The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2025

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 285

Constitutional Law

Representation Of The People

The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2025

Made

15th October 2025

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of October 2025

Present,

The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998(1) (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling His Majesty to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 3(3) of schedule 1 of the Act, Boundaries Scotland submitted to the Scottish Ministers a report dated April 2025 showing alterations it proposes to the boundaries of the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament.

In accordance with paragraph 3(9) of schedule 1 to the Act the report submitted by Boundaries Scotland and a draft of this instrument have been laid before the Scottish Parliament and the draft instrument has been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Accordingly, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His 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 2025.

(2) Except for article 4, this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made(2).

(3) Article 4 comes into force on the dissolution of the Scottish 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(3) 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 geographic information system data which—

(a) was submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 30 April 2025, together with the report by Boundaries Scotland entitled “Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries” dated April 2025, and

(b) is held as such by the Scottish Ministers on a computer system under their management and control.

(3) The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of the table in schedule 1 of this Order opposite each constituency name.

Region

3.  For the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of schedule 1 of the Act(4), 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 area 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 2020(5) is revoked.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 Scottish Parliament Constituencies

(other than Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands Constituencies)

Column 1 Constituency name	Column 2 Designation
Aberdeen Central	Burgh
Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine	County
Aberdeen Donside	Burgh
Aberdeenshire East	County
Aberdeenshire West	County
Airdrie	County
Almond Valley	County
Angus North and Mearns	County
Angus South	County
Argyll and Bute	County
Ayr	Burgh
Banffshire and Buchan Coast	County
Bathgate	County
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	County
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	County
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	County
Clydebank and Milngavie	Burgh
Clydesdale	County
Coatbridge and Chryston	Burgh
Cowdenbeath	County
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Burgh
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 Coast and Lammermuirs	County
Eastwood	County
Edinburgh Central	Burgh
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent	Burgh
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith	Burgh
Edinburgh North Western	Burgh
Edinburgh Northern	Burgh
Edinburgh South Western	Burgh
Edinburgh Southern	Burgh
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	County
Falkirk East and Linlithgow	County
Falkirk West	Burgh
Fife North East	County
Galloway and West Dumfries	County
Glasgow Anniesland	Burgh
Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston	Burgh
Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok	Burgh
Glasgow Central	Burgh
Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn	Burgh
Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill	Burgh
Glasgow Southside	Burgh
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	Burgh
Inverclyde	County
Inverness and Nairn	County
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	County
Kirkcaldy	Burgh
Mid Fife and Glenrothes	County
Midlothian North	County
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	County
Moray	County
Motherwell and Wishaw	Burgh
Paisley	Burgh
Perthshire North	County
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	County
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald	Burgh
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley	County
Rutherglen and Cambuslang	Burgh
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	County
Stirling	County
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	County
Uddingston and Bellshill	Burgh

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 Scottish Parliament Regions

Column 1 Region	Column 2 Constituency names
Central Scotland and Lothians West	Airdrie Almond Valley Bathgate Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Falkirk East and Linlithgow Falkirk West Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Edinburgh and Lothians East	East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh South Western Edinburgh Southern Midlothian North
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok Glasgow Central Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill Glasgow Southside Rutherglen and Cambuslang
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Islands Shetland Islands Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Fife North East Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine Aberdeen Donside 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 Kilbride Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to the recommendations contained in the Report on the Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries by Boundaries Scotland dated April 2025. The report is available on the Boundaries Scotland website (https://boundaries.scot/) and hard copies can also be requested by telephoning 0131 244 2001 or by emailing [e-mail].

The Order defines the name, status and area of 70 of the 73 Scottish Parliament constituencies and the name and area of each Scottish Parliament region. The constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands are not included as constituencies defined by schedule 1 of this Order because paragraph 1(2) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 (the “1998 Act”), as amended by section 18 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12), provides for them directly.

This Order comes into force on the day after it is made (with the exception of article 4). It does not affect the return of any member of the Parliament or the Parliament’s constitution until the Parliament is dissolved (paragraph 6(7) of schedule 1 to the 1998 Act). Article 4, which revokes the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2020, comes into force when the Scottish Parliament is dissolved.

The 70 constituencies are named and defined by article 2(1) read together with schedule 1. The boundaries are described by reference to the geographic information system (“GIS”) data held by the Scottish Ministers which was submitted to them by Boundaries Scotland on 30 April 2025 together with the Boundaries Scotland’s report entitled “Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries” and dated April 2025. Indicative maps showing the constituencies and regions defined by this Order are included in this note. Individual indicative maps for each constituency and region and the corresponding GIS data are available on the Boundaries Scotland website (https://boundaries.scot/). Hard copy indicative maps for each constituency and region can also be requested by telephoning 0131 244 2001 or by emailing [e-mail].

Article 2(3) read together with schedule 1 specifies whether each of the 70 constituencies named by this Order is a burgh or county constituency, which is relevant to the application of the rules governing the conduct of elections to the Scottish Parliament. Article 42 (limitation of election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates) of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/425) provides that the constituencies of Na h-Elieanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands are county constituencies for the purpose of that article.

The regions are named and defined by article 3 read together with schedule 2.

(1)

1998 c. 46. Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13). Schedule 1 has subsequently been amended by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), section 8 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), section 18(1) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12), and sections 28(3), 30, 32 and 33, and paragraph 3 of the schedule of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12).

(2)

By virtue of paragraph 6(7) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 the coming into force date of this Order does not affect the return of any member to the Scottish Parliament or its constitution until the Scottish Parliament is dissolved.

(3)

Paragraph 1(2)(c) was substituted by paragraph 8 of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11).

(4)

Paragraph 2(2) was substituted by paragraph 9 of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11)

(5)

S.S.I. 2020/375.