Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Greenock and Inverclyde
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Greenock and Inverclyde shown within the
West of Scotland electoral region
Created: 1999
MSP: Duncan McNeil
Party: Labour
Council area: Inverclyde (part)

Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden, and West Renfrewshire.

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was merged into a new to Inverclyde constituency.[1]

[edit] Council area

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Inverclyde council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the West Renfrewshire constituency, which also covers a western portion of the Renfrewshire council area.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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