Central Scotland and Lothians West
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]
| Central Scotland and Lothians West | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
 Central Scotland and Lothians West shown within Scotland | |
| 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 |
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] The new boundaries were first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
Boundaries
editThe 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
editThe region contains nine constituencies.[6]
| Region | Constituencies from 2026 | |
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
editConstituency MSPs
editRegional list MSPs
editN.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th (2026–) |
Graham Simpson (Reform) |
Mandy Lindsay (Reform) |
Amanda Bland (Reform) |
Mark Griffin (Labour) |
Jenny Young (Labour) |
Gillian Mackay (Green) |
Meghan Gallacher (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results
edit2026 Scottish Parliament election
editConstituency results
edit| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland and Lothians West | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Airdrie | Neil Gray | SNP hold | |
| Almond Valley | Angela Constance | SNP hold | |
| Bathgate | Pauline Stafford | SNP hold | |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Fulton MacGregor | SNP hold | |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Jamie Hepburn | SNP hold | |
| Falkirk East and Linlithgow | Martyn Day | SNP hold | |
| Falkirk West | Gary Bouse | SNP hold | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Clare Adamson | SNP hold | |
| Uddingston and Bellshill | Steven Bonnar | SNP hold | |
Additional Member results
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Pauline Stafford, Neil Gray, Toni Giugliano, Clare Adamson, Callum Cox, Steven Bonnar, Stacey Devine | 86,809 | 30.7 |  14.4 | |
| Reform | Graham Simpson, Mandy Lindsay, Amanda Bland, Richard Fairley, David McLennan, Duncan Macmillan, Stephen Grant, Malcolm Jones, George Hobbins | 58,334 | 20.6 |  20.4 | |
| Labour | Mark Griffin, Jenny Young, Keiron Higgins, Siobhan Paterson, James McPhilemy, Suzanne MacLeod, Ayeshah Khan, Jordan Stokoe | 57,103 | 20.2 | 2.6 | |
| Green | Gillian Mackay, Claire Williams, Cameron Glasgow, Anne McCrossan | 34,415 | 12.2 | 5.9 | |
| Conservative | Meghan Gallacher, Lewis Stein, Neil Benny, Keith Allan, Andrew Bruce, Peter Heggie, Damian Doran-Timson, Bob Burgess, Euan Blockley | 19,450 | 6.9 | 11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry, Lucy Smith, Caron Lindsay, Stephen Harte, Brian Howieson, Daniel Mancini, Jenni Lang | 12,830 | 4.5 | 2.4 | |
| Scottish Family | David Richardson, Leo Francis Lanahan, Norma McLachlan Diffin, Ailish Ann Lanahan | 2,798 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| AtLS | Greig Duncan McArthur, Alan McManus, David Baird, Graham Fraser, Steve Arnott | 2,692 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent Green Voice | James Stewart | 2,637 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| ISP | Julie Patricia McAnulty | 1,803 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Collette Bradley, Lewis Clark, Conor Gilbey | 1,202 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | John Jo Leckie | 1,015 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Workers Party | Abdul Dean | 691 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Advance UK | Mark Andrew Tunnicliff | 494 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Lukasz Furmaniak | 285 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Neil Wilson, Stephen Paul Hollis, Margaret Garbutt | 197 | 0.1 | N/A | |
References
edit- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Scottish Parliamentary Election – Thursday, 7 May 2026 - Central Scotland and Lothians West Region - Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 8 April 2026.