Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Lothian
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
Lothian shown within Scotland
Council areas	City of Edinburgh East Lothian (part) Midlothian (part) West Lothian
Population	786,439 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 7 Conservative 3 Labour 3 Scottish Green 2 Liberal Democrats 1
Constituencies	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs. The region is located in the eastern area of the Central Belt of the Scottish Lowlands and is anchored by capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.^[2]