| West of Scotland | |
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| Scottish Parliament electoral region |
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| West of Scotland shown within Scotland | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| MSPs | Labour Party 8 Scottish National Party 5 Conservative 2 Liberal Democrats 1 |
| Constituencies | Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire |
| Council areas | Argyll and Bute (part) East Dunbartonshire (part) East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire (part) Renfrewshire (part) West Dunbartonshire |
West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. 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.
The West of Scotland region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
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In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
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The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005[1].
In terms of local government areas the region covers:
The Boundary Commission have recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The "West Scotland" region, as it will be known, will consist of the newly formed constituencies of Clydebank and Milngavie; Cunninghame North; Cunninghame South; Dumbarton; Eastwood; Greenock and Inverclyde; Paisley; Renfrewshire North and West; Renfrewshire South; and Strthkelvin and Bearsden.
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West of Scotland | ||||||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Des McNulty | Labour hold | ||||
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | ||||
| Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labour hold | ||||
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labour hold | ||||
| Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Labour hold | ||||
| Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Labour hold | ||||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | David Whitton | Labour gain from Independent | ||||
| West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Labour hold | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West of Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 91,725 | 34.2% | -1.6% | ||
| SNP | Stewart Maxwell Gil Paterson Bill Wilson Stuart McMillan |
4 | +1 | 75,953 | 28.3% | +8.7% | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw |
2 | ±0 | 40,637 | 15.2% | -0.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | ±0 | 22,515 | 8.4% | -3.9% | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 8,152 | 3.0% | -2.6% | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 5,231 | 2.0% | -0.8% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 4,774 | 1.8% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 3,729 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 3,241 | 1.2% | N/A | ||
| Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 3,027 | 1.1% | N/A | ||
| Save NHS Group | 0 | 0 | 2,682 | 1.0% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | -1 | 1,716 | 0.6% | -6.6% | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 1,557 | 0.6% | -0.6% | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,245 | 0.5% | -0.2% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 888 | 0.3% | -0.3% | ||
| Scottish Voice | 0 | 0 | 522 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Jacobite Party | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Equality Party (UK) | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: West of Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 83,931 | 32.6% | -5.9% | ||
| SNP | Campbell Martin Bruce McFee Stewart Maxwell |
3 | −1 | 50,387 | 19.6% | -6.3% | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Murray Tosh |
2 | ±0 | 40,261 | 15.7% | - | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | ±0 | 31,580 | 12.3% | +1.3% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 1 | +1 | 18,591 | 7.2% | +5.3 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 14,544 | 5.7% | +3.1% | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 7,100 | 2.8% | N/A | ||
| ProLife Party | 0 | 0 | 3,674 | 1.40% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 3,155 | 1.2% | -0.2% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1,662 | 0.6% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,617 | 0.6% | - | ||
| Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 674 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Changes:
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: West of Scotland | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | N/A | 119,663 | 38.5% | N/A | ||
| SNP | Colin Campbell Kay Ullrich Lloyd Quinan Fiona McLeod |
4 | N/A | 80,417 | 25.9% | N/A | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie John Young |
2 | N/A | 48,666 | 15.7% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | N/A | 34,095 | 11.0% | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | 8,174 | 2.6% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | 5,944 | 1.9% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 4,472 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 3,227 | 1.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | N/A | 2,761 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | N/A | 1,840 | 0.6% | N/A | ||
| Natural Law Party | 0 | N/A | 589 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | N/A | 565 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
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