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Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Scottish Parliament region
Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. 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. The region is located in the eastern area of the Central Belt of the Scottish Lowlands and is anchored by capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the
Lothians region.[2]
Constituencies and local government areas
 Map of boundaries from 2011 As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional list MSPs
Elections take place on a whole-region basis: candidates shown in the same column have no particular relationship to each other.
- [a] As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement; following her death, her seat remained vacant until the Scottish Parliament general election in May 2016.
- [b] Stood down 15 July 2019, replaced by Sarah Boyack.
- [c] Upon the death of David McLetchie, he was replaced by Cameron Buchanan as the next name on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Conservatives.
- [d] Originally sat as a Scottish Green MSP until December 2020.
Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
Additional member results
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| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: Lothian[3]
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| List
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Candidates
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Votes
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Of total (%)
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SNP
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Graham Campbell, Angus Robertson, Fiona Hyslop, Ben Macpherson, Catriona MacDonald, Sarah Masson, Greg McCarra, Alison Dickie, Alex Orr, Douglas Thomson, Andrew Ewen, Rob Connell
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141,478
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35.9
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 0.3
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Conservative
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Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Jeremy Balfour, Rebecca Fraser, Malcolm Offord, Scott Douglas, Gordon Lindhurst, Marie-Clair Munro, Graham Hutchison, Iain Whyte, Callum Laidlaw, Charles Kennedy, Damian Timson
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78,595
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19.9
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3.0
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Labour
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Daniel Johnson, Sarah Boyack, Foysol Choudhury, Maddy Kirkman, Nick Ward, Kirsteen Sullivan, Frederick Hessler, Stephen Curran
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76,689
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19.4
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1.4
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Scottish Green
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Alison Johnstone, Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Chas Booth, Steve Burgess, Alys Mumford, Emily Frood, Ben Parker, Elaine Taylor, Bill Wilson, Evelyn Weston, Alex Staniforth
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49,984
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12.7
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 2.1
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Liberal Democrats
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Alex Cole-Hamilton, Fred Mackintosh, Jill Reilly, Rebecca Bell, Sally Pattie, Fraser Graham, Caron Lindsay, Bruce Wilson, Charles Dundas
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28,433
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7.2
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1.6
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Alba
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Kenny MacAskill, Alex Arthur, Christina Hendry, Irshad Ahmed
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6,141
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1.6
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1.6
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All for Unity
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Charlotte Morley, Parvinder Singh, Alan Hogg, Andy Macaulay, David Hamilton, Mike Knox
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2,423
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0.6
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0.6
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Animal Welfare
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Vivienne Moir, Gavin Ridley
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2,392
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0.6
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0.6
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Scottish Family Party
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Richard Lucas, Philip Holden, Norman Colville, Gareth Kirk, Amy Ireland
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2,041
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0.5
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0.5
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Women's Equality
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Emma Watt, David Renton, Lucy Hammond
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1,124
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0.3
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0.9
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Freedom Alliance
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Jon Pullman, Cara Wase, Patricia McCann
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922
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0.2
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0.2
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Abolish the Scottish Parliament
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John Leckie, David Nichol
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828
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0.2
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0.2
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Reform UK
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Derek Winton, Mev Brown, Iain Morse, Lesley MacDonald
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810
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0.2
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0.2
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Scottish Libertarian
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Tam Laird, Cameron Paterson
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689
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0.2
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0.2
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Communist
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Matthew Waddell
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598
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0.2
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0.2
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Independent
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Ashley Graczyk
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430
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0.1
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0.1
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UKIP
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Donald Mackay, John Mumford, Steve Hollis, Kenneth Lowry
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420
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0.1
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1.7
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SDP
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Alasdair Young, Neil Manson, Lawrence Edwards
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227
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0.1
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0.1
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Renew
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Heather Astbury, Anna Freemantle-Zee
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102
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0.0
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 0.0
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2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians
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| Party
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Elected candidates
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Seats
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+/−
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Votes
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%
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+/−%
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SNP
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0
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-3
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110,953
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39.2
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+12.7
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Labour
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Sarah Boyack
Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
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3
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+2
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70,544
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24.9
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-1.3
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Conservative
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David McLetchie
Gavin Brown
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2
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+1
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33,019
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11.7
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-1.5
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Scottish Green
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Alison Johnstone
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1
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±0
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21,505
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7.6
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+0.5
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Independent
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Margo MacDonald
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1
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±0
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18,732
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6.6
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±0
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Liberal Democrats
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0
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15,588
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5.5
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-7.3
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Scottish Senior Citizens
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0
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±0
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3,218
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1.1
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-0.3
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BNP
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0
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±0
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1,978
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0.7
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-0.2
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UKIP
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0
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±0
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1,822
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0.6
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+0.4
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Socialist Labour
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0
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±0
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1,681
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0.6
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-0.2
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Scottish Socialist
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0
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±0
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1,183
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0.4
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-0.3
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Scottish Christian
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0
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±0
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914
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0.3
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-0.4
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Liberal
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0
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±0
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697
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0.2
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±0
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CPA
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0
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±0
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553
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0.2
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-0.1
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Solidarity
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0
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±0
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327
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0.1
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-0.9
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Independent
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0
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±0
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294
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0.1
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N/A
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Independent
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0
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±0
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134
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0.0
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N/A
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Independent
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0
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±0
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61
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0.0
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N/A
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| Preceded by
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Constituency or Region represented by the Presiding Officer
2021–present
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Incumbent
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