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The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. Each constituency is a sub-division of a region, the additional members system is designed to produce proportional representation for each region, and the total number of MSPs elected to the parliament is 129. For references to lists of MSPs, see ''Member of the Scottish Parliament''.

Contents

Boundaries

Constituencies (First past the post seats)

Regions (Additional member seats)

Footnote

Boundaries

Until the United Kingdom general election of 2005 the first past the post constituencies were the same as for the House of Commons (United Kingdom Parliament, Westminster) (apart from Orkney and Shetland, which were separate constituencies at Holyrood, but not at Westminster). The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 enabled a new set of House of Commons constituencies to be formed in Scotland in 2005^[1], reducing their number and, therefore, the number of Scottish Members of Parliament (MPs) to 59, without change to the Holyrood constituencies and the number of MSPs. For Westminster constituencies, see List of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland.
The boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as they existed until 2005, had not been subject to full-scale review since the period, 1975 to 1996, of local government regions and districts. Many Holyrood constituencies, retaining those boundaries as they do, now straddle boundaries between council areas created in 1996. Newer Westminster constituencies also straddle council area boundaries but, in Westminster representation, there is a clear sense of council areas being grouped into larger areas: the East Ayrshire council area, North Ayrshire council area and South Ayrshire council area, for example, are treated as a single ''Ayrshire'' area.
Various council areas are divided between two Holyrood electoral regions. One council area, the South Lanarkshire council area, is divided between three different electoral regions.
The Arbuthnott Commission, in its final report, January 2006, recommended that, in future, council area boundaries and Holyrood and Westminster constituency boundaries should all be reviewed together. In June 2007 the Boundary commissions announced that the constituency and regional boundaries would be reviewed, the final report will be submitted to the Secretary of State in 2010.^[2]

Constituencies (First past the post seats)

Constituency	Additional members region
'A'
Aberdeen Central	North East Scotland
Aberdeen North	North East Scotland
Aberdeen South	North East Scotland
Airdrie and Shotts	Central Scotland
Angus	North East Scotland
Argyll and Bute	Highlands and Islands
Ayr	South of Scotland
'B'
Banff and Buchan	North East Scotland
'C'
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Highlands and Islands
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	South of Scotland
Central Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife
Clydesdale	South of Scotland
Clydebank and Milngavie	West of Scotland
Coatbridge and Chryston	Central Scotland
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Central Scotland
Cunninghame North	West of Scotland
Cunninghame South	South of Scotland
'D'
Dumbarton	West of Scotland
Dumfries	South of Scotland
Dundee East	North East Scotland
Dundee West	North East Scotland
Dunfermline East	Mid Scotland and Fife
Dunfermline West	Mid Scotland and Fife
'E'
East Kilbride	Central Scotland
East Lothian	South of Scotland
Eastwood	West of Scotland
Edinburgh Central	Lothians
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lothians
Edinburgh North and Leith	Lothians
Edinburgh Pentlands	Lothians
Edinburgh South	Lothians
Edinburgh West	Lothians
'F'
Falkirk East	Central Scotland
Falkirk West	Central Scotland
'G'
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	South of Scotland
Glasgow Anniesland	Glasgow
Glasgow Baillieston	Glasgow
Glasgow Cathcart	Glasgow
Glasgow Govan	Glasgow
Glasgow Kelvin	Glasgow
Glasgow Maryhill	Glasgow
Glasgow Pollok	Glasgow
Glasgow Rutherglen	Glasgow
Glasgow Shettleston	Glasgow
Glasgow Springburn	Glasgow
Gordon	North East Scotland
Greenock and Inverclyde	West of Scotland
'H'
Hamilton North and Bellshill	Central Scotland
Hamilton South	Central Scotland
'I'
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Highlands and Islands
'K'
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Central Scotland
Kirkcaldy	Mid Scotland and Fife
'L'
Linlithgow	Lothians
Livingston	Lothians
'M'
Midlothian	Lothians
Moray	Highlands and Islands
Motherwell and Wishaw	Central Scotland
'N'
North East Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife
North Tayside	Mid Scotland and Fife
'O'
Ochil	Mid Scotland and Fife
Orkney	Highlands and Islands
'P'
Paisley North	West of Scotland
Paisley South	West of Scotland
Perth	Mid Scotland and Fife
'R'
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	Highlands and Islands
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	South of Scotland
'S'
Shetland	Highlands and Islands
Stirling	Mid Scotland and Fife
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	West of Scotland
'T'
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	South of Scotland
'W'
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	North East Scotland
Western Isles	Highlands and Islands
West Renfrewshire	West of Scotland

Regions (Additional member seats)

Region	Constituencies	map
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdal Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

Footnote

1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6265754.stm