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 Party 9 Labour 4 Conservative 2 Scottish Green 1
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.

Constituencies and council areas

Map of boundaries from 2011

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.

1999–2011

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.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Term	Election	Glasgow Anniesland		Glasgow Cathcart		Glasgow Govan		Glasgow Kelvin		Glasgow Pollok		Glasgow Rutherglen		Glasgow Shettleston		Glasgow Maryhill		Glasgow Baillieston		Glasgow Springburn
1st	1999		Donald Dewar (Lab)		Mike Watson (Lab)		Gordon Jackson (Lab)		Pauline McNeill (Lab)		Johann Lamont (Lab)		Janis Hughes (Lab)		Frank McAveety (Lab)		Patricia Ferguson (Lab)		Margaret Curran (Lab)		Paul Martin (Lab)
	2000 by		Bill Butler (Lab)
2nd	2003
	2005 by				Charlie Gordon (Lab)
3rd	2007						Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)						James Kelly (Labour)
Term	Election	Glasgow Anniesland		Glasgow Cathcart		Glasgow Southside		Glasgow Kelvin		Glasgow Pollok		Rutherglen		Glasgow Shettleston		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn		Glasgow Provan		9 MSPs from 2011
4th	2011		Bill Kidd (SNP)		James Dornan (SNP)		Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)		Sandra White (SNP)		Johann Lamont (Labour)		James Kelly (Labour)		John Mason (SNP)		Patricia Ferguson (Labour)		Paul Martin (Labour)
5th	2016										Humza Yousaf (SNP)		Clare Haughey (SNP)				Bob Doris (SNP)		Ivan McKee (SNP)
6th	2021								Kaukab Stewart (SNP)

Regional list MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament	MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP
1st (1999–2003)		Kenneth Gibson (SNP)		Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)		Sandra White (SNP)		Dorothy-Grace Elder (SNP)		Tommy Sheridan (Socialist later Solidarity )		Robert Brown (Lib Dem)		Bill Aitken (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)		Patrick Harvie (Green)						Rosie Kane (Socialist)
3rd (2007–11)				Bob Doris (SNP)				Bashir Ahmad (SNP)		Bill Kidd (SNP)
								Anne McLaughlin (SNP)
4th (2011–16)						Humza Yousaf (SNP)		Drew Smith (Labour)		Hanzala Malik (Labour)		Anne McTaggart (Labour)		Ruth Davidson (Conservative)
5th (2016–21)				Anas Sarwar (Labour)		Johann Lamont (Labour)		Pauline McNeill (Labour)		James Kelly (Labour)		Adam Tomkins (Conservative)		Annie Wells (Conservative)
6th (2021–)						Paul Sweeney (Labour)				Pam Duncan-Glancy (Labour)		Sandesh Gulhane (Conservative)

Election results

2021 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Kidd	SNP hold
	Glasgow Cathcart	James Dornan	SNP hold
	Glasgow Kelvin	Kaukab Stewart	SNP hold
	Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Bob Doris	SNP hold
	Glasgow Pollok	Humza Yousaf	SNP hold
	Glasgow Provan	Ivan McKee	SNP hold
	Glasgow Shettleston	John Mason	SNP hold
	Glasgow Southside	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP hold
	Rutherglen	Clare Haughey	SNP hold

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow [5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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
	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

2016 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Kidd	SNP hold
	Glasgow Cathcart	James Dornan	SNP hold
	Glasgow Kelvin	Sandra White	SNP hold
	Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Bob Doris	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Pollok	Humza Yousaf	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Provan	Ivan McKee	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Shettleston	John Mason	SNP hold
	Glasgow Southside	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP hold
	Rutherglen	Clare Haughey	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP		0	-2	111,101	44.8%	+4.9%
	Labour	Anas Sarwar Johann Lamont James Kelly Pauline McNeill	4	+1	59,151	23.8%	-11.1%
	Conservative	Adam Tomkins Annie Wells	2	+1	29,533	11.9%	+5.8%
	Scottish Green	Patrick Harvie	1	±0	23,398	9.4%	+3.5%
	Liberal Democrats		0	±0	5,850	2.4%	-0.2%
	UKIP		0	±0	4,889	2.0%	+1.4%
	Solidarity		0	±0	3,593	1.4%	+1.4%
	RISE		0	±0	2,454	1.0%	+1.0%
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party		0	±0	2,453	1.0%	+1.0%
	Women's Equality		0	±0	2,091	0.8%	+0.8
	Animal Welfare		0	±0	1,819	0.7%	+0.7%
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	1,506	0.6%	-0.1%
	Independent		0	±0	271	0.1%	N/A

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Kidd	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Cathcart	James Dornan	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Kelvin	Sandra White	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Patricia Ferguson	Labour hold
	Glasgow Pollok	Johann Lamont	Labour hold
	Glasgow Provan	Paul Martin	Labour hold
	Glasgow Shettleston	John Mason	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Southside	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP hold
	Rutherglen	James Kelly	Labour hold

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf Bob Doris	2	-2	83,109	39.8%	+12.8%
	Labour	Hanzala Malik Drew Smith Anne McTaggart	3	+3	73,031	35%	-3.3%
	Conservative	Ruth Davidson	1	±0	12,749	6.1%	-0.6%
	Scottish Green	Patrick Harvie	1	±0	12,454	6.0%	+0.8%
	Respect		0	±0	6,972	3.3%	±0%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	5,312	2.5%	-4.6%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	±0	3,750	1.8%	±0%
	BNP		0	±0	2,424	1.2%	-0.7%
	Socialist Labour		0	±0	2,276	1.1%	-0.2%
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	1,501	0.7%	-0.7
	Scottish Unionist		0	±0	1,447	0.7%	-0.1%
	Scottish Socialist		0	±0	1,362	0.7%	-0.6%
	Pirate		0	±0	581	0.3%	N/A
	Independent		0	±0	338	0.2%	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party		0	±0	283	0.1%	N/A

2007 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Butler	Labour hold
	Glasgow Baillieston	Margaret Curran	Labour hold
	Glasgow Cathcart	Charles Gordon	Labour hold
	Glasgow Govan	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP gain from Labour
	Glasgow Kelvin	Pauline McNeill	Labour hold
	Glasgow Maryhill	Patricia Ferguson	Labour hold
	Glasgow Pollok	Johann Lamont	Labour hold
	Glasgow Rutherglen	James Kelly	Labour hold
	Glasgow Shettleston	Frank McAveety	Labour hold
	Glasgow Springburn	Paul Martin	Labour hold

Additional member results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	0	78,838	38.2%	+0.4%
	SNP	Bashir Ahmad Sandra White Bob Doris Bill Kidd	4	+2	55,832	27%	+9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	1	±0	14,767	7.2%	-0.1%
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	1	±0	13,751	6.7%	-0.8%
	Scottish Green	Patrick Harvie	1	±0	10,759	5.2%	-1.9%
	Solidarity		0	-1	8,544	4.1%	N/A
	BNP		0	0	3,865	1.9%	+0.7%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	3,703	1.8%	-0.5%
	Scottish Christian		0	0	2,991	1.4%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,680	1.3%	-0.2%
	CPA		0	0	2,626	1.3%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	-1	2,579	1.2%	-14.0%
	Scottish Unionist		0	0	1,612	0.8%	-0.4%
	Publican Party		0	0	952	0.5%	N/A
	Muhammad Shoaib		0	0	582	0.3%	N/A
	Independent Green Voice		0	0	496	0.2%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	405	0.2%	-0.1%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	389	0.2%	N/A
	Asif Nadir		0	0	317	0.2%	N/A
	Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers		0	0	293	0.1%	N/A
	James Cruickshank		0	0	286	0.1%	N/A
	Communist		0	0	260	0.1%	-0.1%
	Nine Per Cent Growth Party		0	0	80	0.0%	N/A
	Rejected ballots	9,000	(4.17%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Turnout	206,607	43.3%	+1.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Changes:

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

2003 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Butler	Labour hold
	Glasgow Baillieston	Margaret Curran	Labour hold
	Glasgow Cathcart	Mike Watson	Labour hold
	Glasgow Govan	Gordon Jackson	Labour hold
	Glasgow Kelvin	Pauline McNeill	Labour hold
	Glasgow Maryhill	Patricia Ferguson	Labour hold
	Glasgow Pollok	Johann Lamont	Labour hold
	Glasgow Rutherglen	Janis Hughes	Labour hold
	Glasgow Shettleston	Frank McAveety	Labour hold
	Glasgow Springburn	Paul Martin	Labour hold

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.

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	0	77,540	37.7%	-6.2%
	SNP	Nicola Sturgeon Sandra White	2	−2	34,894	17.1%	-8.4%
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan Rosie Kane	2	+1	31,216	15.2%	+8.0%
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	1	±0	15,299	7.5%	-0.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	1	±0	14,839	7.5%	-0.4%
	Scottish Green	Patrick Harvie	1	+1	14,570	7.1%	+3.1%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	4,750	2.3%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	3,091	1.5%	-0.2%
	ProLife Alliance		0	0	2,477	1.2%	N/A
	Scottish Unionist		0	0	2,349	1.1%	+0.2%
	BNP		0	0	2,344	1.1%	N/A
	Scottish People's		0	0	612	0.3%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	552	0.3%	N/A
	Communist		0	0	345	0.2%	–

Changes:

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

1999 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Glasgow Anniesland	Donald Dewar	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Baillieston	Margaret Curran	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Cathcart	Mike Watson	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Govan	Gordon Jackson	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Kelvin	Pauline McNeill	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Maryhill	Patricia Ferguson	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Pollok	Johann Lamont	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Rutherglen	Janis Hughes	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Shettleston	Frank McAveety	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
	Glasgow Springburn	Paul Martin	Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)

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.

Additional member results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	N/A	112,588	43.9%	N/A
	SNP	Nicola Sturgeon Dorothy-Grace Elder Kenneth Gibson Sandra White	4	N/A	65,360	25.5%	N/A
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	1	N/A	20,239	7.9%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	1	N/A	18,581	7.2%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	1	N/A	18,473	7.2%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	10,159	4.0%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	4,391	1.7%	N/A
	ProLife Alliance		0	N/A	2,357	0.9%	N/A
	Scottish Unionist		0	N/A	2,283	0.9%	N/A
	Communist		0	N/A	521	0.2%	N/A
	Humanist		0	N/A	447	0.2%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	419	0.2%	N/A
	Socialist (GB)		0	N/A	309	0.1%	N/A
	People's Choice		0	N/A	221	0.1%	N/A

Footnotes

1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
2. Boundary changes create new Rutherglen seat, but area remains in Glasgow region, Daily Record, 2 June 2010
3. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. O’Donnell, Annemarie (31 March 2021). "Scottish Parliamentary Election. Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll. Glasgow Region. Date of Poll 6 MAY 2021". Archived from the original on 15 May 2021.
5. Glasgow [region], BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021

Sources

• Glasgow City Council

See also

• Glasgow
  • Politics of Glasgow
• South Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire