South of Scotland Regional List Result 2007

'Six months after the elections, Labour's MSPs - and worse still their leaders - still don't look like they know how to stand up to the Nats.'
Alan Cochrane in the Daily Telegraph, 20 th November 2007.

South of Scotland Region

1999
	South of Scotland Region MSPs: 4 Conservatives 3 Scottish National Party
2003
	South of Scotland Region MSPs: 3 Scottish National Party 2 Conservatives 1 Green 1 Scottish Socialist Party
2007
	South of Scotland Region MSPs: 5 Scottish National Party 1 Liberal Democrat 1 Conservative

South of Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

Constituency	1999	2003	2007
1. Ayr	Labour win (Conservative gain in 2000 by-election)	Conservative hold	Conservative hold
2. Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley	Labour win	Labour hold	Labour hold
3. Clydesdale	Labour win	Labour hold	Labour hold
4. Cunninghame South	Labour win	Labour hold	Labour hold
5. Dumfries	Labour win	Labour hold (Conservative majority in regional vote)	Labour hold
6. East Lothian	Labour win	Labour hold	Labour hold
7. Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party win (Conservative majority in regional vote)	Conservative gain from Scottish National Party	Conservative hold
8. Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold (Conservative majority in regional vote)	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat
4. Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold (Conservative majority in regional vote)	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)

Regional list results are available for all constituencies in 1999, 2003 and 2007

MSPs elected in South of Scotland Region in 2007

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Labour	5	0	5
Scottish National Party	0	5	5
Conservative & Unionist	3	1	4
Liberal Democrat	1	1	1

Members elected from Regional lists in 2007

	Rank	1
	Christine Grahame MSP (Also stood in Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	2
	Michael Russell (Also stood in Dumfries constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	3
	Adam Ingram MSP (Also stood in Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	4
	Alasdair Morgan MSP (Also stood in Galloway & Upper Nithsdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	5
	Derek Brownlee MSP (Also stood in Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	6
	Aileen Campbell (Also stood in Clydesdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	7
	Jim Hume (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Liberal Democrat

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Labour	79,762	28.86 %	- 1.13 %
Scottish National Party	77,053	27.88 %	+ 9.51 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	62,475	22.60 %	+ 1.64 %
Liberal Democrats	28,040	10.14 %	- 0.12 %
Scottish Green Party	9,254	3.35 %	- 2.37 %
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	5,335	1.93 %	(+ 1.93 %)
Solidarity	3,433	1.24 %	(+ 1.24 %)
British National Party	3,212	1.16 %	(+ 1.16 %)
Scottish Christian Party	2,353	0.85 %	(+ 0.85 %)
Socialist Labour Party	1,633	0.59 %	- 0.57 %
UK Independence Party	1,429	0.52 %	- 0.20 %
Scottish Socialist Party	1,114	0.40 %	- 5.00 %
Christian Peoples Alliance	839	0.30 %	(+ 0.30 %)
Scottish Voice	490	0.18 %	(+ 0.18 %)
Paddy Scott Hogg	488	0.18 %	(+ 0.18 %)
Labour majority	2,709	0.98 %	- 4.77 %

MSPs elected in South of Scotland Region in 2003

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Labour	5	0	5
Conservative & Unionist	2	2	4
Scottish National Party	0	3	3
Liberal Democrat	2	0	2
Scottish Green Party	1	0	1
Scottish Socialist Party	1	0	1

Members elected from Regional lists in 2003

	Rank	1
	Christine Grahame MSP (Also stood in Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	2
	Alasdair Morgan MSP (Also stood in Galloway & Upper Nithsdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	3
	Phil Gallie MSP (Also stood in Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	4
	Adam Ingram MSP (Also stood in Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	5
	David Mundell MSP (Also stood in Dumfries constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	6
	Chris Balance (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish Green Party
	Rank	7
	Rosemary Byrne (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish Socialist Party

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Labour	78,955	29.99 %	- 1.05 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	63,827	24.24 %	+ 2.60 %
Scottish National Party	48,371	18.37 %	- 6.78 %
Liberal Democrats	27,026	10.26 %	- 1.73 %
Scottish Green Party	15,062	5.72 %	+ 2.75 %
Scottish Socialist Party	14,228	5.40 %	+ 4.36 %
Pensioners's Party	9,082	3.45 %	(+ 3.45 %)
Socialist Labour Party	3,054	1.16 %	- 3.20 %
UK Independence Party	1,889	0.72 %	(+ 0.72 %)
Scottish Peoples Alliance	1,436	0.55 %	(+ 0.55 %)
Am Partaidh Dhuthchail The Rural Party	355	0.13 %	(+ 0.13 %)
Labour majority	15,128	5.75 %	- 0.14 %

MSPs elected in South of Scotland Region in 1999

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Labour	6	0	6
Conservative & Unionist	0	4	4
Scottish National Party	1	3	4
Liberal Democrat	2	0	2

Members elected from Regional lists in 1999

	Rank	1
	Phil Gallie (Also stood in Ayr constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Michael Russell (Also stood in Dumfries constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	3
	Alex Fergusson (Also stood in Dumfries & Galloway constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	4
	Adam Ingram (Also stood in Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	5
	Murray Tosh (Also stood in Cunninghame South constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	6
	Christine Creech (Also stood in Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	7
	David Mundell (Also stood in Dumfries constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%
Labour	98,836	31.04 %
Scottish National Party	80,059	25.15 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	68,904	21.64 %
Liberal Democrats	38,157	11.99 %
Socialist Labour Party	13,887	4.36 %
Scottish Green Party	9,468	2.97 %
Liberal Party	3,478	1.09 %
Scottish Socialist Party	3,304	1.04 %
UK Independence Party	1,502	0.47 %
Natural Law Party	775	0.24 %
Labour majority	18,777	5.89 %

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