Party | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Majority | 7,161 | 20.8 | 5.0 |
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| Valid votes | 34,483 | 34,624 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 175 | 118 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,658 | 55.5 | 10.9 |
34,742 | 55.6 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 19,807 | 46.0 | 0.9 |
17,902 | 41.51 | 1.84 | |
| Conservative | Shona Haslam | 12,981 | 30.2 | 1.6 |
12,079 | 28.01 | 0.65 | |
| Labour | Katherine Sangster | 5,410 | 12.6 | 3.4 |
5,679 | 13.17 | 0.85 | |
| Liberal Democrats | AC May | 2,615 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
2,832 | 6.57 | 1.59 | |
| Green | Dominic Ashmole | 2,154 | 5.0 | New | 3,007 | 6.97 | 0.18 | |
| All for Unity | 427 | 0.99 | New | |||||
| Alba | 405 | 0.94 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 202 | 0.47 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 154 | 0.36 | New | |||||
| Reform | 116 | 0.27 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 94 | 0.22 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 86 | 0.20 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 56 | 0.13 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 50 | 0.12 | 1.57 | |||||
| Vanguard Party (UK) | Michael Banks | 67 | 0.2 | New | 21 | 0.05 | New | |
| Scotia Future | 19 | 0.04 | New | |||||
| Majority | 6,863 | 15.8 | 0.7 |
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| Valid votes | 43,034 | 43,129 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 137 | 62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,171 | 66.4 | 7.0 |
43,191 | 66.4 | 7.0 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 0.4 |
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2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 16,031 | 45.1 | 1.6 |
14,162 | 39.7 | 3.5 | |
| Conservative | Michelle Ballantyne | 10,163 | 28.6 | 16.8 |
10,230 | 28.7 | 14.7 | |
| Labour | Fiona Dugdale | 5,701 | 16.0 | 0.7 |
5,005 | 14.0 | 2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kris Chapman | 3,686 | 10.4 | 17.6 |
2,912 | 8.2 | 7.1 | |
| Green | 2,426 | 6.8 | 2.1 | |||||
| UKIP | 602 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |||||
| Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 125 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Solidarity | 121 | 0.3 | 1.4 | |||||
| RISE | 114 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Majority | 5,868 | 16.5 | 1.0 |
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| Valid votes | 35,581 | 35,697 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 156 | 54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 35,737 | 59.4 | 4.1 |
35,751 | 59.4 | 4.1 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 13,855 | 43.5 | N/A | 13,796 | 43.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Purvis[b] | 8,931 | 28.0 | N/A | 4,894 | 15.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ian Miller | 5,312 | 16.7 | N/A | 5,353 | 16.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Peter Duncan | 3,743 | 11.8 | N/A | 4,465 | 14.0 | N/A | |
| Green | 1,500 | 4.7 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 527 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 396 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
| UKIP | 319 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 196 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 186 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 180 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 100 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 4,924 | 15.5 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 31,841 | 31,912 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 126 | 53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,967 | 55.3 | N/A | 31,965 | 55.3 | N/A | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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