As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies,[1] new constituencies and additional member regions of the Scottish Parliament were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The D'Hondt method is used, as previously, in the allocation of additional member seats. These boundaries were also used for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election and 2021 Scottish Parliament election; following the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries which published its report in 2025, new boundaries will be used for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 required the Boundary Commission for Scotland 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 constituencies. The Orkney and Shetland constituencies were taken into account, however, in review of boundaries of the additional member regions. The Commission began the review as announced on 3 July 2007,[2][3] and provisional proposals were published on Thursday 14 February 2008.[4] Final recommendations followed public consultations and a series of local inquiries, and the terms of the 2004 act required final recommendations to be submitted in a report to the Secretary of State for Scotland not later than 30 June 2010.
Boundary changes
For the purposes of the review the Boundary Commission for Scotland must take into account the boundaries of the local government council areas. In order to do this some council areas were grouped together, the largest of these groupings of provisional proposals consisted of four of Scotland's 32 council areas the smallest only containing one. Constituencies created in 1999 were based on Scottish Westminster constituencies that were created in 1997 and they in turn were based on the boundaries of local government regions and districts and islands areas that existed at the time, but since have been abolished and replaced with the council areas.
Following their proposal processes the Commission published their Final Recommendations. All the review processes were completed with the outlined constituencies below no longer due for alteration.
Constituencies
Constituency
|
Council area or areas
|
Additional members region
|
Population (2019)[5]
|
Aberdeen Central
|
Aberdeen City
|
North East Scotland
|
83,675
|
Aberdeen Donside
|
Aberdeen City
|
North East Scotland
|
80,156
|
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
|
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire
|
North East Scotland
|
79,644
|
Aberdeenshire East
|
Aberdeenshire
|
North East Scotland
|
80,855
|
Aberdeenshire West
|
Aberdeenshire
|
North East Scotland
|
76,516
|
Airdrie and Shotts
|
North Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
70,478
|
Almond Valley
|
West Lothian
|
Lothian
|
86,477
|
Angus North and Mearns
|
Aberdeenshire, Angus
|
North East Scotland
|
70,839
|
Angus South
|
Angus
|
North East Scotland
|
72,926
|
Argyll and Bute
|
Argyll and Bute
|
Highlands and Islands
|
60,394
|
Ayr
|
South Ayrshire
|
South Scotland
|
75,598
|
Banffshire and Buchan Coast
|
Aberdeenshire, Moray
|
North East Scotland
|
75,612
|
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
|
Highland
|
Highlands and Islands
|
69,767
|
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
|
East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
|
South Scotland
|
75,928
|
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
|
Clackmannanshire, Stirling
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
68,728
|
Clydebank and Milngavie
|
East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire
|
West Scotland
|
70,398
|
Clydesdale
|
South Lanarkshire
|
South Scotland
|
72,548
|
Coatbridge and Chryston
|
North Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
72,162
|
Cowdenbeath
|
Fife
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
71,913
|
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
|
North Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
64,322
|
Cunninghame North
|
North Ayrshire
|
West Scotland
|
69,233
|
Cunninghame South
|
North Ayrshire
|
West Scotland
|
66,047
|
Dumbarton
|
Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire
|
West Scotland
|
72,921
|
Dumfriesshire
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
South Scotland
|
75,849
|
Dundee City East
|
Dundee City
|
North East Scotland
|
70,971
|
Dundee City West
|
Dundee City
|
North East Scotland
|
77,779
|
Dunfermline
|
Fife
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
77,005
|
East Kilbride
|
South Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
77,300
|
East Lothian
|
East Lothian
|
South Scotland
|
79,505
|
Eastwood
|
East Renfrewshire
|
West Scotland
|
71,066
|
Edinburgh Central
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
94,040
|
Edinburgh Eastern
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
86,488
|
Edinburgh Northern and Leith
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
93,605
|
Edinburgh Pentlands
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
77,633
|
Edinburgh Southern
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
81,639
|
Edinburgh Western
|
City of Edinburgh
|
Lothian
|
85,095
|
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
|
Scottish Borders
|
South Scotland
|
68,019
|
Falkirk East
|
Falkirk
|
Central Scotland
|
80,482
|
Falkirk West
|
Falkirk
|
Central Scotland
|
79,858
|
Galloway and West Dumfries
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
South Scotland
|
72,941
|
Glasgow Anniesland
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
75,114
|
Glasgow Cathcart
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
74,809
|
Glasgow Kelvin
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
93,212
|
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
74,527
|
Glasgow Pollok
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
81,004
|
Glasgow Provan
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
76,859
|
Glasgow Shettleston
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
79,969
|
Glasgow Southside
|
Glasgow City
|
Glasgow
|
70,916
|
Greenock and Inverclyde
|
Inverclyde
|
West Scotland
|
72,866
|
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
|
South Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
74,077
|
Inverness and Nairn
|
Highland
|
Highlands and Islands
|
89,755
|
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
|
East Ayrshire
|
South Scotland
|
82,864
|
Kirkcaldy
|
Fife
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
78,351
|
Linlithgow
|
West Lothian
|
Lothian
|
95,663
|
Mid Fife and Glenrothes
|
Fife
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
69,415
|
Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|
East Lothian, Midlothian
|
Lothian
|
85,799
|
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
|
Midlothian, Scottish Borders
|
South Scotland
|
79,077
|
Moray
|
Moray
|
Highlands and Islands
|
80,367
|
Motherwell and Wishaw
|
North Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
76,394
|
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar
|
Highlands and Islands
|
26,830
|
North East Fife
|
Fife
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
75,226
|
Orkney
|
Orkney Islands
|
Highlands and Islands
|
22,190
|
Paisley
|
Renfrewshire
|
West Scotland
|
72,752
|
Perthshire North
|
Perth and Kinross
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
72,577
|
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
|
Perth and Kinross
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
78,713
|
Renfrewshire North and West
|
Inverclyde, Renfrewshire
|
West Scotland
|
66,270
|
Renfrewshire South
|
East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire
|
West Scotland
|
68,156
|
Rutherglen
|
South Lanarkshire
|
Glasgow
|
77,568
|
Shetland
|
Shetland Islands
|
Highlands and Islands
|
22,990
|
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
|
Highland
|
Highlands and Islands
|
76,018
|
Stirling
|
Stirling
|
Mid Scotland and Fife
|
77,002
|
Strathkelvin and Bearsden
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
West Scotland
|
80,007
|
Uddingston and Bellshill
|
North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
|
Central Scotland
|
74,351
|
Electoral regions
The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations[6] can be summarised below;
Region
|
Constituencies
|
map
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Central Scotland (2019 population: 669,424)[5]
|
Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
|
|
Glasgow (2019 population: 703,978)[5]
|
Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
|
|
Highlands and Islands (2019 population: 448,311)[5]
|
Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
|
|
Lothian (2019 population: 786,439)[5]
|
Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
|
|
Mid Scotland and Fife (2019 population: 668,930)[5]
|
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
|
|
North East Scotland (2019 population: 768,973)[5]
|
Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
|
|
South Scotland (2019 population: 682,329)[5]
|
Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
|
|
West Scotland (2019 population: 709,716)[5]
|
Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden
|
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