is a
Constituency of the
Scottish Parliament at
Holyrood ,
Scotland . It elects one
Member Of The Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
Plurality (first Past The Post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the
South Of Scotland Electoral Region , which elects seven
Additional Members , in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
Proportional Representation for the region as a whole.
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are
Ayr ,
Clydesdale ,
Cunninghame South ,
Dumfries ,
East Lothian ,
Galloway And Upper Nithsdale ,
Roxburgh And Berwickshire and
Tweeddale, Ettrick And Lauderdale .
The region covers the
Dumfries And Galloway Council Area , the
Scottish Borders Council Area , the
South Ayrshire Council Area , part of the
East Ayrshire Council Area , part of the
East Lothian Council Area , part of the
Midlothian Council Area , part of the
North Ayrshire Council Area and part of the
South Lanarkshire Council Area .
The Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999 , with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster Constituency . In
2005 , however, Scottish Westminster (
House Of Commons ) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituenciesSee
''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ''.
The Holyrood constituency covers a southern portion of the
South Ayrshire Council Area and a southern portion of the
East Ayrshire Council Area . The rest of the South Ayrshire area is covered by the
Ayr constituency. The rest of the East Ayrshire area is covered by the
Kilmarnock And Loudoun constituency, which is in the
Central Scotland electoral region.
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Scottish Labour Party
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Cathy Jamieson
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14,350
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425
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-55
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Scottish National Party
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Adam Ingram
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10,364
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307
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+138
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Tony Lewis
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6,729
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199
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-64
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Paul McGreal
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1,409
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42
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+04
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Independent
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Hugh Hill
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809
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24
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+24
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Murray Steele
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1715
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499
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Caron Howden
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1315
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383
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Scottish Conservative Party
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John Scott
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8,123
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1977
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N/A
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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David Rainsford Hannay
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2,441
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594
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N/A
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Scottish Labour Party
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N/A
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