As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) 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.
The Boundary Commission for Scotland began the review as announced on 3 July 2007,[2] [3] and provisional proposals were published on Thursday 14 February 2008.[4]
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 constituencies.
The Orkney and Shetland constituencies were taken into account, however, in review of boundaries of the additional member regions.
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.
See main article: First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries. 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.
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;
| 1999 | 00 | 02 | 2003 | 05 | 06 | 2007 | 09 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Anniesland | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Cathcart | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Govan / Glasgow Southside (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Kelvin | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Pollok | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Rutherglen / Rutherglen (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Shettleston | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Maryhill / Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Springburn / Glasgow Provan (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow Baillieston | abolished | |||||||||||
| Glasgow 1 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 2 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 3 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 4 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 5 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 6 | ||||||||||||
| Glasgow 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 2003 | 06 | 2007 | 2011 | 12 | 2016 | 17 | 19 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyll and Bute | |||||||||||
| Caithness, Sutherland and Ross / Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Inverness and Nairn / Inverness East,Nairn and Lochaber (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Moray | |||||||||||
| Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch / Ross, Skye and Inverness West (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Na h-Eileanan an Iar / Western Isles (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Orkney | |||||||||||
| Shetland | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 1 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 2 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 3 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 4 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 5 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 6 | |||||||||||
| Highlands and Islands 7 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 2003 | May 2007 | Aug 07 | 2011 | 13 | 14 | 2016 | 19 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almond Valley / Livingston (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Eastern / Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Central | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith / Edinburgh North and Leith (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Southern / Edinburgh South (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh Western / Edinburgh West (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Linlithgow | |||||||||||
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh / Midlothian (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 1 / Lothians 1 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 2 / Lothians 2 (1999–2011) | vacant | ||||||||||
| Lothian 3 / Lothians 3 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 4 / Lothians 4 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 5 / Lothians 5 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 6 / Lothians 6 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Lothian 7 / Lothians 7 (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 2003 | 05 | 2007 | 2011 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2016 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowdenbeath | |||||||||||
| Dunfermline | |||||||||||
| Dunfermline East (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Dunfermline West (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane / Ochil (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes / Fife Central (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Kirkcaldy | |||||||||||
| North East Fife | |||||||||||
| Perthshire North / North Tayside (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire / Perth (1999–2011) | |||||||||||
| Stirling | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 1 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 2 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 3 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 4 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 5 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 6 | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife 7 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 01 | 2003 | 06 | 2007 | 2011 | 13 | Jan 16 | May 2016 | Dec 16 | 17 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Central | |||||||||||||
| Aberdeen Donside / Aberdeen North (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Aberdeen South and North Kincardine / Aberdeen South (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Aberdeenshire East / Gordon (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Aberdeenshire West / West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Angus (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Angus North and Mearns (2011-) | |||||||||||||
| Angus South (2011-) | |||||||||||||
| Banffshire and Buchan Coast / Banff and Buchan (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Dundee City East / Dundee East (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| Dundee City West / Dundee West (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 1 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 2 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 3 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 4 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 5 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 6 | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | 00 | 2003 | 05 | 06 | 2007 | 2011 | 2016 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | |||||||||||||
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | |||||||||||||
| Clydesdale | |||||||||||||
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale / Galloway and West Dumfries (2011) | |||||||||||||
| Dumfries / Dumfriesshire (2011) | |||||||||||||
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire / Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (2011) | |||||||||||||
| Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale / Midlothian S, Tweeddale & Lauderdale (2011) | |||||||||||||
| East Lothian | |||||||||||||
| Cunninghame South | |||||||||||||
| Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 1 / South Scotland 1 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 2 / South Scotland 2 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 3 / South Scotland 3 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 4 / South Scotland 4 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 5 / South Scotland 5 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 6 / South Scotland 6 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| South of Scotland 7 / South Scotland 7 (2011) | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | 01 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2016 | 20 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | |||||||||
| Clydebank and Milngavie | |||||||||
| Dumbarton | |||||||||
| Eastwood | |||||||||
| Paisley South / Renfrewshire South (2011) | |||||||||
| Paisley North / Paisley (2011) | |||||||||
| West Renfrewshire / Renfrewshire North and West (2011) | |||||||||
| Greenock and Inverclyde | |||||||||
| Cunninghame North | |||||||||
| Cunninghame South | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 1 / West Scotland 1 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 2 / West Scotland 2 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 3 / West Scotland 3 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 4 / West Scotland 4 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 5 / West Scotland 5 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 6 / West Scotland 6 (2011) | |||||||||
| West of Scotland 7 / West Scotland 7 (2011) | |||||||||