Glasgow | |
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electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
Glasgow shown within Scotland | |
Population | 703,978 (2019) |
Current electoral region | |
Created | 1999 |
MSPs | Scottish National Party 9 Labour 4 Conservative 2 Scottish Green 1 |
Council areas | Glasgow City South Lanarkshire (part) |
Constituencies | Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen |
Glasgow 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.
Constituencies and council areas
Map of boundaries from 20112011–
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Region | Constituencies | |
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Eight of the constituencies are entirely within the Glasgow City council area. The Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. The South Lanarkshire area is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions.
1999–2011
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region included:
Region | Constituencies | Constituencies | |
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The constituencies were created with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in 1999. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. Holyrood constituencies were unaltered.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
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1st (1999–2003) |
Kenneth Gibson (SNP) |
Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) |
Sandra White (SNP) |
Dorothy-Grace Elder (SNP) |
Tommy Sheridan (Socialist later Solidarity) |
Robert Brown (Lib Dem) |
Bill Aitken (Conservative) | |||||||
2nd (2003–07) |
Patrick Harvie (Green) |
Rosie Kane (Socialist) |
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3rd (2007–11) |
Bob Doris (SNP) |
Bashir Ahmad (SNP) |
Bill Kidd (SNP) | |||||||||||
Anne McLaughlin (SNP) | ||||||||||||||
4th (2011–16) |
Humza Yousaf (SNP) |
Drew Smith (Labour) |
Hanzala Malik (Labour) |
Anne McTaggart (Labour) |
Ruth Davidson (Conservative) | |||||||||
5th (2016–21) |
Anas Sarwar (Labour) |
Johann Lamont (Labour) |
Pauline McNeill (Labour) |
James Kelly (Labour) |
Adam Tomkins (Conservative) |
Annie Wells (Conservative) | ||||||||
6th (2021–) |
Paul Sweeney (Labour) |
Pam Duncan-Glancy (Labour) |
Sandesh Gulhane (Conservative) |
Election results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
The candidates for the region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election are as follows:
Constituency results
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Bill Kidd | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Cathcart | James Dornan | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Kaukab Stewart | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | Bob Doris | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Pollok | Humza Yousaf | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Provan | Ivan McKee | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Shettleston | John Mason | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Southside | Nicola Sturgeon | SNP hold | |
Rutherglen | Clare Haughey | SNP hold |
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
SNP | Roza Salih, Nicola Sturgeon, Clare Haughey, Ivan McKee, Bill Kidd, Alex Kerr, Suzanne McLaughlin, Kaukab Stewart, Katy Loudon, Christina Cannon, Abdul Bostani | 133,917 | 43.9 | 0.9 | |
Labour | Pauline McNeill, Anas Sarwar, Paul Sweeney, Pam Duncan-Glancy, James Kelly, Eva Murray, Craig Carson, Hollie Cameron, Willie Docherty | 74,088 | 24.3 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Annie Wells, Sandesh Gulhane, Ade Aibinu, Thomas Kerr, Kyle Thornton, Lynne Nailon, Alix Mathieson | 37,027 | 12.1 | 0.2 | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie, Kim Long, Nadia Kanyange, Jon Molyneux, Dan Hutchison, Elaine Gallacher, Emma Cockburn, Anthony Carroll, Blair Anderson, Holly Bruce, Ellie Gomersall, Calum Mcintosh | 36,114 | 11.8 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Ford, Andrew Chamberlain, James Speirs, Nicholas Moohan, Sheila Thomson, Mark Simons, Joe McCauley, David McKenzie, Matthew Clark | 6,079 | 2.0 | 0.4 | |
Alba | Michelle Ferns, Ailsa Gray, Shahid Farooq, Lynn McMahon | 5,408 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
All for Unity | Jean Anne Mitchell, Ricky Morton, Christian McNeill, Khaleel Mohammed, Niall Fraser, Chris Creighton, Ian Mulholland | 2,562 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
Independent Green Voice | Alistair McConnachie | 2,210 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
Scottish Family Party | William Neeson, Joshua Hall, John Laird, David Tortolano, Margaret Paterson | 1,728 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
Women's Equality | Ruth Wilkinson, Suzanne Martin, Esthi Thurston, Anna Nordahl | 772 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
Freedom Alliance | Carol Dobson, Mary Steven, Diane Hodge, David Mills, Roderick Nicoll, Stephen Lonsdale | 759 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | James Dunsmore, Robert Pressley | 702 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay, Cameron Milne | 680 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith, Sinead Daly, Oisin Duncan, Maddie Jamieson | 645 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Communist | Johnnie Hunter | 544 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Reform UK | Andy MacMillan, Jamie-Lee McMillan, Christina MacMillan, Kirsty MacMillan, Ellen MacMillan | 543 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
UKIP | Daryl Gardner, Chris Ho, Amanda Ranaghan, David Hanna | 447 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |
Independent | Craig Ross | 269 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
SDP | Anthony McGinley, Robin John Dudfield, Robert Malyn, Richard Cameron | 178 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Reclaim | Leo Kearse | 174 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Renew | Ben Meechan, Andrea Kozlowski | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Independent | Daniel Donaldson | 98 | 0.0 | N/A |
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (constituency members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSP (additional members)
- 1 Green MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Bill Kidd | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Cathcart | James Dornan | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Sandra White | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | Bob Doris | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Pollok | Humza Yousaf | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Provan | Ivan McKee | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Shettleston | John Mason | SNP hold | |
Glasgow Southside | Nicola Sturgeon | SNP hold | |
Rutherglen | Clare Haughey | SNP gain from Labour |
Additional member results
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
SNP | 0 | -2 | 111,101 | 44.8% | +4.9% | ||
Labour | Anas Sarwar Johann Lamont James Kelly Pauline McNeill |
4 | +1 | 59,151 | 23.8% | -11.1% | |
Conservative | Adam Tomkins Annie Wells |
2 | +1 | 29,533 | 11.9% | +5.8% | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie | 1 | ±0 | 23,398 | 9.4% | +3.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ±0 | 5,850 | 2.4% | -0.2% | ||
UKIP | 0 | ±0 | 4,889 | 2.0% | +1.4% | ||
Solidarity | 0 | ±0 | 3,593 | 1.4% | +1.4% | ||
RISE | 0 | ±0 | 2,454 | 1.0% | +1.0% | ||
BUP | 0 | ±0 | 2,453 | 1.0% | +1.0% | ||
Women's Equality | 0 | ±0 | 2,091 | 0.8% | +0.8% | ||
Animal Welfare | 0 | ±0 | 1,819 | 0.7% | +0.7% | ||
Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 1,506 | 0.6% | -0.1% | ||
Independent | 0 | ±0 | 271 | 0.1% | N/A |
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and two additional members)
- 7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
- 1 Conservative MSP (additional member)
- 1 Green MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Bill Kidd | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Cathcart | James Dornan | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Sandra White | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | Patricia Ferguson | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Pollok | Johann Lamont | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Provan | Paul Martin | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Shettleston | John Mason | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Southside | Nicola Sturgeon | SNP hold | |
Rutherglen | James Kelly | Labour hold |
Additional member results
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
SNP | Humza Yousaf Bob Doris |
2 | -2 | 83,109 | 39.8% | +12.8% | |
Labour | Hanzala Malik Drew Smith Anne McTaggart |
3 | +3 | 73,031 | 35.0% | -3.3% | |
Conservative | Ruth Davidson | 1 | ±0 | 12,749 | 6.1% | -0.6% | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie | 1 | ±0 | 12,454 | 6.0% | +0.8% | |
Respect | 0 | ±0 | 6,972 | 3.3% | ±0% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 5,312 | 2.5% | -4.6% | ||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | ±0 | 3,750 | 1.8% | ±0% | ||
BNP | 0 | ±0 | 2,424 | 1.2% | -0.7% | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | ±0 | 2,276 | 1.1% | -0.2% | ||
Scottish Christian | 0 | ±0 | 1,501 | 0.7% | -0.7% | ||
Scottish Unionist | 0 | ±0 | 1,447 | 0.7% | -0.1% | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | ±0 | 1,362 | 0.7% | -0.6% | ||
Pirate | 0 | ±0 | 581 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
Independent | 0 | ±0 | 338 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Scottish Homeland Party | 0 | ±0 | 283 | 0.1% | N/A |
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (1 constituency member, 4 additional members)
- 1 Conservative MSP (additional member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
- 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Bill Butler | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Baillieston | Margaret Curran | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Cathcart | Charles Gordon | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Govan | Nicola Sturgeon | SNP gain from Labour | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Pauline McNeill | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Maryhill | Patricia Ferguson | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Pollok | Johann Lamont | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Rutherglen | James Kelly | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Shettleston | Frank McAveety | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Springburn | Paul Martin | Labour hold |
Additional member results
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 78,838 | 38.2% | +0.4% | ||
SNP | Bashir Ahmad Sandra White Bob Doris Bill Kidd |
4 | +2 | 55,832 | 27.0% | +9.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1 | ±0 | 14,767 | 7.2% | -0.1% | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1 | ±0 | 13,751 | 6.7% | -0.8% | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie | 1 | ±0 | 10,759 | 5.2% | -1.9% | |
Solidarity | 0 | -1 | 8,544 | 4.1% | N/A | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 3,865 | 1.9% | +0.7% | ||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 3,703 | 1.8% | -0.5% | ||
Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,991 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,680 | 1.3% | -0.2% | ||
CPA | 0 | 0 | 2,626 | 1.3% | N/A | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | -1 | 2,579 | 1.2% | -14.0% | ||
Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,612 | 0.8% | -0.4% | ||
Publican Party | 0 | 0 | 952 | 0.5% | N/A | ||
Muhammad Shoaib | 0 | 0 | 582 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
Independent Green Voice | 0 | 0 | 496 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 405 | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||
Scottish Voice | 0 | 0 | 389 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Asif Nadir | 0 | 0 | 317 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers | 0 | 0 | 293 | 0.1% | N/A | ||
James Cruickshank | 0 | 0 | 286 | 0.1% | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 260 | 0.1% | -0.1% | ||
Nine Per Cent Growth Party | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 9,000 | (4.17%) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | 206,607 | 43.3% | +1.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Changes:
- Anne McLaughlin replaced Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad died in February 2009 and McLaughlin was next on the Scottish National Party's list.
2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 10 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 2 Scottish National Party MSPs (both additional members)
- 2 Scottish Socialist Party MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Conservative MSP (additional member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
- 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Bill Butler | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Baillieston | Margaret Curran | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Cathcart | Mike Watson | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Govan | Gordon Jackson | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Pauline McNeill | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Maryhill | Patricia Ferguson | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Pollok | Johann Lamont | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Rutherglen | Janis Hughes | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Shettleston | Frank McAveety | Labour hold | |
Glasgow Springburn | Paul Martin | Labour hold |
Changes:
- On 1 September 2005, Mike Watson resigned after pleading guilty to fire-raising. At the subsequent Glasgow Cathcart by-election held 29 September 2005, Charlie Gordon held the seat for Labour.
Additional member results
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 77,540 | 37.7% | -6.2% | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon Sandra White |
2 | −2 | 34,894 | 17.1% | -8.4% | |
Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan Rosie Kane |
2 | +1 | 31,216 | 15.2% | +8.0% | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1 | ±0 | 15,299 | 7.5% | -0.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1 | ±0 | 14,839 | 7.5% | -0.4% | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie | 1 | +1 | 14,570 | 7.1% | +3.1% | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,750 | 2.3% | N/A | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 3,091 | 1.5% | -0.2% | ||
ProLife Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2,477 | 1.2% | N/A | ||
Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 2,349 | 1.1% | +0.2% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,344 | 1.1% | N/A | ||
Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 612 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 552 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 345 | 0.2% | – |
Changes:
- Tommy Sheridan resigned from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006 and sat as a member of Solidarity.
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 10 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 1 Conservative MSP (additional member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
- 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
Glasgow Anniesland | Donald Dewar | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Baillieston | Margaret Curran | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Cathcart | Mike Watson | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Govan | Gordon Jackson | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Kelvin | Pauline McNeill | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Maryhill | Patricia Ferguson | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Pollok | Johann Lamont | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Rutherglen | Janis Hughes | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Shettleston | Frank McAveety | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Glasgow Springburn | Paul Martin | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) |
Changes:
- On 11 October 2000, Donald Dewar died. At the subsequent Glasgow Anniesland by-election on 23 November 2000, Bill Butler held the seat for Labour.
Additional member results
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
Labour | 0 | N/A | 112,588 | 43.9% | N/A | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon Dorothy-Grace Elder Kenneth Gibson Sandra White |
4 | N/A | 65,360 | 25.5% | N/A | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1 | N/A | 20,239 | 7.9% | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 1 | N/A | 18,581 | 7.2% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1 | N/A | 18,473 | 7.2% | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | 10,159 | 4.0% | N/A | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 4,391 | 1.7% | N/A | ||
ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 2,357 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
Scottish Unionist | 0 | N/A | 2,283 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | N/A | 521 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Humanist | 0 | N/A | 447 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Natural Law | 0 | N/A | 419 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Socialist (GB) | 0 | N/A | 309 | 0.1% | N/A | ||
People's Choice | 0 | N/A | 221 | 0.1% | N/A |
Footnotes
- Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- Boundary changes create new Rutherglen seat, but area remains in Glasgow region, Daily Record, 2 June 2010
- See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- O’Donnell, Annemarie (31 March 2021). "Scottish Parliamentary Election. Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll. Glasgow Region. Date of Poll 6 MAY 2021". Archived from the original on 15 May 2021.
- Glasgow , BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
Sources
See also
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