South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

South Scotland
Scottish Parliament electoral region
South Scotland shown within Scotland
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Scottish Conservative Party 3 Liberal Democrats 1
Constituencies	Ayr 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
Council areas	Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire (part) East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part)

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.

Constituencies and local government areas

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. |- | valign="top"|

1. Ayr
   
2. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
   
3. Clydesdale
   
4. Dumfriesshire
   
5. East Lothian
   
6. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
   
7. Galloway and West Dumfries
   
8. Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
   
9. Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
   

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Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

as South of Scotland
Term	Election	Ayr		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Clydesdale		Galloway and Upper Nithsdale		Dumfries		Roxburgh and Berwickshire		Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		East Lothian		Cunninghame South		area formerly within the Central Scotland Region prior to 2011
1st	1999		Ian Welsh (Labour)		Cathy Jamieson (Labour)		Karen Gillon (Labour)		Alasdair Morgan (SNP)		Elaine Murray (Labour)		Euan Robson (LD)		Ian Jenkins (LD)		John Home Robertson (Labour)		Irene Oldfather (Labour)
	2000 by		John Scott (Conservative)
2nd	2003								Alex Fergusson (Conservative)						Jeremy Purvis (LD)
3rd	2007												John Lamont (Conservative)				Iain Gray (Labour)
as South Scotland
Term	Election	Ayr		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Clydesdale		Galloway and West Dumfries		Dumfriesshire		Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire		Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale		East Lothian		area covered by former constituency moved to the West Scotland Region from 2011		Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
4th	2011		John Scott (Conservative)		Adam Ingram (SNP)		Aileen Campbell (SNP)		Alex Fergusson (Conservative)		Elaine Murray (Labour)		John Lamont (Conservative)		Christine Grahame (SNP)		Iain Gray (Labour)				Willie Coffey (SNP)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament	MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP
as South of Scotland
1st (1999-2003)		Christine Grahame (SNP)		Adam Ingram (SNP)		Michael Russell (SNP)		Alex Fergusson (Conservative)		Murray Tosh (Conservative)		David Mundell (Conservative)		Phil Gallie (Conservative)
2nd (2003-07)						Alasdair Morgan (SNP)		Rosemary Byrne (Socialist)		Chris Ballance (Green)
												Derek Brownlee (Conservative)
3rd (2007-11)								Michael Russell (SNP)		Aileen Campbell (SNP)				Jim Hume (Lib Dem)
as South Scotland
4th (2011-15)		Joan McAlpine (SNP)		Aileen McLeod (SNP)		Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)		Chic Brodie (SNP)		Claudia Beamish (Labour)		Graeme Pearson (Labour)		Jim Hume (Lib Dem)

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSPs (all constituency members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Ayr	John Scott	Conservative hold
	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Adam Ingram	SNP gain from Labour
	Clydesdale	Aileen Campbell	SNP gain from Labour
	Dumfriesshire	Elaine Murray	Labour gain from Conservative
	East Lothian	Iain Gray	Labour hold
	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	John Lamont	Conservative hold
	Galloway and West Dumfries	Alex Fergusson	Conservative hold
	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Willie Coffey	SNP hold
	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Christine Grahame	SNP hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Joan McAlpine Aileen McLeod Paul Wheelhouse Chic Brodie	4	-1	114,270	40.96%	+12.4
	Labour	Claudia Beamish Graeme Pearson	2	+2	70,596	25.3%	-3.5
	Conservative		0	-1	54,352	19.48%	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Hume	1	±0	15,096	5.41%	-4.5
	Scottish Green		0	±0	8,656	3.1%	-0.3
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	±0	4,418	1.58%	-0.4
	UKIP		0	±0	3,343	1.16%	+0.6
	Socialist Labour		0	±0	2,906	1.04%	+0.5
	BNP		0	±0	2,017	0.72%	-0.4
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	1,924	0.69%	-0.1
	Solidarity		0	±0	813	0.29%	-0.7
	Scottish Socialist		0	±0	697	0.25%	-0.2