South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

South Scotland
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
South Scotland shown within Scotland
Population682,329 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created2011
MSPsScottish National Party 7
Scottish Conservative Party 6
Labour 3
Council areasDumfries and Galloway
East Ayrshire
East Lothian (part)
Midlothian (part)
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire (part)
ConstituenciesAyr
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.[2]

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.