Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Anniesland
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate60,545 [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Bill Kidd
Council area Glasgow City

Glasgow Anniesland (Gaelic: Glaschu Fearann Anna) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It is one of eight constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. [2]

Contents

In the first election to the Scottish Parliament the seat was won for Labour by Donald Dewar who subsequently became the first First Minister of Scotland. Since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the MSP has been Bill Kidd of the Scottish National Party.

Electoral region

The other seven constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn, Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill, Glasgow Southside, and Rutherglen and Cambuslang. [2] The region covers most of the Glasgow City council area, and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area. [3]

Prior to the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region were Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside, and Rutherglen. The region covered the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2011-2026

The Glasgow Anniesland constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, there are now eight constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area: Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn, Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill, Glasgow Southside, and Renfrewshire North and Cardonald (the latter also covering part of the Renfrewshire council area). [4]

Boundary reviews

Following their first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended alterations to the existing Glasgow Anniesland constituency boundaries, which were in use from the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to defined the Glasgow Anniesland were:

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries further changes were recommended by Boundaries Scotland, with the new boundaries set to be used for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to defined the Glasgow Anniesland at this review are: [5]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Donald Dewar Labour
2000 Bill Butler
2011 Bill Kidd SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Bill Kidd [a] 17,50152.8Increase2.svg1.113,90441.74Decrease2.svg1.3
Labour Co-op Eva Murray [b] 10,91332.9Increase2.svg2.48,16724.52Increase2.svg0.3
Conservative Ade Aibinu3,68811.1Decrease2.svg2.94,61813.86Decrease2.svg0.2
Green 3,69111.08Increase2.svg1.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Simons1,0633.2Decrease2.svg0.69032.71Increase2.svg0.1
Alba 6341.90New
All for Unity 2800.84New
Independent Green Voice 2420.73New
Scottish Family 2180.65New
Women's Equality 1150.35Decrease2.svg0.5
Freedom Alliance (UK)1030.31New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 820.25New
Scottish Libertarian 620.19New
Reform 610.18New
Communist 520.16New
TUSC 470.14New
UKIP 400.12Decrease2.svg1.7
Independent Craig Ross270.08New
SDP 190.06New
Independent Daniel Donaldson160.05New
Renew 160.05New
Reclaim 150.05New
Majority6,58819.9Decrease2.svg1.3
Valid Votes33,16533,312
Invalid Votes218106
Turnout 33,38358.6Increase2.svg8.233,41858.7Increase2.svg8.2
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Murray stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Bill Kidd [a] 15,00751.7Increase2.svg8.512,54843.0Increase2.svg3.3
Labour Bill Butler 8,85430.5Decrease2.svg12.77,07924.3Decrease2.svg9.5
Conservative Adam Tomkins [b] 4,05714.0Increase2.svg5.64,10714.1Increase2.svg6.4
Green 2,7789.5Increase2.svg3.3
Liberal Democrats James Speirs1,0983.8Decrease2.svg0.47482.6Decrease2.svg0.3
UKIP 5231.8Increase2.svg1.4
BUP 2791.0New
Solidarity 2650.9New
Women's Equality 2330.8New
Scottish Christian 2300.8Decrease2.svg0.2
Animal Welfare 1910.7New
RISE 1720.6New
Independent Andrew McCullagh290.1New
Majority6,15321.2Increase2.svg21.2
Valid Votes29,01629,182
Invalid Votes18558
Turnout 29,20150.4Increase2.svg7.029,24050.5Increase2.svg7.0
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg10.4
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland [11] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Bill Kidd [a] 10,32943.19N/A9,51339.7N/A
Labour Bill Butler [b] 10,32243.16N/A8,10933.8N/A
Conservative Matthew Smith2,0118.4N/A1,8507.7N/A
Green 1,4896.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry1,0004.2N/A7012.9N/A
Respect 6972.9N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 3861.6N/A
BNP 2571.1N/A
Communist Marc Livingstone2561.1N/A
Scottish Christian 2461.0N/A
Scottish Socialist 2230.9N/A
Socialist Labour 1730.7N/A
Scottish Unionist 1360.6N/A
UKIP 910.4N/A
Pirate 680.3N/A
Scottish Homeland Party230.1N/A
Independent Caroline Johnstone270.1N/A
Majority70.03N/A
Valid Votes23,91823,989
Invalid Votes10591
Turnout 24,02343.4N/A24,08043.5N/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: Glasgow Anniesland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Butler 10,483 47.4 +1.7
SNP Bill Kidd 6,17727.9+10.3
Conservative Bill Aitken 3,15414.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Danica Gilland2,32510.5±0.0
Majority 4,30619.5−8.6
Rejected ballots1,7663.6
Turnout 22,13945.8+2.2
Labour hold Swing -4.4
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Butler 10,141 45.7 −13.1
SNP Bill Kidd 3,18617.6−2.6
Conservative William Aitken 3,03213.7+3.1
Scottish Socialist Charlie McCarthy2,62011.8+8.3
Liberal Democrats Iain Brown2,33010.5+4.2
Majority 6,25328.1−10.5
Turnout 22,16543.6−8.3
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Butler 9,838 48.7 −10.1
SNP Tom Chalmers4,46222.1+1.9
Conservative Kate Pickering2,14810.6±0.0
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 1,4297.0+3.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Fryer1,3846.8+0.5
Green Alistair Whitelaw6623.3New
Socialist Labour Murdo Ritchie2981.5+1.0
Majority 5,37626.6−12.0
Turnout 20,21138.3−13.6
Labour hold Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Donald Dewar 16,749 58.8
SNP Kaukab Stewart 5,75620.2
Conservative Bill Aitken 3,03210.6
Liberal Democrats Iain Brown1,8046.3
Scottish Socialist Ann Lynch1,0003.5
Socialist Labour Edward Boyd1390.5
Majority10,99338.6
Turnout 28,48051.9
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
  2. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  3. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  4. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141-142.
  5. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
  6. ↑ "Constituencies A-Z: Glasgow Anniesland]". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Region Results for Glasgow Anniesland (2021)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 "Scottish Results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Anniesland Constituency Election Region Results". Glasgow City Council . 5 May 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Glasgow Anniesland - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News . Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Region Results for Glasgow Anniesland (2011)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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