Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the

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. Nine of the parliament's 73

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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

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of the

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and is anchored by

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of Scotland,

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

. The Lothian region was created as a result of the

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and largely replaced the Lothians region.

Constituencies and local government areas

As a result of the

the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the

2011 Scottish Parliament election The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament, elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, ...

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Regional list MSPs

Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other. *^{/sup> 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.
*^{/sup> Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack

Sarah Herriot Boyack (born 16 May 1961) is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region since 2019, and previously from 2011 to 2016. She formerly represented the Edinburgh Cent ...
.
*^{/sup> 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.
*^{/sup> Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.

Election results

2021 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results

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Additional member results

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election

The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary electi ...
the region elected MSPs as follows:
* 6 Scottish National Party

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MSPs (all constituency members)
* 4 Conservative

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MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
* 3 Labour
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** Organized labour and the labour ...
MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)
* 2 Green

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MSPs (both additional members)
* 1 Liberal Democrats MSP (constituency member)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election

The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament, elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.

The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, ...
the region elected MSPs as follows:
* 8 Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...
MSPs (eight constituency members)
* 4 Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
MSPs (one constituency members and three additional member)
* 2 Conservative

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MSPs (two additional members)
* 1 Scottish Greens

The Scottish Greens (also known as the Scottish Green Party; gd, Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Green Pairtie) are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 20 ...
MSP (additional member)
* 1 Independent
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MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lothian (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)
Lothian
Scottish Parliamentary regions
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Politics of Edinburgh
Politics of West Lothian
Politics of East Lothian
Politics of Midlothian}}}}