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<div style="float:right">[[image:ScotlandCentral1974.png]]<BR> ''Map of Scotland showing the location'' <BR>''of the former Central region''</div> |
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'''Central Scotland''' may refer to: |
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* [[Central Belt]], the area of highest population density in Scotland, also known as the "Midlands" or "Scottish Midlands" |
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'''Central''' was a local government region of [[Scotland]] from [[1974]] to [[1995]]. It is now divided into the council areas of [[Falkirk]], [[Stirling]], and [[Clackmannanshire]], which had previously been distiricts under Central. |
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* [[Central Lowlands]], a geologically-defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland |
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* [[Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)]], one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament |
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* [[Central Region, Scotland]], a local government region of Scotland 1975-1996 |
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* [[Centre of Scotland]], the geographical centre of Scotland, located in the Highlands |
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==See also== |
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'''Central Scotland''' is also the name of one of the eight electoral areas for the [[Scottish Parliament]] from which the 56 [[Additional Members System]] MSPs are elected. It covers a different geographical area from the former Central Region though, stretching from Kilmarnock, through most of Lanarkshire up to Falkirk. |
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* [[Scottish Lowlands]] |
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The seven currently sitting MSPs to be elected through the AMS electoral method in Central Scotland are: |
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* [[Alex Neil]] ([[Scottish National Party]]) |
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* [[Michael Matheson]] (SNP) |
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* [[Linda Fabiani]] (SNP) |
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* [[Margaret Mitchell]] ([[The Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]]) |
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* [[Donald Gorrie]] ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib-Dem]]) |
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* [[Carolyn Leckie]] ([[Scottish Socialist Party]]) |
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* [[John Swinburne]] ([[Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party]]) |
Latest revision as of 14:11, 24 April 2014
The present page holds the title of a primary topic, and an article needs to be written about it. It is believed to qualify as a broad-concept article. It may be written directly at this page or drafted elsewhere and then moved to this title. Related titles should be described in Central Scotland, while unrelated titles should be moved to Central Scotland (disambiguation). |
Central Scotland may refer to:
- Central Belt, the area of highest population density in Scotland, also known as the "Midlands" or "Scottish Midlands"
- Central Lowlands, a geologically-defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland
- Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament
- Central Region, Scotland, a local government region of Scotland 1975-1996
- Centre of Scotland, the geographical centre of Scotland, located in the Highlands