| Central Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for theScottish Parliament | |
.svg) Central Scotland shown withinScotland | |
| Population | 669,424 (2019)[1] |
| Currentelectoral region | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 9 Conservative 2 Labour 3 Green 1 Reform 1 |
| Council areas | Falkirk North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
| Constituencies | 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 |
Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba inGaelic) is one of the eightelectoral regions of theScottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73first past the postconstituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56additional-memberMembers of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
As a result of theSecond Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the region will be replaced byCentral Scotland and Lothians West for the2026 Scottish Parliament election.[2]
As a result of theFirst Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the2011 Scottish Parliament election.
| Region | Constituencies | |
|---|---|---|
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The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries ofWestminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.[3] They cover all of twocouncil areas,[4] theFalkirk council area and theNorth Lanarkshire council area, and parts of three others, theEast Ayrshire council area, theEast Dumbartonshire council area and theSouth Lanarkshire council area.
The rest of the East Ayrshire council area is within the South of Scotland region, the rest of the East Dunbartonshire council area is within theWest of Scotland region, and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is within theGlasgow andSouth of Scotland regions.
| Region | Constituencies | |
|---|---|---|
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The Boundary Commission recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The new "Central Scotland" region was formed from the constituencies of Airdrie and Shotts; Coatbridge and Chryston; Cumbernauld and Kilsyth; East Kilbride; Falkirk East; Falkirk West; Hamilton, Lanark and Stonehouse; Motherwell and Wishaw; and Uddingston and Bellshill.
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
In the2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland[5][6][7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Danish Ashraf,Christina McKelvie,Neil Gray,Michelle Thomson,Fulton MacGregor,Stephanie Callaghan, Grant Ferguson, Iain Sinclair, Paul Welsh, Josh Wilson, Cameron McManus | 148,399 | 45.3 |  2.4 | |
| Labour | Richard Leonard,Monica Lennon,Mark Griffin, Monique McAdams, Chris Costello, Michael McPake, Allyson Black | 77,623 | 23.7 | 1.1 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Kerr,Graham Simpson,Meghan Gallacher, Haroun Malik, Neil Benny, Ross Lambie, Nathan Wilson, Gordon Macdonald, Bryan Flannagan | 59,896 | 18.3 |  2.2 | |
| Green | Gillian Mackay, Rosemary McGowan, Claire Williams, Tom McLaughlin, Patrick McAleer, Kyle Davidson, James Stuart Duffin | 19,512 | 6.0 | 1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry, Mark McGeever, Dawn Allan, Graham Watson, Ewan McRobert, Karen Utting, Austin Reid | 6,337 | 1.9 |  0.0 | |
| Alba | Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Lynne Anderson, Jim Walker, Margaret Lynch | 5,345 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| All for Unity | Mary Devlin, Jonathan Stanley, Matt Alexander, Sandra Hill, Billy Ross, Sandy Smart, Lachlan Macneil | 2,712 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Scottish Family | Leo Lanahan, Josh McGrory, Helen MacEachen, Christine MacIver, Christopher Hendry | 2,105 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Independent Green Voice | John Robertson | 1,854 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | John Mortimer, Lee McLauchlan | 841 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Reform | Alan Melville, Hugh Skinner, Alexander MacGregor, Ann Murray | 650 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Mark Meechan, Katrina Angus | 626 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Dave Frankland, Claire McClaren, John Irvine, Louise Bannigan, Di Meechan, Colin McMillan | 619 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Paddy Hogg | 488 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| UKIP | Neil Wilson, Yvonne Mackay, Steven Unwin, George Cowan | 485 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
In the2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2016 Scottish Parliament general election: Central Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Airdrie and Shotts | Alex Neil | SNPhold | |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Fulton MacGregor | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Jamie Hepburn | SNPhold | |
| East Kilbride | Linda Fabiani | SNPhold | |
| Falkirk East | Angus MacDonald | SNPhold | |
| Falkirk West | Michael Matheson | SNPhold | |
| Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | Christina McKelvie | SNPhold | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Clare Adamson | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Uddingston and Bellshill | Richard Lyle | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | -3 | 129,082 | 47.7 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour | Richard Leonard Monica Lennon Mark Griffin Elaine Smith | 4 | +1 | 67,103 | 24.8 | -10.5 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Mitchell Graham Simpson Alison Harris | 3 | +2 | 43,602 | 16.1 | +9.7 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 12,722 | 4.7 | +2.3 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 6,088 | 2.2 | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 5,015 | 1.9 | +0.4 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 2,684 | 1.0 | +0.8 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,314 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
| RISE | 0 | 0 | 1,636 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
In the2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Central Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Airdrie and Shotts | Alex Neil | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Elaine Smith | Labourhold | |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Jamie Hepburn | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| East Kilbride | Linda Fabiani | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Falkirk East | Angus MacDonald | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Falkirk West | Michael Matheson | SNPhold | |
| Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | Christina McKelvie | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | John Pentland | Labourhold | |
| Uddingston and Bellshill | Michael McMahon | Labourhold | |
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Richard Lyle John Wilson Clare Adamson | 3 | -2 | 108,261 | 46.4 | +15.5 | |
| Labour | Siobhan McMahon Mark Griffin Margaret McCulloch | 3 | +3 | 82,459 | 35.3 | -4.6 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Mitchell | 1 | ±0 | 14,870 | 6.4 | -1.0 | |
| All Scotland Pensioners Party | 0 | 0 | 5,793 | 2.5 | -0.1 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 5,634 | 2.4 | -0.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 3,318 | 1.4 | -3.8 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 3,173 | 1.4 | -0.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,483 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,214 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,545 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1,263 | 0.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 821 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 820 | 0.4 | -0.6 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 559 | 0.2 | -1.5 | ||
| Scottish Homeland Party | 0 | 0 | 337 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Party | Member of the Scottish Parliament | Total Members | +/– | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | +/– | Regional | +/– | ||||
| Labour | 8 | −1 | 0 | ±0 | 8 | −1 | |
| SNP | 2 | +2 | 5 | +2 | 7 | +4 | |
| Conservative | 0 | ±0 | 1 | ±0 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | ±0 | 1 | ±0 | 1 | ±0 | |
| 2007 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 112,596 | 39.6 | -0.8 | ||
| SNP | Alex Neil Linda Fabiani Jamie Hepburn Christina McKelvie John Wilson | 5 | +2 | 89,210 | 31.4 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Mitchell | 1 | ±0 | 24,253 | 8.5 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh O'Donnell | 1 | ±0 | 14,648 | 5.2 | -0.7 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 7,204 | 2.5 | -2.1 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | -1 | 7,060 | 2.5 | -4.0 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 5,575 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 5,012 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 4,617 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 4,125 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,303 | 0.8 | -0.7 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | -1 | 2,188 | 0.8 | -6.5 | ||
| Scottish Voice | 0 | 0 | 1,955 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,544 | 0.5 | -0.3 | ||
| Publican Party | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 722 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
In the2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2003 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 106,318 | 40.41 | +1.13 | ||
| SNP | Alex Neil Michael Matheson Linda Fabiani | 3 | −2 | 59,274 | 22.53 | -5.25 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Mitchell | 1 | ±0 | 24,121 | 9.17 | +0.02 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Carolyn Leckie | 1 | +1 | 19,016 | 7.23 | +5.49 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | John Swinburne | 1 | +1 | 17,146 | 6.52 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Gorrie | 1 | ±0 | 15,494 | 5.89 | -0.31 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 12,248 | 4.66 | +2.87 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 3,855 | 1.47 | -1.85 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 2,147 | 0.82 | -0.05 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1,265 | 0.48 | N/A | ||
| Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 1,192 | 0.45 | N/A | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1,009 | 0.38 | N/A | ||
In the1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Airdrie and Shotts | Karen Whitefield | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Elaine Smith | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Cathie Craigie | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| East Kilbride | Andy Kerr | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Falkirk East | Cathy Peattie | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Falkirk West | Dennis Canavan | Independent (politician)win (new seat) | |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | Michael McMahon | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Hamilton South | Tom McCabe | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Margaret Jamieson | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Jack McConnell | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | N/A | 129,822 | 39.28 | N/A | ||
| SNP | Alex Neil Andrew Wilson Michael Matheson Gil Paterson Linda Fabiani | 5 | N/A | 91,802 | 27.78 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lyndsay McIntosh | 1 | N/A | 30,243 | 9.15 | N/A | |
| Independent | 0 | N/A | 27,700 | 8.38 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Gorrie | 1 | N/A | 20,505 | 6.20 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 10,956 | 3.32 | N/A | ||
| Green | 0 | N/A | 5,926 | 3.32 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | 5,739 | 1.74 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | N/A | 2,888 | 0.87 | N/A | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 2,567 | 0.78 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Families and Pensioners Party | 0 | N/A | 1,373 | 0.42 | N/A | ||
| Natural Law | 0 | N/A | 1,373 | 0.42 | N/A | ||
| Independent Progressive | 0 | N/A | 248 | 0.08 | N/A | ||