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As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Scotland was covered by 59 constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament: 19 burgh constituencies and 40 county constituencies. These constituencies were used from the 2005 to the 2019 general elections, and were replaced by new constituencies at the 2024 election.
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Constituencies and council areas
The Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the ward boundaries dated from 1999. Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries.
The same council area and ward boundaries were in use when the new constituencies were first used in 2005, but ward boundaries have changed since then. New wards were introduced for the 2007 Scottish local government elections.
Council areas | Constituencies |
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Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire | Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Banff and Buchan Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Angus and Dundee | Angus Dundee East Dundee West |
Argyll and Bute | Argyll and Bute |
Edinburgh | Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West |
Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross | Ochil and South Perthshire Perth and North Perthshire |
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Lanark and Hamilton East Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Loudoun North Ayrshire and Arran |
East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire | Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East East Dunbartonshire Motherwell and Wishaw |
East Lothian | East Lothian |
East Renfrewshire | East Renfrewshire |
Falkirk and West Lothian | Falkirk Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston |
Fife | Dunfermline and West Fife Glenrothes Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath North East Fife |
Glasgow | Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West |
Highland | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Ross, Skye and Lochaber |
Inverclyde | Inverclyde |
Midlothian | Midlothian |
Moray | Moray |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands | Orkney and Shetland |
Renfrewshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
Stirling | Stirling |
West Dunbartonshire | West Dunbartonshire |
MPs
Scottish National Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Alba
Name | Electorate[1] | Majority[2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | ||
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Aberdeen North BC | 62,489 | 12,670 | Kirsty Blackman | Ryan Houghton | ||
Aberdeen South BC | 65,719 | 3,990 | Stephen Flynn | Douglas Lumsden | ||
Airdrie and Shotts CC | 64,011 | 1,757 | Anum Qaisar | Kenneth Stevenson | ||
Angus CC | 63,952 | 3,795 | Dave Doogan | Kirstene Hair | ||
Argyll and Bute CC | 66,525 | 4,110 | Brendan O'Hara | Gary Mulvaney | ||
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC | 71,970 | 2,329 | Allan Dorans | Martin Dowey | ||
Banff and Buchan CC | 66,655 | 4,118 | David Duguid | Paul Robertson | ||
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC | 74,518 | 5,148 | John Lamont | Calum Kerr | ||
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC | 46,930 | 204 | Jamie Stone | Karl Rosie | ||
Central Ayrshire CC | 69,742 | 5,304 | Philippa Whitford | Derek Stillie | ||
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill BC | 72,943 | 5,624 | Steven Bonnar | Hugh Gaffney | ||
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East CC | 66,079 | 12,976 | Stuart McDonald | James McPhilemy | ||
Dumfries and Galloway CC | 74,580 | 1,805 | Alister Jack | Richard Arkless | ||
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC | 68,330 | 3,781 | David Mundell | Amanda Burgauer | ||
Dundee East BC | 66,210 | 13,375 | Stewart Hosie | Phillip Scott | ||
Dundee West BC | 64,431 | 12,259 | Chris Law | Jim Malone | ||
Dunfermline and West Fife CC | 76,652 | 10,669 | Douglas Chapman | Cara Hilton | ||
East Dunbartonshire CC | 66,075 | 149 | Amy Callaghan | Jo Swinson | ||
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow CC | 81,224 | 13,322 | Lisa Cameron[n 1] | Monique McAdams | ||
East Lothian CC | 81,600 | 3,886 | Kenny MacAskill[n 2] | Martin Whitfield | ||
East Renfrewshire CC | 72,232 | 5,425 | Kirsten Oswald | Paul Masterton | ||
Edinburgh East BC | 69,424 | 10,417 | Tommy Sheppard | Sheila Gilmore | ||
Edinburgh North and Leith BC | 81,336 | 12,808 | Deidre Brock | Gordon Munro | ||
Edinburgh South BC | 66,188 | 11,095 | Ian Murray | Catriona McDonald | ||
Edinburgh South West BC | 73,501 | 11,982 | Joanna Cherry | Callum Laidlaw | ||
Edinburgh West BC | 72,507 | 3,769 | Christine Jardine | Sarah Masson | ||
Falkirk CC | 84,472 | 14,948 | John McNally | Lynn Munro | ||
Glasgow Central BC | 69,230 | 6,474 | Alison Thewliss | Faten Hameed | ||
Glasgow East BC | 67,381 | 5,556 | David Linden | Kate Watson | ||
Glasgow North BC | 57,130 | 5,601 | Patrick Grady | Pam Duncan-Glancy | ||
Glasgow North East BC | 61,075 | 2,458 | Anne McLaughlin | Paul Sweeney | ||
Glasgow North West BC | 63,402 | 8,359 | Carol Monaghan | Patricia Ferguson | ||
Glasgow South BC | 70,891 | 9,005 | Stewart McDonald | Johann Lamont | ||
Glasgow South West BC | 64,575 | 4,900 | Chris Stephens | Matt Kerr | ||
Glenrothes CC | 65,762 | 11,757 | Peter Grant | Pat Egan | ||
Gordon CC | 79,629 | 819 | Richard Thomson | Colin Clark | ||
Inverclyde CC | 60,622 | 7,512 | Ronnie Cowan | Martin McCluskey | ||
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey CC | 78,059 | 10,440 | Drew Hendry | Fiona Fawcett | ||
Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC | 74,517 | 12,659 | Alan Brown | Caroline Hollins | ||
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CC | 72,853 | 1,243 | Neale Hanvey[n 3] | Lesley Laird | ||
Lanark and Hamilton East CC | 77,659 | 5,187 | Angela Crawley | Shona Haslam | ||
Linlithgow and East Falkirk CC | 87,044 | 11,266 | Martyn Day | Charles Kennedy | ||
Livingston CC | 82,285 | 13,435 | Hannah Bardell | Damian Timson | ||
Midlothian CC | 70,544 | 5,705 | Owen Thompson | Danielle Rowley | ||
Moray CC | 71,035 | 413 | Douglas Ross | Laura Mitchell | ||
Motherwell and Wishaw BC | 68,856 | 6,268 | Marion Fellows | Angela Feeney | ||
Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC | 21,106 | 2,538 | Angus MacNeil[n 4] | Alison McCorquodale | ||
North Ayrshire and Arran | 73,534 | 8,521 | Patricia Gibson | David Rocks | ||
North East Fife CC | 60,905 | 1,316 | Wendy Chamberlain | Stephen Gethins | ||
Ochil and South Perthshire CC | 78,776 | 4,498 | John Nicolson | Luke Graham | ||
Orkney and Shetland CC | 34,211 | 2,507 | Alistair Carmichael | Robert Leslie | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire North CC | 72,007 | 11,902 | Gavin Newlands | Alison Taylor | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC | 64,385 | 10,679 | Mhairi Black | Moira Ramage | ||
Perth and North Perthshire CC | 72,600 | 7,550 | Pete Wishart | Angus Forbes | ||
Ross, Skye and Lochaber CC | 54,230 | 9,443 | Ian Blackford | Craig Harrow | ||
Rutherglen and Hamilton West BC | 80,918 | 9,446 | Michael Shanks | Katy Loudon | ||
Stirling CC | 68,473 | 9,254 | Alyn Smith | Stephen Kerr | ||
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC | 72,640 | 843 | Andrew Bowie | Fergus Mutch | ||
West Dunbartonshire CC | 66,517 | 9,553 | Martin Docherty-Hughes | Jean-Anne Mitchell |
The aggregate votes of all Scottish constituencies for the 2019 general election are as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Scottish National Party | 1,242,380 | 45.0% | ![]() | 48 | ![]() |
Conservative | 692,939 | 25.1% | ![]() | 6 | ![]() |
Labour | 511,838 | 18.6% | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 263,417 | 9.5% | ![]() | 4 | 0 |
Greens | 28,122 | 1.0% | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 13,243 | 0.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 7,122 | 0.3% | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2,759,061 | 100.0 | 59 |
List of constituencies by party
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Boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Background
The Boundary Commission for Scotland submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 ("the Act") was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.
Process
The Act specified that the next review had to be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the number of constituencies allocated to Scotland decreased by 2, from 59 to 57. This includes the protected constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland.
As part of public consultations for the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for Scotland released its initial proposals on 14 October 2021.[3] Following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final recommendations were laid before Parliament on 28 June 2023 after they were published and then submitted a day earlier.[4][5]
Recommended seats
Under the final recommendations the following constituencies for Scotland would come into effect at the 2024 general election:[4][6]
Council areas | Constituencies | Electorate |
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Orkney and Shetland CC (continuing) | 34,824 | |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC (continuing) | 21,177 |
Aberdeen North BC (continuing) | 76,895 | |
Aberdeen South BC (continuing) | 76,560 | |
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East CC | 71,485 | |
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber CC | 71,707 | |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC (continuing) | 75,173 | |
Gordon and Buchan CC | 70,238 | |
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire CC | 76,903 | |
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey CC | 76,237 | |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC (continuing) | 73,634 | |
Alloa and Grangemouth CC | 72,265 | |
Angus and Perthshire Glens CC | 77,006 | |
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry CC | 76,810 | |
Bathgate and Linlithgow CC | 71,650 | |
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy CC | 70,329 | |
Dundee Central BC | 75,298 | |
Dunfermline and Dollar CC | 70,725 | |
Falkirk CC (continuing) | 75,067 | |
Glenrothes and Mid Fife CC | 69,734 | |
Livingston CC (continuing) | 75,454 | |
North East Fife CC (continuing) | 70,452 | |
Perth and Kinross-shire CC | 76,323 | |
Stirling and Strathallan CC | 77,008 | |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh BC (restored; previously existed 1997–2005) | 75,705 | |
Edinburgh North and Leith BC (continuing) | 76,770 | |
Edinburgh South BC (continuing) | 70,980 | |
Edinburgh South West BC (continuing) | 73,315 | |
Edinburgh West BC (continuing) | 76,723 | |
Lothian East CC | 71,287 | |
Midlothian CC (continuing) | 71,210 | |
Airdrie and Shotts CC (continuing) | 70,420 | |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC (continuing) | 74,687 | |
Coatbridge and Bellshill BC | 72,507 | |
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch CC | 70,579 | |
Dumfries and Galloway CC (continuing) | 76,863 | |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC (continuing) | 70,738 | |
East Kilbride and Strathaven CC | 75,161 | |
Hamilton and Clyde Valley CC | 74,577 | |
Mid Dunbartonshire CC | 75,099 | |
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke CC | 72,318 | |
Rutherglen BC (restored; previously existed 1918-1983; Glasgow Rutherglen 1983-2005) | 71,612 | |
West Dunbartonshire CC (continuing) | 70,286 | |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC (continuing) | 72,057 | |
Central Ayrshire CC (continuing) | 69,779 | |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC (continuing) | 74,801 | |
North Ayrshire and Arran CC (continuing) | 73,588 | |
East Renfrewshire | East Renfrewshire (continuing) | 72,959 |
Glasgow East BC (continuing) | 69,748 | |
Glasgow North BC (continuing) | 73,210 | |
Glasgow North East BC (continuing) | 75,236 | |
Glasgow South BC (continuing) | 71,344 | |
Glasgow South West BC (continuing) | 70,431 | |
Glasgow West BC | 72,499 | |
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West CC | 70,418 | |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North BC (continuing) | 69,941 | |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC (continuing) | 69,813 |
See also
- List of Great Britain and UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland from 1707 for graphical representation by party
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions for seats in the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950
Footnotes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Boundary Commission for Scotland consults on new boundaries for UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland" (PDF) (Press release). Boundary Commission for Scotland. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament" (PDF). 28 June 2023.
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "BCS 2023 Review – Final Recommendations" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
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