South of Scotland Scottish Parliament electoral region
The South of Scotland region shown within Scotland
Created 1999
Current representation
Labour Party	5 MSPs
Scottish National Party	5 MSPs
Conservative	4 MSP
Liberal Democrats	2 MSPs
Constituencies Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Council areas East Ayrshire (part) East Lothian (part) Dumfries and Galloway Midlothian (part) North Ayrshire (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part)

South of Scotland 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.

The region has boundaries with the West of Scotland, Central Scotland and Lothians regions.

Constituencies and council areas

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time^[1]. They cover all of three council areas^[2], the Scottish Borders council area, the Dumfries and Galloway council area and the South Ayrshire council area, and parts of five others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, the North Ayrshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area:

Constituency	Map
Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

The rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the Central Scotland electoral region, the rest of the East Lothian and Midlothian council areas are within the Lothians region, the rest of the North Ayrshire council area is within the West of Scotland region and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is divided between the Central Scotland and Glasgow regions.

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 4 Conservative MSP (three constituency members and one additional member)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSP (one constituency member and one additional member)

Constituency results

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Conservative MSP (two constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)
• 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)
• 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Additional member results

Changes

• Derek Brownlee replaced David Mundell. Mundell resigned as an MSP in June 2005 following his election to Westminster in the 2005 general election. Brownlee was next on the Conservative list.

• Rosemary Byrne resigned from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006 and now sits as a member of Solidarity.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
• 4 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

Constituency results

Changes:

• On the 21 December 1999 Ian Welsh announced his resignation from the parliament, citing family reasons. At 230 days after election he was the first MSP to resign from the job, and as of 2005 remains the shortest serving. At the subsequent Ayr by-election in 2000, John Scott won the seat for the Conservatives, gaining the party their first constituency seat.

Additional member results

Notes and references

1. ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.

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