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The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 required the commission to review boundaries of all constituencies except Orkney and Shetland (which cover, respectively, the Orkney Islands council area and the Shetland Islands council area) so that the area covered by the reviewed constituencies continues to be covered by a total of 71 ...
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.
Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996—former system of regions and districts. Subdivisions of Scotland—unitary authority areas, in use from 1996 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions—in use from 1999 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999 to 2011.
The fifth Westminster review reduced the number of Westminster constituencies and, therefore, the number of Scottish Members of Parliament, from 72 to 59. The boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as they existed until 2005, had not been subject to review since the removal of local government regions and districts.
Of the 129 MSPs elected to the Scottish Parliament, 73 are elected to represent first past the post constituencies, whilst the remaining 56 are elected by the additional member system. These 56 are elected in eight different electoral regions, of which constituencies are sub-divisions.
The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this election. The Labour Party's vote went up by 16.7% and their number of MPs increased from 1 to 37, mainly in Scotland's Central Belt. This was at the expense of the Scottish National Party (SNP), whose vote share dropped by 15% and their number of MPs reducing to single ...
Pages in category "Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scotland" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. [2] They cover all of two council areas, [3] the Falkirk council area and the North Lanarkshire council area, and parts of three others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Dumbartonshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area.