Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Central Scotland
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
Central Scotland shown within Scotland
Population669,424 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created1999
MSPsScottish National Party 9
Conservative 3
Labour 3
Green 1
Council areasFalkirk
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire (part)
ConstituenciesAirdrie and Shotts
Coatbridge and Chryston
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
East Kilbride
Falkirk East
Falkirk West
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Motherwell and Wishaw
Uddingston and Bellshill

Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba in Gaelic) is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. 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.