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Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Glasgow
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow shown within Scotland
Population	703,978 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created	1999
MSPs	Scottish National Party9 Labour4 Conservative2 Scottish Green1
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.

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

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.^[2] The South Lanarkshire area is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions.

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region included:

Region	Constituencies	Constituencies
		Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

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.^[3] Holyrood constituencies were unaltered.

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

The candidates for the region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election are as follows:^[4]

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow[5]
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

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9Scottish National Party MSPs (constituency members)
• 4Labour MSPs (additional members)
• 2Conservative MSP (additional members)
• 1Green MSP (additional member)

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 7Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and two additional members)
• 7Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
• 1Conservative MSP (additional member)
• 1Green MSP (additional member)

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5Scottish National Party MSPs (1 constituency member, 4 additional members)
• 1Conservative MSP (additional member)
• 1Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
• 1Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)

Changes:

• Anne McLaughlin replaced Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad died in February 2009 and McLaughlin was next on the Scottish National Party's list.

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 10Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 2Scottish National Party MSPs (both additional members)
• 2Scottish Socialist Party MSPs (both additional members)
• 1Conservative MSP (additional member)
• 1Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
• 1Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)

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.

Changes:

• Tommy Sheridan resigned from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006 and sat as a member of Solidarity.

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 10Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
• 1Conservative MSP (additional member)
• 1Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
• 1Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

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.

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