MIDLOTHIAN (SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Midlothian' is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

Electoral region

Constituency boundaries and council area

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Footnote

Electoral region

:''See also ''Lothians Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Livingston.
The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Midlothian constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies^[1].
The Holyrood constituency is one of two covering the Midlothian council area. The other constituency, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, covers a western portion of the Midlothian council area, and straddles its boundary with the Scottish Borders council area. Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale is within the South of Scotland electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Rhona Brankin	Labour
	2003
	2007

Election results

Footnote

1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''