Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Midlothian and Scottish Borders. Created for the 2011 election, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 79,077 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Christine Grahame |
Council area | Midlothian Scottish Borders |
Created from | Midlothian, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
The constituency covers parts of the former constituencies of Midlothian and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. The remainder of Midlothian council area lies within the constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh, whilst the remainder of Scottish Borders forms the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency.[2][3]
Electoral region
editThe other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Midlothian North and Musselburgh, which covers the rest of Midlothian, is part of the Lothian region.
Constituency boundaries and council area
editSince the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale has been formed from the following electoral wards:[3]
- In full:
- Galashiels and District (Scottish Borders)
- Leaderdale and Melrose (Scottish Borders)
- Midlothian South (Midlothian)
- Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Tweeddale East (Scottish Borders)
- Tweeddale West (Scottish Borders)
- In part
- Midlothian West (in Midlothian, and shared with Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency)
Members of the Scottish Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party |
Election results
edit2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 19,807 | 46.0 | 0.9 | 17,902 | 41.51 | 1.84 | |
Conservative | Shona Haslam | 12,981 | 30.2 | 1.6 | 12,079 | 28.01 | 0.65 | |
Labour | Katherine Sangster | 5,410 | 12.6 | 3.4 | 5,679 | 13.17 | 0.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | AC May | 2,615 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 2,832 | 6.57 | 1.59 | |
Scottish Green | Dominic Ashmole | 2,154 | 5.0 | New | 3,007 | 6.97 | 0.18 | |
All for Unity | 427 | 0.99 | New | |||||
Alba | 405 | 0.94 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 202 | 0.47 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 154 | 0.36 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 116 | 0.27 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 94 | 0.22 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 86 | 0.20 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 56 | 0.13 | New | |||||
UKIP | 50 | 0.12 | 1.57 | |||||
Vanguard Party (UK) | Michael Banks | 67 | 0.2 | New | 21 | 0.05 | New | |
Scotia Future | 19 | 0.04 | New | |||||
Majority | 6,863 | 15.8 | 0.7 | |||||
Valid Votes | 43,034 | 43,129 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 137 | 62 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,171 | 66.4 | 7.0 | 43,191 | 66.4 | 7.0 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 0.4 | ||||||
2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 16,031 | 45.1 | 1.6 | 14,162 | 39.7 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Michelle Ballantyne | 10,163 | 28.6 | 16.8 | 10,230 | 28.7 | 14.7 | |
Labour | Fiona Dugdale | 5,701 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 5,005 | 14.0 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kris Chapman | 3,686 | 10.4 | 17.6 | 2,912 | 8.2 | 7.1 | |
Scottish Green | 2,426 | 6.8 | 2.1 | |||||
UKIP | 602 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |||||
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 125 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 121 | 0.3 | 1.4 | |||||
RISE | 114 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 5,868 | 16.5 | 1.0 | |||||
Valid Votes | 35,581 | 35,697 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 156 | 54 | ||||||
Turnout | 35,737 | 59.4 | 4.1 | 35,751 | 59.4 | 4.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christine Grahame[a] | 13,855 | 43.5 | N/A | 13,796 | 43.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Purvis[b] | 8,931 | 28.0 | N/A | 4,894 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Ian Miller | 5,312 | 16.7 | N/A | 5,353 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Duncan | 3,743 | 11.8 | N/A | 4,465 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1,500 | 4.7 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 527 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 396 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 319 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 196 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 186 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 180 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 100 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 4,924 | 15.5 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,841 | 31,912 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 126 | 53 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,967 | 55.3 | N/A | 31,965 | 55.3 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 120. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Christine Grahame elected as MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale". Scottish Borders Council. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament election results 2016". Scottish Borders Council. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 2016 election results - list" (PDF). Scottish Borders Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
edit- "Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 10 August 2021.