| South Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
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| Population | 682,329 (2019)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 7 Scottish Conservative Party 6 Labour 3 |
| Council areas | Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
| 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 |
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]
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.