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Overview

1999 to 2011

2011-2026 (Review)

2026– (Review)

The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, and eight additional members regions, each electing seven additional MSPs using the D'Hondt method of allocating from party lists to produce a form of proportional representation. The total number of parliamentary seats is 129. For links to lists of MSPs, see Member of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions.

The Scotland Act 1998 as amended by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 requires Boundaries Scotland to regularly review boundaries of all constituencies; the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, taking place between 2023 and 2025, will result in new constituency boundaries for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

Constituencies

See also: Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries

Constituency	Council area or areas	Additional members region	Electorate (1 September 2022)[1]
Aberdeen Central BC	Aberdeen City	North East Scotland	55,994
Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine CC	Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire	North East Scotland	61,544
Aberdeen Donside BC	Aberdeen City	North East Scotland	62,531
Aberdeenshire East CC	Aberdeenshire	North East Scotland	61,078
Aberdeenshire West CC	Aberdeenshire	North East Scotland	59,983
Airdrie CC	North Lanarkshire	Central Scotland and Lothians West	54,205
Almond Valley CC	West Lothian	Central Scotland and Lothians West	68,871
Angus North and Mearns CC	Aberdeenshire, Angus	North East Scotland	55,006
Angus South CC	Angus	North East Scotland	58,622
Argyll and Bute CC	Argyll and Bute	Highlands and Islands	49,535
Ayr BC	South Ayrshire	South Scotland	62,566
Banffshire and Buchan Coast CC	Aberdeenshire, Moray	North East Scotland	61,591
Bathgate CC	West Lothian	Central Scotland and Lothians West	66,803
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross CC	Highland	Highlands and Islands	56,532
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley CC	East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire	South Scotland	59,218
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane CC	Clackmannanshire, Stirling	Mid Scotland and Fife	56,732
Clydebank and Milngavie BC	East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire	West Scotland	55,112
Clydesdale CC	South Lanarkshire	South Scotland	61,011
Coatbridge and Chryston BC	North Lanarkshire	Central Scotland and Lothians West	56,877
Cowdenbeath CC	Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife	56,363
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth BC	North Lanarkshire	Central Scotland and Lothians West	51,210
Cunninghame North CC	North Ayrshire	West Scotland	56,604
Cunninghame South CC	North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire	West Scotland	59,525
Dumbarton CC	Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire	West Scotland	56,129
Dumfriesshire CC	Dumfries and Galloway	South Scotland	61,848
Dundee City East BC	Dundee City	North East Scotland	56,030
Dundee City West BC	Dundee City	North East Scotland	56,705
Dunfermline CC	Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife	62,615
East Kilbride BC	South Lanarkshire	South Scotland	60,763
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs CC	East Lothian	Edinburgh and Lothians East	57,511
Eastwood CC	East Renfrewshire	West Scotland	56,258
Edinburgh Central BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	64,114
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent BC	City of Edinburgh, East Lothian	Edinburgh and Lothians East	57,320
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	64,322
Edinburgh North Western BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	60,717
Edinburgh Northern BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	63,281
Edinburgh South Western BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	59,967
Edinburgh Southern BC	City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh and Lothians East	62,177
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire CC	Scottish Borders	South Scotland	55,131
Falkirk East and Linlithgow CC	Falkirk, West Lothian	Central Scotland and Lothians West	67,341
Falkirk West BC	Falkirk	Central Scotland and Lothians West	68,831
Fife North East CC	Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife	56,669
Galloway and West Dumfries CC	Dumfries and Galloway	South Scotland	57,094
Glasgow Anniesland BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	60,545
Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	58,936
Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	66,213
Glasgow Central BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	61,723
Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	59,829
Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	64,836
Glasgow Southside BC	Glasgow City	Glasgow	65,486
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse BC	South Lanarkshire	South Scotland	59,596
Inverclyde CC	Inverclyde	West Scotland	60,794
Inverness and Nairn CC	Highland	Highlands and Islands	65,464
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley CC	East Ayrshire	South Scotland	57,515
Kirkcaldy BC	Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife	60,642
Mid Fife and Glenrothes CC	Fife	Mid Scotland and Fife	54,098
Midlothian North CC	Midlothian	Edinburgh and Lothians East	53,996
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Midlothian, Scottish Borders	South Scotland	60,183
Moray	Moray	Highlands and Islands	63,123
Motherwell and Wishaw BC	North Lanarkshire	Central Scotland and Lothians West	57,740
Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Highlands and Islands	21,769
Orkney Islands CC	Orkney Islands	Highlands and Islands	17,696
Paisley BC	Renfrewshire	West Scotland	58,570
Perthshire North CC	Perth and Kinross	Mid Scotland and Fife	59,944
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire CC	Perth and Kinross	Mid Scotland and Fife	60,095
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald BC	Renfrewshire, Glasgow City	West Scotland	63,745
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley CC	East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire	West Scotland	60,982
Rutherglen and Cambuslang BC	South Lanarkshire	Glasgow	62,888
Shetland Islands CC	Shetland Islands	Highlands and Islands	17,965
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch CC	Highland	Highlands and Islands	67,222
Stirling CC	Stirling	Mid Scotland and Fife	54,302
Strathkelvin and Bearsden CC	East Dunbartonshire	West Scotland	63,895
Uddingston and Bellshill BC	North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire	Central Scotland and Lothians West	58,839

Electoral regions

The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect list members of the Scottish Parliament. The regions from 2026 onwards are:^[2]

Region	Constituencies	map
Central Scotland and Lothians West (2022 electorate: 550,717)	Airdrie Almond Valley Bathgate Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Falkirk East and Linlithgow Falkirk West Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Edinburgh and Lothians East (2022 electorate: 543,001)	East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh South Western Edinburgh Southern Midlothian North
Glasgow (2019 population: 703,978)[3]	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)[3]	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Mid Scotland and Fife (2019 population: 668,930)[3]	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)[3]	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)[3]	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Kilbride Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland (2019 population: 709,716)[3]	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

1. "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries - Final Recommendations - Constituencies" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
2. "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Boundaries Scotland submits Final Report to Ministers" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 48 (help)
3. Cite error: The named reference nrs19 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).