As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland , Scotland was covered by 59 constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament : 19 burgh constituencies and 40 county constituencies . These constituencies were used from the 2005 to the 2019 general elections , and were replaced by new constituencies at the 2024 election.
Name
Boundaries
Aberdeen North BC Aberdeen South BC Airdrie and Shotts CC *Angus CC Argyll and Bute CC Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC Banff and Buchan CC Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC Central Ayrshire CC *Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill BC *Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East CC *Dumfries and Galloway CC Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC Dundee East BC Dundee West BC Dunfermline and West Fife CC East Dunbartonshire CC *East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow CC *East Lothian CC East Renfrewshire CC *Edinburgh East BC *Edinburgh North and Leith BC *Edinburgh South BC *Edinburgh South West BC *Edinburgh West BC *Falkirk CC *Glasgow Central BC *Glasgow East BC *Glasgow North BC *Glasgow North East BC *Glasgow North West BC *Glasgow South BC *Glasgow South West BC *Glenrothes CC *Gordon CC Inverclyde CC *Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey CC Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC *Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CC *Lanark and Hamilton East CC *Linlithgow and East Falkirk CC *Livingston CC *Midlothian CC *Moray CC Motherwell and Wishaw BC *Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC North Ayrshire and Arran CC North East Fife CC Ochil and South Perthshire CC Orkney and Shetland CC Paisley and Renfrewshire North CC *Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC *Perth and North Perthshire CC Ross, Skye and Lochaber CC Rutherglen and Hamilton West BC *Stirling CC West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC West Dunbartonshire CC *
Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
Constituencies and council areas [ edit ] The Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the ward boundaries dated from 1999. Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries.
The same council area and ward boundaries were in use when the new constituencies were first used in 2005, but ward boundaries have changed since then. New wards were introduced for the 2007 Scottish local government elections .
Council areas
Constituencies
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Banff and Buchan Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Angus and Dundee
Angus Dundee East Dundee West
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute
Edinburgh
Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West
Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross
Ochil and South Perthshire Perth and North Perthshire
Dumfries and Galloway , Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Lanark and Hamilton East Rutherglen and Hamilton West
East Ayrshire , North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Loudoun North Ayrshire and Arran
East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire
Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East East Dunbartonshire Motherwell and Wishaw
East Lothian
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire
Falkirk and West Lothian
Falkirk Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston
Fife
Dunfermline and West Fife Glenrothes Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath North East Fife
Glasgow
Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West
Highland
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Inverclyde
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Midlothian
Moray
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands
Orkney and Shetland
Renfrewshire
Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Stirling
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Alba
Name
Electorate[ 1]
Majority[ 2]
Member of Parliament [ 2] Nearest opposition[ 2]
Aberdeen North BC
62,489
12,670
Kirsty Blackman
Ryan Houghton
Aberdeen South BC
65,719
3,990
Stephen Flynn
Douglas Lumsden
Airdrie and Shotts CC
64,011
1,757
Anum Qaisar
Kenneth Stevenson
Angus CC
63,952
3,795
Dave Doogan
Kirstene Hair
Argyll and Bute CC
66,525
4,110
Brendan O'Hara
Gary Mulvaney
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC
71,970
2,329
Allan Dorans
Martin Dowey
Banff and Buchan CC
66,655
4,118
David Duguid
Paul Robertson
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC
74,518
5,148
John Lamont
Calum Kerr
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC
46,930
204
Jamie Stone
Karl Rosie
Central Ayrshire CC
69,742
5,304
Philippa Whitford
Derek Stillie
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill BC
72,943
5,624
Steven Bonnar
Hugh Gaffney
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East CC
66,079
12,976
Stuart McDonald
James McPhilemy
Dumfries and Galloway CC
74,580
1,805
Alister Jack
Richard Arkless
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC
68,330
3,781
David Mundell
Amanda Burgauer
Dundee East BC
66,210
13,375
Stewart Hosie
Phillip Scott
Dundee West BC
64,431
12,259
Chris Law
Jim Malone
Dunfermline and West Fife CC
76,652
10,669
Douglas Chapman
Cara Hilton
East Dunbartonshire CC
66,075
149
Amy Callaghan
Jo Swinson
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow CC
81,224
13,322
Lisa Cameron [ n 1]
Monique McAdams
East Lothian CC
81,600
3,886
Kenny MacAskill [ n 2]
Martin Whitfield
East Renfrewshire CC
72,232
5,425
Kirsten Oswald
Paul Masterton
Edinburgh East BC
69,424
10,417
Tommy Sheppard
Sheila Gilmore
Edinburgh North and Leith BC
81,336
12,808
Deidre Brock
Gordon Munro
Edinburgh South BC
66,188
11,095
Ian Murray
Catriona McDonald
Edinburgh South West BC
73,501
11,982
Joanna Cherry
Callum Laidlaw
Edinburgh West BC
72,507
3,769
Christine Jardine
Sarah Masson
Falkirk CC
84,472
14,948
John McNally
Lynn Munro
Glasgow Central BC
69,230
6,474
Alison Thewliss
Faten Hameed
Glasgow East BC
67,381
5,556
David Linden
Kate Watson
Glasgow North BC
57,130
5,601
Patrick Grady
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Glasgow North East BC
61,075
2,458
Anne McLaughlin
Paul Sweeney
Glasgow North West BC
63,402
8,359
Carol Monaghan
Patricia Ferguson
Glasgow South BC
70,891
9,005
Stewart McDonald
Johann Lamont
Glasgow South West BC
64,575
4,900
Chris Stephens
Matt Kerr
Glenrothes CC
65,762
11,757
Peter Grant
Pat Egan
Gordon CC
79,629
819
Richard Thomson
Colin Clark
Inverclyde CC
60,622
7,512
Ronnie Cowan
Martin McCluskey
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey CC
78,059
10,440
Drew Hendry
Fiona Fawcett
Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC
74,517
12,659
Alan Brown
Caroline Hollins
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CC
72,853
1,243
Neale Hanvey [ n 3]
Lesley Laird
Lanark and Hamilton East CC
77,659
5,187
Angela Crawley
Shona Haslam
Linlithgow and East Falkirk CC
87,044
11,266
Martyn Day
Charles Kennedy
Livingston CC
82,285
13,435
Hannah Bardell
Damian Timson
Midlothian CC
70,544
5,705
Owen Thompson
Danielle Rowley
Moray CC
71,035
413
Douglas Ross
Laura Mitchell
Motherwell and Wishaw BC
68,856
6,268
Marion Fellows
Angela Feeney
Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC
21,106
2,538
Angus MacNeil [ n 4]
Alison McCorquodale
North Ayrshire and Arran
73,534
8,521
Patricia Gibson
David Rocks
North East Fife CC
60,905
1,316
Wendy Chamberlain
Stephen Gethins
Ochil and South Perthshire CC
78,776
4,498
John Nicolson
Luke Graham
Orkney and Shetland CC
34,211
2,507
Alistair Carmichael
Robert Leslie
Paisley and Renfrewshire North CC
72,007
11,902
Gavin Newlands
Alison Taylor
Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC
64,385
10,679
Mhairi Black
Moira Ramage
Perth and North Perthshire CC
72,600
7,550
Pete Wishart
Angus Forbes
Ross, Skye and Lochaber CC
54,230
9,443
Ian Blackford
Craig Harrow
Rutherglen and Hamilton West BC
80,918
9,446
Michael Shanks
Katy Loudon
Stirling CC
68,473
9,254
Alyn Smith
Stephen Kerr
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC
72,640
843
Andrew Bowie
Fergus Mutch
West Dunbartonshire CC
66,517
9,553
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Jean-Anne Mitchell
The aggregate votes of all Scottish constituencies for the 2019 general election are as follows:
Party
Votes
%
Change from 2017
Seats
Change from 2017
Scottish National Party
1,242,380
45.0%
48
Conservative
692,939
25.1%
6
Labour
511,838
18.6%
1
Liberal Democrats
263,417
9.5%
4
0
Greens
28,122
1.0%
0
0
Brexit
13,243
0.5%
new
0
0
Others
7,122
0.3%
0
0
Total
2,759,061
100.0
59
List of constituencies by party [ edit ] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
The Boundary Commission for Scotland submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 , the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office , Chloe Smith , issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 ("the Act") was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.
The Act specified that the next review had to be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the number of constituencies allocated to Scotland decreased by 2, from 59 to 57. This includes the protected constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland .
As part of public consultations for the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the Boundary Commission for Scotland released its initial proposals on 14 October 2021.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Under the final recommendations the following constituencies for Scotland would come into effect at the 2024 general election :[ 4] [ 6]
Council areas
Constituencies
Electorate
Orkney and Shetland CC (continuing)
34,824
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC (continuing)
21,177
Aberdeen North BC (continuing)
76,895
Aberdeen South BC (continuing)
76,560
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East CC
71,485
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber CC
71,707
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC (continuing)
75,173
Gordon and Buchan CC
70,238
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire CC
76,903
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey CC
76,237
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC (continuing)
73,634
Alloa and Grangemouth CC
72,265
Angus and Perthshire Glens CC
77,006
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry CC
76,810
Bathgate and Linlithgow CC
71,650
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy CC
70,329
Dundee Central BC
75,298
Dunfermline and Dollar CC
70,725
Falkirk CC (continuing)
75,067
Glenrothes and Mid Fife CC
69,734
Livingston CC (continuing)
75,454
North East Fife CC (continuing)
70,452
Perth and Kinross-shire CC
76,323
Stirling and Strathallan CC
77,008
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh BC (restored; previously existed 1997–2005)
75,705
Edinburgh North and Leith BC (continuing)
76,770
Edinburgh South BC (continuing)
70,980
Edinburgh South West BC (continuing)
73,315
Edinburgh West BC (continuing)
76,723
Lothian East CC
71,287
Midlothian CC (continuing)
71,210
Airdrie and Shotts CC (continuing)
70,420
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC (continuing)
74,687
Coatbridge and Bellshill BC
72,507
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch CC
70,579
Dumfries and Galloway CC (continuing)
76,863
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC (continuing)
70,738
East Kilbride and Strathaven CC
75,161
Hamilton and Clyde Valley CC
74,577
Mid Dunbartonshire CC
75,099
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke CC
72,318
Rutherglen BC (restored; previously existed 1918-1983;71,612
West Dunbartonshire CC (continuing)
70,286
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC (continuing)
72,057
Central Ayrshire CC (continuing)
69,779
Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC (continuing)
74,801
North Ayrshire and Arran CC (continuing)
73,588
East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire (continuing)
72,959
Glasgow East BC (continuing)
69,748
Glasgow North BC (continuing)
73,210
Glasgow North East BC (continuing)
75,236
Glasgow South BC (continuing)
71,344
Glasgow South West BC (continuing)
70,431
Glasgow West BC
72,499
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West CC
70,418
Paisley and Renfrewshire North BC (continuing)
69,941
Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC (continuing)
69,813
^ Cameron defected to the Scottish Conservatives from the SNP on 12 October 2023.
^ MacAskill defected to the Alba Party from the SNP on 27 March 2021.
^ Hanvey defected to the Alba Party from the SNP on 27 March 2021.
^ MacNeil was suspended from the SNP in July 2023 and expelled in August.
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