Editing Midlothian (section)

==History==
{{for|the history of the pre-1975 county|Midlothian (historic)}}
[[File:Modern & Historic Midlothian.svg|thumb|Map contrasting the area comprising Midlothian council (dark blue) within the historic county of Midlothian (light blue).]]
Midlothian County Council was abolished in 1975 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]], which abolished Scotland's counties and burghs as administrative areas and created a new two-tier system of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Most of Midlothian's territory went to a new district called Midlothian within the [[Lothian]] region. The Midlothian district was smaller than the area of the pre-1975 county, parts of which went to other districts:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=24 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boundaries viewer |url=https://maps.nls.uk/geo/boundaries/#zoom=7&lat=57.0000&lon=-4.4000&dates=1880&point=0,0 |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> [[Currie]], [[Balerno]], [[Ratho]] and [[Newbridge, Edinburgh|Newbridge]] to the [[Edinburgh (district)|city of Edinburgh]]; [[Musselburgh]] burgh and parish of [[Inveresk]] (which included the villages of [[Inveresk]], [[Wallyford]] and [[Whitecraig]]) to [[East Lothian]]; [[East Calder]], [[Mid Calder]] and [[West Calder]]) and the Midlothian part of [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] to [[West Lothian]]; [[Heriot, Scottish Borders|Heriot]] and [[Stow, Scottish Borders|Stow]] parishes to the [[Ettrick and Lauderdale]] district of the [[Scottish Borders|Borders]] region. 

The boundaries of the historic county of Midlothian, including the city of Edinburgh, are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a [[registration county]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ros.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/14921/LandMassCoverageReport2015-proofed.pdf |title=Land Mass Coverage Report |publisher=Registers of Scotland |access-date=2015-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232505/https://www.ros.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/14921/LandMassCoverageReport2015-proofed.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Midlothian [[lieutenancy areas of Scotland|lieutenancy]] area corresponds to the current council area rather than the historic county.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996|year=1996|number=731|accessdate=16 December 2022}}</ref> The last [[lord-lieutenant]] of the county of Midlothian was made lord-lieutenant for the new district of Midlothian when the reforms came into effect in 1975.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975|year=1975|number=428|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref> The former county council's headquarters in Edinburgh became the offices of the new Lothian Regional Council, whilst the Midlothian District Council established its headquarters in Dalkeith.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=19730|page=1163|date=2 September 1975|city=e}}</ref> 

In 1991 the council built itself a new headquarters called Midlothian House at 40-46 Buccleuch Street in [[Dalkeith]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Remember when |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/remember-when-2133772 |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=7 September 2016}}</ref>

The Lothian region was abolished in 1996. The four districts in the region, including Midlothian, became unitary [[council area]]s.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=16 December 2022}}</ref> The reconstituted [[Midlothian Council]] continues to be based at Midlothian House in Dalkeith.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

===Central government===
[[File:Midlothian House, Dalkeith.jpg|thumb|Midlothian House, Dalkeith]]
There is a [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian constituency of the House of Commons]].

There was a [[Midlothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Midlothian constituency of the Scottish Parliament]] up to the 2011 elections when it was divided between [[Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Midlothian North and Musselburgh]] and [[Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale]].{{Cn|date=February 2025}}