The first periodical review of boundaries of Scottish Parliament constituencies[2] was announced on 3 July 2007,[3] and the commission's final recommendations were implemented for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Total numbers of constituencies, regions, and MSPs remain at, respectively, 73, 8, and 129.
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^See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
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scottish, parliament, constituencies, electoral, regions, confused, with, scottish, westminster, constituencies, scottish, parliament, holyrood, created, scotland, 1998, used, system, constituencies, electoral, regions, since, first, general, election, 1999, p. Not to be confused with Scottish Westminster constituencies The Scottish Parliament Holyrood created by the Scotland Act 1998 has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999 The parliament has 73 constituencies each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament MSP by the plurality first past the post system of voting and eight additional member regions each electing seven additional MSPs Each region is a group of constituencies and the D Hondt method of allocating additional member seats from party lists is used to produce a form of proportional representation for each region The total number of parliamentary seats is 129 For lists of MSPs see Member of the Scottish Parliament Boundaries of Holyrood and House of Commons Westminster constituencies are subject to review by the Boundaries Scotland and prior to the Scottish Parliament Constituencies Act 2004 reviews of Scottish Westminster constituencies would have been also reviews of Holyrood constituencies The Arbuthnott Commission in its final report January 2006 recommended that council area boundaries and Holyrood and Scottish Westminster constituency boundaries should all be reviewed together This recommendation has not been implemented Contents 1 Boundaries 1 1 1999 2011 1 2 2011 present 2 ReferencesBoundaries edit1999 2011 edit Main article List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions 1999 2011 Until the 2005 United Kingdom general election the first past the post constituencies were the same as for the House of Commons United Kingdom Parliament Westminster except for Orkney and Shetland which were separate constituencies at Holyrood but not at Westminster The Scottish Parliament Constituencies Act 2004 enabled a new set of House of Commons constituencies to be formed in Scotland in 2005 1 reducing their number and therefore the number of Scottish Members of Parliament MPs to 59 without change to the Holyrood constituencies and the number of MSPs 1999 boundaries were used also for the 2003 and 2007 elections 2011 present edit Main article List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions 2011 present The first periodical review of boundaries of Scottish Parliament constituencies 2 was announced on 3 July 2007 3 and the commission s final recommendations were implemented for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election Total numbers of constituencies regions and MSPs remain at respectively 73 8 and 129 References edit See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine First Periodical Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Boundary Commission for Scotland website accessed 20 December 2008 Archived from the original on 17 February 2008 Retrieved 15 February 2008 Review of Constituencies at the Scottish Parliament news release Boundary Commission for Scotland website PDF Archived from the original PDF on 27 March 2010 Retrieved 12 October 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions amp oldid 1206681999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
