Scottish Westminster constituencies from 2005

As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Scotland is covered by 59 constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament - 19 Burgh constituencies and 40 County constituencies. Constituencies marked * appear on the Central Area Enlargement.

Name	Current 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

Overview

1708 to 1832

1832 to 1868

1868 to 1885

1885 to 1918

1918 to 1950

1950 to 1955

1955 to 1974

1974 to 1983

1983 to 1997

1997 to 2005

2005 to present

Constituencies and council areas

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

Results (2019)

  Scottish National Party   Conservative Party   Labour Party   Liberal Democrats

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	5,201		Neil Gray		Helen McFarlane
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		Monique McAdams
East Lothian CC	81,600	3,886		Kenny MacAskill		Martin Whitfield
East Renfrewshire CC	72,232	5,425		Kirsten Oswald		Paul Masterson
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		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		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	5,230		Margaret Ferrier		Gerard Killen
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%	8.1%	48	13
Conservative	692,939	25.1%	3.5%	6	7
Labour	511,838	18.6%	8.5%	1	6
Liberal Democrats	263,417	9.5%	2.7%	4	0
Greens	28,122	1.0%	0.8%	0	0
Brexit	13,243	0.5%	new	0	0
Others	7,122	0.3%	0.4%	0	0
Total	2,759,061	100.0		59

List of constituencies by party

2019 United Kingdom general election
Party		Constituency
	Conservative	Banff and Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Moray West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	Labour	Edinburgh South
	Liberal Democrats	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Edinburgh West North East Fife Orkney and Shetland
	SNP	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie and Shotts Angus Argyll and Bute Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Motherwell and Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire and Arran Ochil and South Perthshire Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Perth and North Perthshire Ross, Skye and Lochaber Rutherglen and Hamilton West Stirling West Dunbartonshire

Proposed boundary changes

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. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains 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.[3]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

Percentage votes

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including the National Liberal Party up to 1966 and the Unionist Party up to 1964

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

SNP - Scottish National Party

Other - includes Scottish Green Party, UK Independence Party and Brexit Party (2019)

Seats

Scotland seats

CON - Conservative Party, including the National Liberal Party up to 1966 and the Unionist Party up to 1964

LAB - Labour Party (2001 & 2005 - includes the Speaker, Michael Martin)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Independent Labour Party (3); Communist Party (1); Independent Unionist (John Mackie) (1); 1959 - Independent Unionist (David Robertson)

SNP - Scottish National Party

See also

• List of Great Britain and UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland from 1707 for graphical representation by party
• Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions for seats in the Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
3. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
4. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)