Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
{{Short description|Scottish Parliament region}}
{{distinguish|Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2015}}
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{{Infobox constituency
|name = Lothian
|type=|constituency_type = electoral region
|parl_name = Scottish Parliament
|map1=|image = 220px
|caption = Lothian shown within Scotland
|electorate=|year = 2011
|abolished =
|seats=|party=|member_label = MSPs
|members = Scottish National Party 7
Conservative 3
Labour 3
Scottish Green 2
Liberal Democrats 1
|district_label = Council areas
|district = City of Edinburgh
East Lothian (part)
Midlothian (part)
West Lothian
|parts_label = Constituencies
|parts = Almond Valley
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Edinburgh Pentlands
Edinburgh Southern
Edinburgh Western
Linlithgow
Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|previous=Lothians| population = 786,439 (2019)[https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area-2011-dz/spc/spc-19-tabs.xlsx Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)], National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 ([https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/2011-based-special-area-population-estimates/spc-population-estimates accompanying summary notes])
}}
Lothian 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 region is located in the eastern area of the Central Belt of the Scottish Lowlands and is anchored by capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the
Lothians region.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.asp |title=First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland |accessdate=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717195027/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.asp |archivedate=17 July 2012 }}
As a result of the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the region will be replaced by the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-01 |title=What would Scotland's new electoral map look like? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9856l91lk0o |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
Constituencies and local government areas
= Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026 =
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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.
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
=Constituency MSPs=
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| colspan="20"| as Lothians |
|---|
| Term
! Election !colspan="2"|Midlothian !colspan="2"|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Central !colspan="2"|Edinburgh North and Leith !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Pentlands !colspan="2"|Edinburgh South !colspan="2"|Edinburgh West !colspan="2"|Linlithgow !colspan="2"|Livingston |
| 1st
|1999 |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3"| Rhona Brankin |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2"| Susan Deacon |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3"| Sarah Boyack |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3"| Malcolm Chisholm |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1"| Iain Gray |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1"| Angus MacKay |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="3" | |rowspan="3"| Margaret Smith |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | |rowspan="3"|Mary Mulligan |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2"| Bristow Muldoon |
| 2nd
|2003 |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2" | |Rowspan="2"|David McLetchie |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2" | |rowspan="2"| Mike Pringle |
| 3rd
|2007 |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |Kenny MacAskill |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |Angela Constance |
| colspan="20"| as Lothian |
| Term
! Election !colspan="2"|Midlothian North and Musselburgh !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Eastern !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Central !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Northern and Leith !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Pentlands !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Southern !colspan="2"|Edinburgh Western !colspan="2"|Linlithgow !colspan="2"|Almond Valley |
| 4th
|2011 |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"| Colin Beattie |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3"| |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}"| |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"|Gordon MacDonald |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"|Fiona Hyslop |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"|Angela Constance |
| 5th
|2016 |rowspan="2"|Ash Denham |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}"| |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Ben Macpherson |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Daniel Johnson |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Alex Cole-Hamilton |
| 6th
|2021 |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |
=Regional list MSPs=
Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.
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| Parliament
!colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP |
|---|
| colspan="15"| as Lothians |
| rowspan="2"| 1st (1999–2003) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="5"|Robin Harper |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Margo MacDonald |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="5"|Fiona Hyslop |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="3"|Kenny MacAskill |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|David Steel |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="3"|James Douglas-Hamilton |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|David McLetchie |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" rowspan="1"|
|rowspan="1"|Margo MacDonald |
| 2nd (2003–07) |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"|Margo MacDonald |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Socialist Party}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Colin Fox |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Mark Ballard |
| rowspan="2"|3rd (2007–11) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="1"|Stefan Tymkewycz |rowspan="2"|Gavin Brown |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|George Foulkes |
| rowspan="1"|Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) |
| colspan="15"| as Lothian |
| rowspan="2"|4th (2011–16) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="5"|Alison Johnstone |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Margo MacDonald |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="3"|Kezia Dugdale |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="4"|Neil Findlay |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Sarah Boyack |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="2"|Gavin Brown |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="5"| |rowspan="1"|David McLetchie |
| colspan="2"| Vacant (April 2014–May 2016) |
| rowspan="2"|5th (2016–21) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Andy Wightman |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="2"|Gordon Lindhurst |rowspan="3"|Miles Briggs |rowspan="3"|Jeremy Balfour |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" rowspan="1"|
|rowspan="1"|Andy Wightman |rowspan="2"|Sarah Boyack |
| rowspan="1"|6th (2021–) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="1"|Lorna Slater |rowspan="1"|Foysol Choudhury |rowspan="1"|Sue Webber |
- [a] As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement; following her death, her seat remained vacant until the Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.
- [b] Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack.
- [c] Upon the death of David McLetchie, he was replaced by Cameron Buchanan as the next name on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Conservatives.
- [d] Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.
Election results
=2021 Scottish Parliament election=
== Constituency results ==
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Almond Valley
|MSP = Angela Constance
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Central
|MSP = Angus Robertson
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Conservatives
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Eastern
|MSP = Ash Denham
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Northern and Leith
|MSP = Ben Macpherson
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Pentlands
|MSP = Gordon MacDonald
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Southern
|MSP = Daniel Johnson
|winner = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Western
|MSP = Alex Cole-Hamilton
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Linlithgow
|MSP = Fiona Hyslop
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|MSP = Colin Beattie
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
== Additional member results ==
{{Election box begin for list|title=2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2021/scotland/regions/S17000012 Lothian] [region], BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/29240/notice-of-poll-lothian-region | title=Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll | date=6 May 2021 | work=City of Edinburgh Council}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish National Party|candidate=Graham Campbell, Angus Robertson, Fiona Hyslop, Ben Macpherson, Catriona MacDonald, Sarah Masson, Greg McCarra, Alison Dickie, Alex Orr, Douglas Thomson, Andrew Ewen, Rob Connell|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=141,478|percentage=35.9|change={{decrease}}0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish Conservatives |candidate=Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Jeremy Balfour, Rebecca Fraser, Malcolm Offord, Scott Douglas, Gordon Lindhurst, Marie-Clair Munro, Graham Hutchison, Iain Whyte, Callum Laidlaw, Charles Kennedy, Damian Timson|number=3|numberchange=0|votes=78,595|percentage=19.9|change={{decrease}}3.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Johnson, Sarah Boyack, Foysol Choudhury, Maddy Kirkman, Nick Ward, Kirsteen Sullivan, Frederick Hessler, Stephen Curran|number=2|numberchange=0|votes=76,689|percentage=19.4|change={{decrease}}1.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish Greens|candidate=Alison Johnstone, Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Chas Booth, Steve Burgess, Alys Mumford, Emily Frood, Ben Parker, Elaine Taylor, Bill Wilson, Evelyn Weston, Alex Staniforth|number=2|numberchange=0|votes=49,984|percentage=12.7|change={{increase}}2.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Alex Cole-Hamilton, Fred Mackintosh, Jill Reilly, Rebecca Bell, Sally Pattie, Fraser Graham, Caron Lindsay, Bruce Wilson, Charles Dundas|seats=0|seatchange=0|votes=28,433|percentage=7.2|change={{increase}}1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Alba Party|candidate=Kenny MacAskill, Alex Arthur, Christina Hendry, Irshad Ahmed|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=6,141|percentage=1.6|change={{increase}}1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All for Unity|candidate=Charlotte Morley, Parvinder Singh, Alan Hogg, Andy Macaulay, David Hamilton, Mike Knox|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=2,423|percentage=0.6|change={{increase}}0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Animal Welfare Party|candidate=Vivienne Moir, Gavin Ridley|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=2,392|percentage=0.6|change={{increase}}0.6}}
{{Election box candidate| |party=Scottish Family Party |candidate=Richard Lucas, Philip Holden, Norman Colville, Gareth Kirk, Amy Ireland|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=2,041 |percentage=0.5|change={{increase}}0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Women's Equality Party|candidate=Emma Watt, David Renton, Lucy Hammond|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=1,124|percentage=0.3|change={{decrease}}0.9}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Freedom Alliance|candidate=Jon Pullman, Cara Wase, Patricia McCann|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=922|percentage=0.2|change={{increase}}0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party|candidate=John Leckie, David Nichol|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=828|percentage=0.2|change={{increase}}0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Derek Winton, Mev Brown, Iain Morse, Lesley MacDonald|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=810|percentage=0.2|change={{increase}}0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish Libertarian Party|candidate=Tam Laird, Cameron Paterson|votes=689|percentage=0.2|change={{increase}}0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Britain|candidate=Matthew Waddell|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=598|percentage=0.2|change={{increase}}0.2}}
{{Election box candidate| |party=Independent |candidate=Ashley Graczyk|number=0|numberchange=0 |votes=430 |percentage=0.1 |change={{increase}}0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Donald Mackay, John Mumford, Steve Hollis, Kenneth Lowry|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=420|percentage=0.1|change={{decrease}}1.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Alasdair Young, Neil Manson, Lawrence Edwards|number=0|numberchange=0|votes=227|percentage=0.1|change={{increase}}0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Renew Party|candidate=Heather Astbury, Anna Freemantle-Zee|votes=102|percentage=0.0|change={{steady}}0.0}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2016 Scottish Parliament election =
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
- 4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
- 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
- 2 Green MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)
== Constituency results ==
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2016 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Almond Valley
|MSP = Angela Constance
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Central
|MSP = Ruth Davidson
|winner = Scottish Conservatives
|loser = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Eastern
|MSP = Ash Denham
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Northern and Leith
|MSP = Ben Macpherson
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Pentlands
|MSP = Gordon MacDonald
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Southern
|MSP = Daniel Johnson
|winner = Scottish Labour
|loser = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Western
|MSP = Alex Cole-Hamilton
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|loser = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Linlithgow
|MSP = Fiona Hyslop
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|MSP = Colin Beattie
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
== Additional member results ==
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2016 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 118,546
|percentage = 36.2%
|change = -2.9%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|votes = 74,972
|percentage = 22.9%
|change = +11.3%
|number = 3
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Miles Briggs
Gordon Lindhurst
Jeremy Balfour
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|votes = 67,991
|percentage = 20.8%
|change = -4.1%
|number = 2
|numberchange= -1
|elected = Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Greens
|votes = 34,551
|percentage = 10.6%
|change = +3.0%
|number = 2
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Alison Johnstone
Andy Wightman
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 18,479
|percentage = 5.6%
|change = +0.1%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|votes = 5,802
|percentage = 1.8%
|change = +1.2%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Women's Equality Party
|votes = 3,877
|percentage = 1.2%
|change = +1.2%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance
|votes = 1,641
|percentage = 0.5%
|change = +0.5%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|votes = 1,319
|percentage = 0.4%
|change = +0.3%
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2011 Scottish Parliament election =
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional member)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (two additional members)
- 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)
- 1 Independent MSP (additional member)
== Constituency results ==
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Almond Valley
|MSP = Angela Constance
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Central
|MSP = Marco Biagi
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Eastern
|MSP = Kenny MacAskill
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Northern and Leith
|MSP = Malcolm Chisholm
|winner = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Pentlands
|MSP = Gordon MacDonald
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Conservatives
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Southern
|MSP = Jim Eadie
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Edinburgh Western
|MSP = Colin Keir
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Linlithgow
|MSP = Fiona Hyslop
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|MSP = Colin Beattie
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour
}}
{{Election box end}}
== Additional member results ==
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 110,953
|percentage = 39.2
|change = +12.7
|number = 0
|numberchange= -3
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|votes = 70,544
|percentage = 24.9
|change = -1.3
|number = 3
|numberchange= +2
|elected = Sarah Boyack
Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|votes = 33,019
|percentage = 11.7
|change = -1.5
|number = 2
|numberchange= +1
|elected = David McLetchie
Gavin Brown
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Greens
|votes = 21,505
|percentage = 7.6
|change = +0.5
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Alison Johnstone
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 18,732
|percentage = 6.6
|change = ±0
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Margo MacDonald
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 15,588
|percentage = 5.5
|change = -7.3
|number = 0
|numberchange=
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
|votes = 3,218
|percentage = 1.1
|change = -0.3
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = British National Party
|votes = 1,978
|percentage = 0.7
|change = -0.2
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|votes = 1,822
|percentage = 0.6
|change = +0.4
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 1,681
|percentage = 0.6
|change = -0.2
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|votes = 1,183
|percentage = 0.4
|change = -0.3
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Christian Party
|votes = 914
|percentage = 0.3
|change = -0.4
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|votes = 697
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ±0
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|votes = 553
|percentage = 0.2
|change = -0.1
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|votes = 327
|percentage = 0.1
|change = -0.9
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 294
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 134
|percentage = 0.0
|change = N/A
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 61
|percentage = 0.0
|change = N/A
|number = 0
|numberchange= ±0
|elected =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 2011-}}
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Category:Scottish Parliamentary regions
Category:Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Category:Politics of Edinburgh
Category:Politics of West Lothian