The new political map of Scotland has moved a step closer after proposals were finalised for new-look Holyrood constituencies.
The shake-up will wipe some old-established constituency names off the political map while others will be preserved.
The Boundary Commission for Scotland said on Wednesday it had considered representations on its proposals for Holyrood constituencies and would make no further changes.
The announcement came as an inquiry began in Glasgow into boundary change proposals affecting five of Scotland’s eight Holyrood electoral regions.
Under the constituency shake-up, Scotland keeps its total of 73 Holyrood seats and eight regions but boundaries are rejigged to take account of population changes since the 1990s.
This is most evident in Glasgow whose tally of nine seats excluding Rutherglen dropped to eight when the first set of proposals was made last year.
The commission originally proposed giving the new Glasgow seats compass-point names like East Glasgow. North Central Glasgow, and North Glasgow.
But that was later scrapped in favour of a return to geographic place names - Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, and Glasgow Southside.
In Edinburgh the reverse happened. The commission originally proposed that the city’s seats be called Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Corstorphine and Forth, Edinburgh East and South, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southside, and Edinburgh Trinity and Leith.
But the proposal was later revised to compass-point names - Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.
