Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Provan (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Provan
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Glasgow Provan shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Labour
MSP	Paul Martin
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Provan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the 9 constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created in 2011, comprising much of the old Glasgow Baillieston seat which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The electoral wards used in the creation of Provan are:

In full: East Centre, North East
In part: Baillieston (shared with Glasgow Shettleston)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Glasgow Baillieston

	Member	Party
1999	Margaret Curran	Labour
2003
2007

As Glasgow Provan

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Paul Martin	Labour

Election results

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Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Provan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Martin	10,037	52.3	-3.9
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin	7,958	41.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Majid Hussain	777	4.1	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Donnell	413	2.2	-4.3
Majority			2,079	10.8
Turnout			19,185	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.7

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Provan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,074	56.2
	SNP		5,514	28.0
	Liberal Democrats		1,273	6.5
	Conservative		1,255	6.4
	Others		598	3.0
Majority			5,560	28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Ballieston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Curran	9,141	52.9	+0.0
	SNP	Lachlan McNeill	5,207	30.2	+11.2
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	1,276	7.4	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	1,060	6.1	-0.5
	Scottish Christian	George Hargreaves	588	3.4	N/A
Majority			3,934	22.8
Rejected ballots			1850		{{{change}}}
Turnout			17,272	38.9	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Ballieston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Curran	9,657	52.9	+5.2
	SNP	Lachlan McNeill	3,479	19.0	-15.6
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McVicar	2,461	13.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Janette McAlpine	1,472	8.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	1,201	6.6	+3.1
Majority			6,178	33.8%	+20.85
Turnout			18,270	39.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Ballieston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Curran	11,289	47.61	N/A
	SNP	Dorothy Grace Elder	8,217	34.66	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	James McVicar	1,864	7.86	N/A
	Conservative	Dr Kate Pickering	1,526	6.44	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fryer	813	3.43	N/A
Majority			3,072	12.95	N/A
Turnout			23,709	47.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

↑ Candidates Glasgow City Council

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

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