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Overview 1999 to 2011 2011–(Review) As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) constituencies, [1], new constituencies and additional member regions of the Scottish Parliament are to be introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The D'Hondt method will be 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], and provisional proposals were published on Thursday 14 February 2008[3].
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 requires 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 will continue to be covered by a total of 71 constituencies.
The Orkney and Shetland constituencies are to be taken into account, however, in review of boundaries of the additional member regions.
Final recommendations are to follow public consultations and a series of local inquiries, and the terms of the 2004 act require final recommendations to be submitted in a report to the Secretary of State for Scotland not later than 30 June 2010.
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Boundary changes
Main article: First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament BoundariesFor 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.
Proposed constituencies
Constituency Council area or areas Additional members region Aberdeen Central (part of Aberdeen City council area) Aberdeen Donside (part of Aberdeen City council area) Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Airdrie and Shotts, Almond Valley Angus North and Mearns Angus South Argyll and Bute Ayr (part of South Ayrshire council area) Banffshire and Buchan Coast Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Clackmannanshire council area and part of Stirling council area Clydebank and Milngavie Clydesdale (South Lanarkshire Council area) Coatbridge and Chryston Cowdenbeath Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Dumfriesshire Dunfermline Dundee City East Dundee City West East Kilbride East Lothian (part of East Lothian council area), Eastwood (parts of East Renfrewshire council area) Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Falkirk East Falkirk West Galloway and West Dumfries Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Greenock and Inverclyde (part of Inverclyde council area)| Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Inverness and Nairn Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Kirkcaldy Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh Midlothian South, Tweedale and Lauderdale Mid Fife and Glenrothes Motherwell and Wishaw Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar North East Fife Orkney Paisley (part of Renfrewshire council area) Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Renfrewshire North and West (parts of Inverclyde council area and parts of Renfrewshire council area) Renfrewshire South (parts of East Renfrewshire council area and Renfrewshire council area) Rutherglen Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Stirling (part of Stirling council area) Strathkelvin and Bearsden Uddingston and Bellshill Electoral regions
The Boundary Commission have also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations [4] can be summarised below;
References
- ^ First Periodical Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, Boundary Commission for Scotland website, accessed 20 December 2008
- ^ Review of Constituencies at the Scottish Parliament, news release, Boundary Commission for Scotland website
- ^ Provisional proposals for constituencies for the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Office news release, Boundary Commission for Scotland website
- ^ Revised Recommendations Boundary Commission for Scotland]
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« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011– Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts · Coatbridge and Chryston · Cumbernauld and Kilsyth · East Kilbride · Falkirk East · Falkirk West · Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse · Motherwell and Wishaw · Uddingston and BellshillGlasgow Glasgow Anniesland · Glasgow Cathcart · Glasgow Kelvin · Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn · Glasgow Pollok · Glasgow Provan · Glasgow Shettleston · Glasgow Southside · RutherglenHighlands and Islands Argyll and Bute · Caithness, Sutherland and Ross · Inverness and Nairn · Moray · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · Orkney · Shetland · Skye, Lochaber and BadenochLothian Almond Valley · Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh Eastern · Edinburgh Northern and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh Southern · Edinburgh Western · Linlithgow · Midlothian North and MusselburghMid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane · Cowdenbeath · Dunfermline · Kirkcaldy · Mid Fife and Glenrothes · North East Fife · Perthshire North · Perthshire South and Kinross-shire · StirlingNorth East Scotland 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 WestSouth Scotland Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Dumfriesshire · East Lothian · Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Galloway and West Dumfries · Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley · Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and LauderdaleWest Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Cunninghame South · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley · Renfrewshire North and West · Renfrewshire South · Strathkelvin and BearsdenCategories:- Scottish Parliamentary constituencies
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