Central Scotland and Lothians West
| Central Scotland and Lothians West | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
| Council areas | Falkirk North Lanarkshire West Lothian South Lanarkshire (part) |
| Electorate | 550,717 (2022)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Constituencies | |
| Created from | Central Scotland |
Central Scotland and Lothians West is a electoral region of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[1]
The region was created by the Second Periodic Review of constituency and regional boundaries, the results of which were formally approved in October 2025.[2] It is expected that the new boundaries will be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
Boundaries
The region covers all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area.[3] It is similar to the former Central Scotland region, but now includes West Lothian instead of parts of South Lanarkshire that are now in the South Scotland region.[4][5]
Constituencies
The region will contain nine constituencies:[6]
- Airdrie
- Almond Valley
- Bathgate
- Coatbridge and Chryston
- Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
- Falkirk East and Linlithgow
- Falkirk West
- Motherwell and Wishaw
- Uddingston and Bellshill
2026 Scottish Parliament election
| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland and Lothians West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Pauline Stafford, Neil Gray, Toni Giugliano, Clare Adamson, Callum Cox, Steven Bonnar, Tracy Carragher, Stacey Devine | ||||
| Conservative | Meghan Gallacher, Lewis Stein, Keith Allan, Neil Benny, Andrew Bruce, Peter Heggie, Damian Doran-Timson | ||||
| Labour | Mark Griffin, Jenny Young, Keiron Higgins, Siobhan Paterson | ||||
| Green | Gillian Mackay, Claire Williams, Cameron Glasgow | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry, Lucy Smith | ||||
| Reform UK | Graham Simpson, Malcolm Jones, David McLennan, Amanda Lindsay, Stephen Grant, Amanda Bland, Richard Fairley, Duncan Macmillan, George Hobbins | ||||
| Scottish Socialist | Collette Bradley[7] | ||||
| Sovereignty | Alan McManus | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 28. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ^ "New Scottish Parliament constituency and region boundaries agreed" (PDF). boundaries.scot. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 143. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ^ "What would Scotland's new electoral map look like?". BBC News. 2025-05-01. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ^ "Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries | Scottish Boundary Commission". boundaries.scot. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ https://scottishsocialistparty.org/scottish-socialist-party-marks-international-womens-day-by-campaigning-on-the-streets/