West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten 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 17 MSPs.
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.[1]
Constituencies and local government areas
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
| Region | Constituencies | |
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
| as West of Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Term | Election | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Paisley South | Paisley North | West Renfrewshire | Greenock and Iverclyde | Cunninghame North | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | ||||||||||
| 1st | 1999 | Sam Galbraith (Labour) |
Des McNulty (Labour) |
Jackie Baillie (Labour) |
Kenneth Macintosh (Labour) |
Hugh Henry (Labour) |
Wendy Alexander (Labour) |
Trish Godman (Labour) |
Duncan McNeil (Labour) |
Allan Wilson (Labour) | |||||||||||
| Brian Fitzpatrick (Labour) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Jean Turner Independent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | David Whitton (Labour) |
Kenneth Gibson (SNP) | ||||||||||||||||||
| as West Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Term | Election | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Renfrewshire South | Paisley | Renfrewshire North and West | Greenock and Iverclyde | Cunninghame North | Cunninghame South | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | Fiona McLeod (SNP) |
Gil Paterson (SNP) |
Jackie Bailie (Labour) |
Kenneth Macintosh (Labour) |
Hugh Henry (Labour) |
George Adam (SNP) |
Derek MacKay (SNP) |
Duncan McNeil (Labour) |
Kenneth Gibson (SNP) |
Margaret Burgess (SNP) | ||||||||||
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| as West of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
| 1st (1999-2003) |
Colin Campbell (SNP) |
Kay Ullrich (SNP) |
Lloyd Quinan (SNP) |
Fiona McLeod (SNP) |
Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) |
Annabelle Goldie (Conservative) |
John Young (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2nd (2003-07) |
Stewart Maxwell (SNP) |
Campbell Martin (SNP) |
Bruce McFee (SNP) |
Frances Curran (Socialist) |
Murray Tosh (Conservative) | |||||||||
| 3rd (2007-11) |
Stuart McMillan (SNP) |
Bill Wilson (SNP) |
Gil Paterson (SNP) |
Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| as West Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 4th (2011-15) |
Stewart Maxwell (SNP) |
Stuart McMillan (SNP) |
Mary Fee (Labour) |
Neil Bibby (Labour) |
Margaret McDougall (Labour) |
Annabelle Goldie (Conservative) |
Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | |||||||
Election Results
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members)
- 7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
Constituency results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: West Scotland | ||||||
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| Constituency | Elected member | Result | ||||
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold | ||||
| Cunninghame South | Margaret Burgess | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | ||||
| Eastwood | Ken Macintosh | Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labour hold | ||||
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Renfrewshire North and West | Derek MacKay | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
| Renfrewshire South | Hugh Henry | Labour hold | ||||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Fiona McLeod | SNP gain from Labour | ||||
Additional member results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: West Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan |
2 | -2 | 117,306 | 41.5% | +13% | |
| Labour | Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall |
3 | +3 | 92,530 | 32.8% | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw |
2 | ±0 | 35,995 | 12.7% | -2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 9,148 | 3.2% | -4.9% | ||
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 8,414 | 3.0% | ±0% | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,771 | 1.7% | -0.3% | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,865 | 1.0% | +0.4% | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.9% | -0.5% | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,162 | 0.8% | -0.5% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0.7% | +0.4% | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1,752 | 0.6% | ±0% | ||
| Ban Bankers Bonuses | 0 | 0 | 1,204 | 0.4% | ±0% | ||
| Pirate | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0.3% | ±0% | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0.2% | ±0% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2% | -1.8% | ||
Footnotes
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