Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Clydesdale
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Clydesdale shown within the 2011 version of the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate61,011 (2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Màiri McAllan
Council area South Lanarkshire

Clydesdale (Gaelic: Dail Chluaidh) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire. [2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. [3]

Contents

The seat has been held by Màiri McAllan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the other nine constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Dumfriesshire; East Kilbride; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley; and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. [3] The region covers the whole of the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, and South Ayrshire council areas; and parts of the council areas of East Ayrshire, Midlothian, and South Lanarkshire. [4] By population it is now the largest of Scotland's eight electoral regions. [3]

Prior to the 2025 review, there were nine constituencies in the South Scotland region. Besides Clydesdale, the other eight constituencies were: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Dumfriesshire; East Lothian; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. The region covered the Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire council areas in full and elements of the East Lothian, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire council areas.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

Clydesdale constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area. Of the five, East Kilbride and Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse are also now within the South Scotland region. Rutherglen is within the Glasgow region; Uddingston and Bellshill is part of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region. [5]

The Clydesdale constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Clydedale Parliament constituency of the UK Parliament. For the 2005 United Kingdom general election Scottish House of Commons constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. [6] The seat remained unchanged following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries undertaken by Boundaries Scotland ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. [7] The electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council used in the current creation of Clydesdale are: [8]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Karen Gillon Labour
2011 Aileen Campbell SNP
2021 Màiri McAllan

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale [9]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Màiri McAllan 17,59643.2Decrease2.svg0.815,08136.9Decrease2.svg2.8
Conservative Eric Holford13,01832.0Increase2.svg5.812,20829.9Increase2.svg1.6
Labour Claudia Beamish [a] 8,96022.0Increase2.svg1.38,24320.2Increase2.svg0.1
Green 2,2585.5Increase2.svg0.8
Liberal Democrats Amanda Kubie1,1442.8Increase2.svg0.41,1442.8Increase2.svg0.2
Alba 5171.3New
All for Unity 5041.2New
Scottish Family 2340.6New
Independent Green Voice 1820.4New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1230.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)860.2New
Reform 840.2New
Scottish Libertarian 710.2New
UKIP 650.2Decrease2.svg2.1
Scotia Future 160.0New
Vanguard Party (UK)80.0New
Majority4,57811.2Decrease2.svg6.6
Valid Votes40,71840,824
Invalid Votes15681
Turnout 40,87466.8Increase2.svg9.040,90566.9Increase2.svg9.1
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.3
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale [9]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Aileen Campbell [a] 14,82144.0Decrease2.svg5.913,38939.7Decrease2.svg6.0
Conservative Alex Allison8,84226.2Increase2.svg11.99,53728.3Increase2.svg14.4
Labour Claudia Beamish [b] 6,99520.7Decrease2.svg15.16,77220.1Decrease2.svg8.7
Green 1,5724.7Increase2.svg1.7
Independent Danny Meikle1,3324.0New
Clydesdale and South Scotland IndependentBev Gauld9092.7New5361.6New
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jamieson Ball8202.4New8652.6Increase2.svg0.3
UKIP 7772.3Increase2.svg2.2
Solidarity 1690.5Increase2.svg0.4
RISE 1230.4New
Majority5,97917.8Increase2.svg3.7
Valid Votes33,71933,740
Invalid Votes8366
Turnout 33,80257.8Increase2.svg4.933,80657.8Increase2.svg4.9
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.9
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale [10] [11]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Aileen Campbell [a] 14,93149.9N/A13,81345.7N/A
Labour Karen Gillon [b] 10,71535.8N/A8,65028.8N/A
Conservative Colin McGavigan4,29114.3N/A4,17713.9N/A
Green 9083.0N/A
Liberal Democrats 7002.3N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 4641.5N/A
BNP 2670.9N/A
Scottish Christian 3391.1N/A
Scottish Socialist 750.3N/A
Socialist Labour 2530.8N/A
Solidarity 420.1N/A
UKIP 2790.9N/A
Majority4,21614.1N/A
Valid Votes29,93729,967
Invalid Votes13685
Turnout 30,07352.9N/A30,05252.9N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Gillon 13,835 41.5 −4.1
SNP Aileen Campbell 10,94232.8+7.8
Conservative Colin McGavigan5,60416.8+0.8
Liberal Democrats Fraser Grieve2,9518.8+1.6
Majority 2,8938.7−13.9
Turnout 33,33250.5−0.5
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Gillon 14,800 46.6 +2.6
SNP John Brady8,12925.0−7.9
Conservative Alastair Campbell5,17416.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats Fraser Grieve2,3387.2−1.7
Scottish Socialist Owen Meharry1,4224.4New
Independent David Morrison5791.8New
Majority 6,67121.6+11.6
Turnout 32,44251.0−9.6
Labour hold Swing +5.3

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Clydesdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Gillon 16,755 43.02 N/A
SNP Anne Winning12,87533.06N/A
Conservative Charles Cormack5,81414.93N/A
Liberal Democrats Sandra Grieve3,5037.89N/A
Majority 3,8809.96N/A
Turnout 39,32460.61N/A
Labour win (new seat)

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 25.
  2. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
  3. 1 2 3 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  5. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140-143.
  6. ↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 54-67.
  8. ↑ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 193. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
  10. ↑ "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Return of regional members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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