Lothians (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region) - Constituencies and Council Areas

Constituencies and Council Areas

The City of Edinburgh and the West Lothian council areas are entirely within the region. Most of the East Lothian council area is outside, covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland region. A western portion of the Midlothian council area is covered by the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency, within the South of Scotland region.

Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes:

Constituency Map
  1. Edinburgh Central covers the central area of the City of Edinburgh.
  2. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh covers north east of the City of Edinburgh and the Musselburgh area of East Lothian.
  3. Edinburgh North and Leith covers the northern part of the City of Edinburgh.
  4. Edinburgh Pentlands covers the south western portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  5. Edinburgh South covers the south eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  6. Edinburgh West covers the north western portion of the City of Edinburgh.
  7. Linlithgow covers the eastern part of the West Lothian.
  8. Livingston covers the western part of the West Lothian.
  9. Midlothian covers the eastern part of Midlothian.

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