South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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.

2011–present
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.

1999–2011
Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.

The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below:

The region covered the following local government areas: In full: In part:
 * Scottish Borders
 * South Ayrshire
 * Dumfries and Galloway
 * East Ayrshire
 * East Lothian
 * Midlothian
 * North Ayrshire
 * South Lanarkshire

Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:


 * 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (6 constituency members and 1 additional member)
 * 3 Labour MSPs (additional members)
 * 6 Conservative MSPs (3 constituency members and 3 additional member)

Constituency results
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2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
 * 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
 * 6 Conservative MSPs (four constituency members and two additional members)
 * 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)

Constituency results
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Additional member results
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2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
 * 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members)
 * 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
 * 3 Conservative MSPs (all constituency members)
 * 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Constituency results
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Additional member results
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