The Scottish Parliament constituency boundaries are changing. The new constituency and regional boundaries will be effective at the next Scottish Parliament general election on 7 May 2026.
The Scottish Parliament has 73 constituencies and eight regions. The numbers of constituencies and regions are not changing. Of the current 73 constituencies, 42 will change boundaries, three will change in name only, and 28 will not change. Of the current eight regions, only Mid Scotland and Fife remains unchanged. Five regions will have mainly minor boundary changes, and two will have boundary changes as well as new names.
Data sources
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Boundaries
Current Scottish Parliament constituency and regional boundaries are available from data.gov.uk:
The new boundaries coming into effect in May 2026 area available from Boundaries Scotland.
Residences
To understand how many people are affected by a boundary change, we counted the number of residences in areas falling outside of current boundaries or into new boundaries. For this, we used Ordnance Survey residential address data. The number of residences is not the same as the number of voters. But since there is no detailed electorate data, it serves as a proxy.
Further reading
- The second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries: Updated proposals for constituencies and regions – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe
- The second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries: Boundaries Scotland’s proposals for constituencies and regions – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe
- Review of Scottish Parliament constituencies – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe
Maike Waldmann, SPICe statistician