South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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. See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921124603/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ |date=21 September 2007 }}. They cover all of three council areas,Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election. the Scottish Borders council area, the Dumfries and Galloway council area and the South Ayrshire council area, and parts of five others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, the North Ayrshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area:

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bgcolor="#ff9999"|Constituency	bgcolor="#ff9999"|Map
valign="top"| Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | colspan="2"|300px

The rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the Central Scotland electoral region, the rest of the East Lothian and Midlothian council areas are within the Lothians region, the rest of the North Ayrshire council area is within the West of Scotland region and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is divided between the Central Scotland and Glasgow regions.

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

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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
1st (1999–2003) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="4"| |rowspan="4"|Christine Grahame (SNP) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="4"| |rowspan="4"|Adam Ingram (SNP) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="4"| |rowspan="1"|Michael Russell (SNP) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}"| |rowspan="1"|Alex Fergusson (Conservative) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}"| |rowspan="1"|Murray Tosh (Conservative) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservative Party}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="2"|David Mundell (Conservative) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="3"| |rowspan="3"|Phil Gallie (Conservative)
rowspan="2"|2nd (2003–07) |rowspan="3"|Alasdair Morgan (SNP) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Socialist Party}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="2"|Rosemary Byrne (Socialist) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Chris Ballance (Green) |bgcolor="{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2"|
bgcolor="{{party color|Solidarity (Scotland)}}" rowspan="1"| |rowspan="2"|Derek Brownlee (Conservative)
3rd (2007–11) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |Michael Russell (SNP) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"| |Aileen Campbell (SNP) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}"| |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}"| |Jim Hume (Lib Dem)

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 4 Conservative MSPs (three constituency members and one additional member)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! 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 = Ayr

|MSP = John Scott

|winner = Scottish Conservatives

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

|MSP = Cathy Jamieson

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Clydesdale

|MSP = Karen Gillon

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Cunninghame South

|MSP = Irene Oldfather

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Dumfries

|MSP = Elaine Murray

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = East Lothian

|MSP = Iain Gray

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

|MSP = Alex Fergusson

|winner = Scottish Conservatives

}}

{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Roxburgh and Berwickshire

|MSP = John Lamont

|winner = Scottish Conservatives

|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box constituency hold electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

|MSP = Jeremy Purvis

|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box end}}

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! 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 Labour

|votes = 79,762

|percentage = 28.8

|change = -1.2

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|votes = 77,053

|percentage = 27.8

|change = +9.4

|number = 5

|numberchange= +2

|elected = Christine Grahame
Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan
Aileen Campbell

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|votes = 62,475

|percentage = 22.6

|change = -1.7

|number = 1

|numberchange= -1

|elected = Derek Brownlee

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|votes = 28,040

|percentage = 10.1

|change = -0.1

|number = 1

|numberchange= +1

|elected = Jim Hume

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Greens

|votes = 9,254

|percentage = 3.3

|change = -2.4

|number = 0

|numberchange= -1

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party

|votes = 5,335

|percentage = 1.9

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Solidarity (Scotland)

|votes = 3,433

|percentage = 1.2

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = British National Party

|votes = 3,212

|percentage = 1.2

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Christian Party

|votes = 2,353

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|votes = 1,633

|percentage = 0.6

|change = -0.6

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|votes = 1,429

|percentage = 0.5

|change = -0.2

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|votes = 1,114

|percentage = 0.4

|change = -5.0

|number = 0

|numberchange= -1

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|votes = 839

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Voice

|votes = 490

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 488

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}{{Election box end}}

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Conservative MSP (two constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)
• 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)
• 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2003 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency

! style="width: 150px"|Elected member

! style="width: 300px"|Result

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Ayr

|MSP = John Scott

|party = Scottish Conservatives

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

|MSP = Cathy Jamieson

|party = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Clydesdale

|MSP = Karen Gillon

|party = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Cunninghame South

|MSP = Irene Oldfather

|party = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Dumfries

|MSP = Elaine Murray

|party = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = East Lothian

|MSP = John Home Robertson

|party = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

|MSP = Alex Fergusson

|party = Scottish Conservatives

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Roxburgh and Berwickshire

|MSP = Euan Robson

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box constituency electoral region with party link|

|constituency = Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

|MSP = Jeremy Purvis

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box end}}

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2003 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! 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 Labour

|votes = 78,955

|percentage = 30.0

|change = -1.0

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|votes = 63,827

|percentage = 24.2

|change = +2.6

|number = 2

|numberchange= −1

|elected = Phil Gallie
David Mundell

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|votes = 48,371

|percentage = 18.4

|change = -6.7

|number = 3

|numberchange= ±0

|elected = Christine Grahame
Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|votes = 27,026

|percentage = 10.3

|change = -1.7

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Greens

|votes = 15,062

|percentage = 5.7

|change = +2.7

|number = 1

|numberchange= +1

|elected = Chris Ballance

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|votes = 14,228

|percentage = 5.4

|change = +4.4

|number = 1

|numberchange= +1

|elected = Rosemary Byrne

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Pensioners Party

|votes = 9,082

|percentage = 3.4

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|votes = 3,054

|percentage = 1.2

|change = -3.2

|number = 0

|numberchange=0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|votes = 1,889

|percentage = 0.7

|change = +0.2

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish People's Alliance

|votes = 1,436

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region|

|party = Rural Party

|votes = 355

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= 0

|elected =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Changes

• Derek Brownlee replaced David Mundell. Mundell resigned as an MSP in June 2005 following his election to Westminster in the 2005 general election. Brownlee was next on the Conservative list.
• Rosemary Byrne resigned from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006 and then sat as a member of Solidarity.

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
• 4 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency

! style="width: 150px"|Elected member

! style="width: 300px"|Result

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Ayr

|MSP = Ian Welsh

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

|MSP = Cathy Jamieson

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Clydesdale

|MSP = Karen Turnbull

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Cunninghame South

|MSP = Irene Oldfather

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Dumfries

|MSP = Elaine Murray

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = East Lothian

|MSP = John Home Robertson

|winner = Scottish Labour

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

|MSP = Alasdair Morgan

|winner = Scottish National Party

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Roxburgh and Berwickshire

|MSP = Euan Robson

|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box new constituency win electoral region with party link

|constituency = Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

|MSP = Ian Jenkins

|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats

}}

{{Election box end}}

Changes:

• On 21 December 1999 Ian Welsh resigned, citing family reasons. He was the first MSP to resign, and as of 2005 remains the shortest serving MSP serving 230 days. At the subsequent Ayr by-election in 2000, John Scott won the seat for the Conservatives.

{| class=wikitable

!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland

|-

! 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 Labour

|votes = 98,836

|percentage = 31.0

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|votes = 80,059

|percentage = 25.1

|change = N/A

|number = 3

|numberchange= N/A

|elected = Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Christine Creech

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|votes = 68,904

|percentage = 21.6

|change = N/A

|number = 4

|numberchange= N/A

|elected = Phil Gallie
Alex Fergusson
Murray Tosh
David Mundell

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|votes = 38,157

|percentage = 12.0

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|votes = 13,887

|percentage = 4.4

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Greens

|votes = 9,467

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

|votes = 3,478

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|votes = 3,304

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|votes = 1,502

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|votes = 755

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

|number = 0

|numberchange= N/A

|elected =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Scottish regions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:South Of Scotland (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)}}

Category:Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011