Old/New Scottish Constituency Tie-Ups 2005

In December 2003, the Boundary Commission for Scotland published its final recommendations for the new Scottish constituencies boundaries. These boundaries will take effect at the next General Election.

The number of Scottish consituencies has decreased from 72 to 59. The Boundary Commission's changes have been widespread and almost all Scottish seats have been altered in some way.

This list gives an approximate tie up from old to new constituencies. Typically each new constituency contains all, or almost all, of an old constituency plus some extra parts of some other old seats. This table show the old seat which has most in common with the new seat. Where an old seat is particularly fragmented into different new constituencies it is labelled as "Disappearing".

The name of MP shown is as at the 2001 election, and that person may not be a candidate for that seat at the next election. Please consult the political parties directly to discover who their candidates will be.

The table is intended to help understand the broad outline of the new seats, but it is not exact. For precise and detailed information about each new seat, please consult the website of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.

Old ConstituencyNew ConstituencyMember (as at 2001)
Aberdeen CentralAberdeen NorthFrank Doran
Aberdeen NorthDisappearing seatMalcolm Savidge
Aberdeen SouthAberdeen SouthAnne Begg
Aberdeenshire West and KincardineWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineRobert Smith
Airdrie and ShottsAirdrie and ShottsHelen Liddell
AngusAngusMichael Weir
Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeAlan Reid
AyrCentral AyrshireSandra Osborne
Banff and BuchanBanff and BuchanAlex Salmond
Caithness Sutherland and Easter RossCaithness Sutherland and Easter RossJohn Thurso
Carrick Cumnock and Doon ValleyAyr Carrick and CumnockGeorge Foulkes
Clydebank and MilngavieWest DunbartonshireTony Worthington
ClydesdaleLanark and Hamilton EastJimmy Hood
Coatbridge and ChrystonCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillTom Clarke
Cumbernauld and KilsythCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastRosemary McKenna
Cunninghame NorthNorth Ayrshire and ArranBrian Wilson
Cunninghame SouthDisappearing seatBrian Donohoe
DumbartonDisappearing seatJohn McFall
DumfriesDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleRussell Brown
Dundee EastDundee EastIain Luke
Dundee WestDundee WestErnie Ross
Dunfermline EastDisappearing seatGordon Brown
Dunfermline WestDunfermline and West FifeRachel Squire
East KilbrideEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowAdam Ingram
East LothianEast LothianAnne Picking
EastwoodEast RenfrewshireJim Murphy
Edinburgh CentralDisappearing seatAlistair Darling
Edinburgh East and MusselburghEdinburgh EastGavin Strang
Edinburgh North and LeithEdinburgh North and LeithMark Lazarowicz
Edinburgh PentlandsEdinburgh South WestLynda Clark
Edinburgh SouthEdinburgh SouthNigel Griffiths
Edinburgh WestEdinburgh WestJohn Barrett
Falkirk EastLinlithgow and East FalkirkMichael Connarty
Falkirk WestFalkirkEric Joyce
Fife CentralGlenrothesJohn MacDougall
Fife North EastNorth East FifeMenzies Campbell
Galloway and Upper NithsdaleDumfries and GallowayPeter Duncan
Glasgow AnnieslandGlasgow North WestJohn Robertson
Glasgow BailliestonGlasgow EastJimmy Wray
Glasgow CathcartGlasgow SouthTom Harris
Glasgow GovanDisappearing seatMohammed Sarwar
Glasgow KelvinDisappearing seatGeorge Galloway
Glasgow MaryhillGlasgow NorthAnn McKechin
Glasgow PollokGlasgow South WestIan Davidson
Glasgow RutherglenRutherglen and Hamilton WestTommy McAvoy
Glasgow ShettlestonGlasgow CentralDavid Marshall
Glasgow SpringburnGlasgow North EastMichael Martin
GordonGordonMalcolm Bruce
Greenock and InverclydeInverclydeDavid Cairns
Hamilton North and BellshillDisappearing seatJohn Reid
Hamilton SouthDisappearing seatBill Tynan
Inverness East Nairn and LochaberInverness Nairn Badenoch and StrathspeyDavid Stewart
Kilmarnock and LoudounKilmarnock and LoudounDes Browne
KirkcaldyKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLewis Moonie
LinlithgowDisappearing seatTam Dalyell
LivingstonLivingstonRobin Cook
MidlothianMidlothianDavid Hamilton
MorayMorayAngus Robertson
Motherwell and WishawMotherwell and WishawFrank Roy
OchilOchil and South PerthshireMartin O'Neill
Orkney and ShetlandOrkney and ShetlandAlistair Carmichael
Paisley NorthPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthIrene Adams
Paisley SouthPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthDouglas Alexander
PerthPerth and North PerthshireAnnabelle Ewing
Renfrewshire WestDisappearing seatJames Sheridan
Ross Skye and Inverness WestRoss Skye and LochaberCharles Kennedy
Roxburgh and BerwickshireBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkArchy Kirkwood
StirlingStirlingAnne McGuire
Strathkelvin and BearsdenEast DunbartonshireJohn Lyons
Tayside NorthDisappearing seatPeter Wishart
Tweeddale Ettrick and LauderdaleDisappearing seatMichael Moore
Western IslesNa h-Eileanan An Iar (Western Isles)Calum MacDonald

The background colour indicates the winning party of the old seat as at the June 2001 General Election, and as the result would have been then if the new boundaries had been in force.


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