Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....

 of the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. Nine of the parliament's 73first past the post constituencies

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....

 are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...

. Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

The West Scotland was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries

First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries

The First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries was carried by the Boundary Commission for Scotland. It was announced on 3 July 2007 that the review was taking place and the final proposals were published on 26 May 2010...

 and largely replaced the
Lothians

Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The Lothians was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2011. 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...

 region.

Constituencies and local government areas

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:

Constituency	Almond Valley Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency) Almond Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election... Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...   Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Eastern is a proposed constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election... Edinburgh Northern and Leith  Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Pentlands is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...   Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Southern is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...   Edinburgh Western Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Western is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...   Linlithgow Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency) Linlithgow is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...   Midlothian North and Musselburgh Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency) Midlothian North and Musselburgh is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...

Scottish Parliament election 2011

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2011

The 2011 Scottish Parliament general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the mixed member proportional representation system is used to...

 the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Scottish National Party
  Scottish National Party
  The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
  
   MSPs (eight constituency members)
• 4 Labour
  Scottish Labour Party
  The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
  
   MSPs (one constituency members and three additional member)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (two additional members)
• 1 Scottish Green Party
  Scottish Green Party
  The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...
  
   MSP (additional member)
• 1 Independent
  Independent (politician)
  In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
  
   MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Additional member results

Footnotes

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