South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)


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. 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.

Constituencies and local government areas

2011–

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

1999–2011

Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.
The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:
The region covered the following local government areas:
In full:
In part:

Constituency MSPs

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Election results

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Additional member results

Footnotes