Lothians (Scottish Parliamentary Electoral Area)
The Lothians is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament that each return 7 members elected by the Additional Members System. It contains the City of Edinburgh, West Lothian and Midlothian local authority areas. East Lothian is not part of the Lothians region, but forms part of the South of Scotland region.
Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999
| Political Party
| Votes
| Share of Vote (%)
| % Change
| List Seats Won
|
| Labour |
99,098 | 30.2 | N/A | 0 |
| SNP |
85,085 | 25.7 | N/A | 3 |
| Tories |
52,067 | 15.7 | N/A | 2 |
| Lib-Dems |
47,565 | 14.4 | N/A | 1 |
| Greens |
22,848 | 6.9 | N/A | 1 |
| SLP |
10,895 | 3.3 | N/A | 0 |
| SSP |
5,237 | 1.6 | N/A | 0 |
| Liberals |
2,056 | 0.6 | N/A | 0 |
| WTP |
1,184 | 0.4 | N/A | 0 |
| PA |
898 | 0.3 | N/A | 0 |
| Civil Rights Movement |
806 | 0.2 | N/A | 0 |
| NLP |
564 | 0.2 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent |
557 | 0.2 | N/A | 0 |
| SPGB |
388 | 0.1 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent |
256 | 0.1 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent |
145 | 0.04 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent |
54 | 0.02 | N/A | 0 |
Members elected:
See also:
Scottish Parliament Vote, 2003
| Political Party
| Votes
| Share of Vote (%)
| % Change
| List Seats Won
|
| Labour |
65,098 | 24.5 | -5.7 | 0 |
| SNP |
43,142 | 16.2 | -9.5 | 2 |
| Tories |
40,173 | 15.1 | -0.6 | 1 |
| Greens |
31,908 | 12.0 | +5.1 | 2 |
| Lib-Dems |
29,237 | 11.0 | -3.4 | 0 |
| M MacDonald (Independent) |
27,143 | 10.2 | N/A | 1 |
| SSP |
14,448 | 5.4 | +3.8 | 1 |
| PP |
5,609 | 2.1 | N/A | 0 |
| Liberals |
2,573 | 1.0 | +0.4 | 0 |
| SLP |
2,181 | 0.8 | -2.5 | 0 |
| UKIP |
1,057 | 0.4 | N/A | 0 |
| WTP |
964 | 0.4 | - | 0 |
| SPA |
879 | 0.3 | N/A | 0 |
| Kenny MacAskill; Fiona Hyslop
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