
2020 No. 375
Constitutional Law
Representation Of The People
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2020
Made 11th November 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 11th day of November 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 and all other powers enabling Her Majesty to do so.
In accordance with paragraph 3(9) of that schedule a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2020.
(2) Except for article 4, this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) Article 4 comes into force on the dissolution of the Parliament.
(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.
Constituencies
2 

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(c) of schedule 1 of the Act, the constituencies provided for are those which—
(a) are named in column 1 of the table in schedule 1 of this Order, and
(b) comprise the areas described for each such constituency in the deposited data.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) the “deposited data” means the data recorded on the USB memory stick—
(a) entitled “Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps”,
(b) submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 5 August 2020, and
(c) deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at St Andrews House, Edinburgh EH1 3DG.
(3) The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of schedule 1 opposite each constituency name.
Regions
3 
For the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of schedule 1 of the Act, the regions provided for are those which—
(a) are named in column 1 of the table in schedule 2 of this Order, and
(b) comprise the combined areas of the constituencies mentioned in column 2 of that table opposite the name of each region.
Revocation
4 
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014 is revoked.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1
Scottish Parliament Constituencies
Article 2
(other than Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands Constituencies)

Column 1 Column 2
Constituency Name Designation
Aberdeen Central Burgh
Aberdeen Donside Burgh
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine County
Aberdeenshire East County
Aberdeenshire West County
Airdrie and Shotts Burgh
Almond Valley County
Angus North and Mearns County
Angus South County
Argyll and Bute County
Ayr Burgh
Banffshire and Buchan Coast County
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross County
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley County
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane County
Clydebank and Milngavie County
Clydesdale County
Coatbridge and Chryston Burgh
Cowdenbeath County
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth County
Cunninghame North County
Cunninghame South County
Dumbarton County
Dumfriesshire County
Dundee City East Burgh
Dundee City West Burgh
Dunfermline County
East Kilbride Burgh
East Lothian County
Eastwood County
Edinburgh Central Burgh
Edinburgh Eastern Burgh
Edinburgh Northern and Leith Burgh
Edinburgh Pentlands Burgh
Edinburgh Southern Burgh
Edinburgh Western Burgh
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire County
Falkirk East County
Falkirk West County
Galloway and West Dumfries County
Glasgow Anniesland Burgh
Glasgow Cathcart Burgh
Glasgow Kelvin Burgh
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Burgh
Glasgow Pollok Burgh
Glasgow Provan Burgh
Glasgow Shettleston Burgh
Glasgow Southside Burgh
Greenock and Inverclyde County
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Burgh
Inverness and Nairn County
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley County
Kirkcaldy County
Linlithgow County
Mid Fife and Glenrothes County
Midlothian North and Musselburgh County
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale County
Moray County
Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh
North East Fife County
Paisley Burgh
Perthshire North County
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire County
Renfrewshire North and West County
Renfrewshire South County
Rutherglen Burgh
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch County
Stirling County
Strathkelvin and Bearsden County
Uddingston and Bellshill Burgh
SCHEDULE 2
Scottish Parliament Regions
Article 3


Column 1 Column 2
Region Constituency Name
Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts
Coatbridge and Chryston
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
East Kilbride
Falkirk East
Falkirk West
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Motherwell and Wishaw
Uddingston and Bellshill
Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland
Glasgow Cathcart
Glasgow Kelvin
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Glasgow Pollok
Glasgow Provan
Glasgow Shettleston
Glasgow Southside
Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Inverness and Nairn
Moray
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Lothian Almond Valley
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Edinburgh Pentlands
Edinburgh Southern
Edinburgh Western
Linlithgow
Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Mid Fife and Glenrothes
North East Fife
Perthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Stirling
North East Scotland Aberdeen Central
Aberdeen Donside
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Aberdeenshire East
Aberdeenshire West
Angus North and Mearns
Angus South
Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Dundee City East
Dundee City West
South Scotland Ayr
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Clydesdale
Dumfriesshire
East Lothian
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Galloway and West Dumfries
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie
Cunninghame North
Cunninghame South
Dumbarton
Eastwood
Greenock and Inverclyde
Paisley
Renfrewshire North and West
Renfrewshire South
Strathkelvin and Bearsden