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Articles relating to wards for the local authorities of Scotland, generally created in 2007 on a multi-member, proportional representation basis, replacing smaller, single-member entities (some were created after this point on review). Subcategories should be at county-area levels.
The Scottish Parliament (), created by the Scotland Act 1998, has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999.. The parliament has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first-past-the-post) system of voting, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional MSPs.
The 8 regions are: [8] Glasgow; Lothian; Central Scotland; South Scotland; Highlands and Islands; Mid-Scotland and Fife; West Scotland; North East Scotland; All together, every area of Scotland has 8 MSPs (1 constituency and 7 regional). A voter is given two ballot papers, one peach coloured and the other lilac.
The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the constituency, and were replaced with new wards in 2007, without change to constituency boundaries. From the 2011 election, Edinburgh West was redrawn and renamed "Edinburgh Western". The electoral wards used in this seat are; In full: Almond, Drum Brae/Gyle
All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. The electoral wards used in the creation of Motherwell and Wishaw are listed below. All of these wards are part of North Lanarkshire. [3] In full: Motherwell West; Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig; Murdostoun; Wishaw; In part: Motherwell North (shared with Uddingston and Bellshill)
The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.. The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency.
It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Edinburgh Pentlands (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann Pentlands) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Edinburgh.It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.