From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood ) has 73 constituencies , each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post ) system of election, and eight additional members regions, each electing seven additional MSPs using the D'Hondt method of allocating from party lists to produce a form of proportional representation . The total number of parliamentary seats is 129. For links to lists of MSPs, see Member of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions .
The Scotland Act 1998 as amended by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 requires Boundaries Scotland to regularly review boundaries of all constituencies; the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries , taking place between 2023 and 2025, will result in new constituency boundaries for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election .
Constituency
Council area or areas
Additional members region
Electorate (1 September 2022)[ 1]
Aberdeen Central BC
Aberdeen City
North East Scotland
55,994
Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine CC
Aberdeen City , Aberdeenshire
North East Scotland
61,544
Aberdeen Donside BC
Aberdeen City
North East Scotland
62,531
Aberdeenshire East CC
Aberdeenshire
North East Scotland
61,078
Aberdeenshire West CC
Aberdeenshire
North East Scotland
59,983
Airdrie CC
North Lanarkshire
Central Scotland and Lothians West
54,205
Almond Valley CC
West Lothian
Central Scotland and Lothians West
68,871
Angus North and Mearns CC
Aberdeenshire , Angus
North East Scotland
55,006
Angus South CC
Angus
North East Scotland
58,622
Argyll and Bute CC
Argyll and Bute
Highlands and Islands
49,535
Ayr BC
South Ayrshire
South Scotland
62,566
Banffshire and Buchan Coast CC
Aberdeenshire , Moray
North East Scotland
61,591
Bathgate CC
West Lothian
Central Scotland and Lothians West
66,803
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross CC
Highland
Highlands and Islands
56,532
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley CC
East Ayrshire , South Ayrshire
South Scotland
59,218
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane CC
Clackmannanshire , Stirling
Mid Scotland and Fife
56,732
Clydebank and Milngavie BC
East Dunbartonshire , West Dunbartonshire
West Scotland
55,112
Clydesdale CC
South Lanarkshire
South Scotland
61,011
Coatbridge and Chryston BC
North Lanarkshire
Central Scotland and Lothians West
56,877
Cowdenbeath CC
Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
56,363
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth BC
North Lanarkshire
Central Scotland and Lothians West
51,210
Cunninghame North CC
North Ayrshire
West Scotland
56,604
Cunninghame South CC
North Ayrshire , East Ayrshire
West Scotland
59,525
Dumbarton CC
Argyll and Bute , West Dunbartonshire
West Scotland
56,129
Dumfriesshire CC
Dumfries and Galloway
South Scotland
61,848
Dundee City East BC
Dundee City
North East Scotland
56,030
Dundee City West BC
Dundee City
North East Scotland
56,705
Dunfermline CC
Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
62,615
East Kilbride BC
South Lanarkshire
South Scotland
60,763
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs CC
East Lothian
Edinburgh and Lothians East
57,511
Eastwood CC
East Renfrewshire
West Scotland
56,258
Edinburgh Central BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
64,114
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent BC
City of Edinburgh , East Lothian
Edinburgh and Lothians East
57,320
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
64,322
Edinburgh North Western BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
60,717
Edinburgh Northern BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
63,281
Edinburgh South Western BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
59,967
Edinburgh Southern BC
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians East
62,177
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire CC
Scottish Borders
South Scotland
55,131
Falkirk East and Linlithgow CC
Falkirk , West Lothian
Central Scotland and Lothians West
67,341
Falkirk West BC
Falkirk
Central Scotland and Lothians West
68,831
Fife North East CC
Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
56,669
Galloway and West Dumfries CC
Dumfries and Galloway
South Scotland
57,094
Glasgow Anniesland BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
60,545
Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
58,936
Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
66,213
Glasgow Central BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
61,723
Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
59,829
Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
64,836
Glasgow Southside BC
Glasgow City
Glasgow
65,486
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse BC
South Lanarkshire
South Scotland
59,596
Inverclyde CC
Inverclyde
West Scotland
60,794
Inverness and Nairn CC
Highland
Highlands and Islands
65,464
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley CC
East Ayrshire
South Scotland
57,515
Kirkcaldy BC
Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
60,642
Mid Fife and Glenrothes CC
Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
54,098
Midlothian North CC
Midlothian
Edinburgh and Lothians East
53,996
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Midlothian , Scottish Borders
South Scotland
60,183
Moray
Moray
Highlands and Islands
63,123
Motherwell and Wishaw BC
North Lanarkshire
Central Scotland and Lothians West
57,740
Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Highlands and Islands
21,769
Orkney Islands CC
Orkney Islands
Highlands and Islands
17,696
Paisley BC
Renfrewshire
West Scotland
58,570
Perthshire North CC
Perth and Kinross
Mid Scotland and Fife
59,944
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire CC
Perth and Kinross
Mid Scotland and Fife
60,095
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald BC
Renfrewshire , Glasgow City
West Scotland
63,745
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley CC
East Renfrewshire , Renfrewshire
West Scotland
60,982
Rutherglen and Cambuslang BC
South Lanarkshire
Glasgow
62,888
Shetland Islands CC
Shetland Islands
Highlands and Islands
17,965
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch CC
Highland
Highlands and Islands
67,222
Stirling CC
Stirling
Mid Scotland and Fife
54,302
Strathkelvin and Bearsden CC
East Dunbartonshire
West Scotland
63,895
Uddingston and Bellshill BC
North Lanarkshire , South Lanarkshire
Central Scotland and Lothians West
58,839
The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect list members of the Scottish Parliament. The regions from 2026 onwards are:[ 2]
Region
Constituencies
map
Central Scotland and Lothians West (2022 electorate: 550,717)
Airdrie Almond Valley Bathgate Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Falkirk East and Linlithgow Falkirk West Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Edinburgh and Lothians East (2022 electorate: 543,001)
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh South Western Edinburgh Southern Midlothian North
Glasgow (2019 population: 703,978)[ 3]
Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands (2019 population: 448,311)[ 3]
Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Mid Scotland and Fife (2019 population: 668,930)[ 3]
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland (2019 population: 768,973)[ 3]
Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland (2019 population: 682,329)[ 3]
Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Kilbride Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland (2019 population: 709,716)[ 3]
Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden