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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>
'''Central Scotland''' may refer to:


* [[Central Belt]], the area of highest population density in Scotland, also known as the "Midlands" or "Scottish Midlands"
==Regional Council==
* [[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


==See also==
'''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.
* [[Scottish Lowlands]]


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==Scottish Parliament==

'''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.

The seven currently sitting MSPs to be elected through the AMS electoral method in Central Scotland are:

* [[Alex Neil]] ([[Scottish National Party]])
* [[Michael Matheson]] (SNP)
* [[Linda Fabiani]] (SNP)
* [[Margaret Mitchell]] ([[The Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]])
* [[Donald Gorrie]] ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib-Dem]])
* [[Carolyn Leckie]] ([[Scottish Socialist Party]])
* [[John Swinburne]] ([[Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party]])

==Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999==

<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=3>
<TR>
<TD>''Political Party''
<TD>''Votes''
<TD>''Share of Vote (%)''
<TD>''% Change''
<TD>''List Seats Won''
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]</TD>
<TD>?<TD>39.28</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>27.78</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>5</TD>
<TR><TD>[[The Conservative Party (UK)|Tories]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>9.15</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Dennis Canavan|D Canavan (Independent)]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>8.38</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib-Dems]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>6.20</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Socialist Labour Party(UK)|SLP]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>3.32</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Green Party|Greens]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>1.79</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Socialist Party|SSP]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>1.74</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Unionist Party|SUP]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>0.87</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Prolife Alliance]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>0.78</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>Scottish Families and Pensioners Party</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>0.42</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Natural Law Party|NLP]]</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>0.22</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>Independent Progressive</TD>
<TD>?</TD><TD>0.08</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
</TABLE>

'''MSPs Elected:'''

*SNP - [[Alex Neil]], [[Andrew Wilson]], [[Michael Matheson]], [[Gil Paterson]], [[Linda Fabiani]]
*Tory - [[Lyndsay McIntosh]]
*Lib-Dem - [Donald Gorrie]]

==Scottish Parliament Vote, 2003==

<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=3>
<TR>
<TD>''Political Party''
<TD>''Votes''
<TD>''Share of Vote (%)''
<TD>''% Change''
<TD>''List Seats Won''
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]</TD>
<TD>106,318<TD>40.41</TD><TD>+1.13</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]</TD>
<TD>59,274</TD><TD>22.53</TD><TD>-5.25</TD><TD>3</TD>
<TR><TD>[[The Conservative Party (UK)|Tories]]</TD>
<TD>24,121</TD><TD>9.17</TD><TD>+0.02</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Socialist Party|SSP]]</TD>
<TD>19,016</TD><TD>7.23</TD><TD>+5.49</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party|SSCUP]]</TD>
<TD>17,146</TD><TD>6.52</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib-Dems]]</TD>
<TD>15,494</TD><TD>5.89</TD><TD>-0.31</TD><TD>1</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Green Party|Greens]]</TD>
<TD>12,248</TD><TD>4.66</TD><TD>+2.87</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Socialist Labour Party|SLP]]</TD>
<TD>3,855</TD><TD>1.47</TD><TD>-1.85</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish Unionist Party|SUP]]</TD>
<TD>2,147</TD><TD>0.82</TD><TD>-0.05</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>M Lynch Anderson (Independent)</TD>
<TD>1,265</TD><TD>0.48</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[Scottish People's Alliance|SPA]]</TD>
<TD>1,192</TD><TD>0.45</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
<TR><TD>[[UK Independence Party|UKIP]]</TD>
<TD>1,009</TD><TD>0.38</TD><TD>N/A</TD><TD>0</TD>
</TABLE>

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