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Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
| Central Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Central_Scotland_2011_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region).svg) Central Scotland shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 669,424 (2019)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 9 Conservative 3 Labour 3 Green 1 |
| Council areas | Falkirk North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire (part) |
| Constituencies | 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 |
Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba in Gaelic) is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. 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.
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