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The Lothians is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament that each return 7 members elected by the Additional Members System. It contains the City of Edinburgh, West Lothian and Midlothian local authority areas. East Lothian is not part of the Lothians region, but forms part of the South of Scotland region.

1 Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999

Political Party	Votes	Share of Vote (%)	% Change	List Seats Won
Labour	99,098	30.2	N/A	0
SNP	85,085	25.7	N/A	3
Conservative	52,067	15.7	N/A	2
Lib Dems	47,565	14.4	N/A	1
Greens	22,848	6.9	N/A	1
SLP	10,895	3.3	N/A	0
SSP	5,237	1.6	N/A	0
Liberals	2,056	0.6	N/A	0
WTP	1,184	0.4	N/A	0
PA	898	0.3	N/A	0
Civil Rights Movement	806	0.2	N/A	0
NLPThe Natural Law Party is a trans-national political party with national branches in over 80 countries. The party is the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement. The party bases its platform on the Transcendental Meditat	564	0.2	N/A	0
Independent	557	0.2	N/A	0
SPGBSpeakers' Corner, October 31, 2004 The Socialist Party of Great Britain also known as the SPGB is a small Marxist party, which is emphatically not Leninist. It should not be confused with the Socialist Party of England and Wales, a relatively new Trotskyi	388	0.1	N/A	0
Independent	256	0.1	N/A	0
Independent	145	0.04	N/A	0
Independent	54	0.02	N/A	0

Members elected:

SNP - Margo MacDonaldMargo MacDonald was born in 1945 in Hamilton, Scotland and educated at Hamilton Academy, she trained as a teacher of physical education. A committed and vocal Scottish nationalist, MacDonald won a shattering victory in the 1973 Govan by-election as a Scot; Kenny MacAskillKenny MacAskill is an Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament. He came to prominence inside the SNP through his activities in the left-wing 79 Group and became a party office bearer. In the 1980s he led the SNP campaign in opposition to; Fiona HyslopFiona Hyslop born August 1, 1964 is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) she was active in the party's youth wing and was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the Lothians at the 1999 election. She was re-elected
Conservative - David McLetchieDavid McLetchie is a Scottish politician. Since 1999 he has been both a Member of the Scottish Parliament, and the leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland. External links McLetchie, David.; James Douglas-Hamilton
Lib Dem - David SteelDavid Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood (born March 31, 1938), is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its 1988 merger with the Social Democra
Green - Robin Harper

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Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999

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