Glasgow Shettleston | |
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Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Glasgow Shettleston shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 79,969 (2019) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Independent |
MSP | John Mason |
Council area | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Shettleston is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within 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 nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by John Mason of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are: Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The Glasgow Shettleston 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 their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended a modified Glasgow Shettleston constituency. The electoral wards used to create the newly formed Shettleston are:
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Frank McAveety | Labour | |
2011 | John Mason | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Mason [lower-alpha 1] | 17,465 | 54.4 | ![]() | 14,772 | 45.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pauline McNeill [lower-alpha 2] | 9,440 | 29.4 | ![]() | 7,924 | 24.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Thomas Kerr | 4,421 | 13.8 | ![]() | 4,821 | 15.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,457 | 7.6 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Clark | 774 | 2.4 | ![]() | 433 | 1.3 | ![]() | |
Alba | 404 | 1.3 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 400 | 1.2 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 225 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 166 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 105 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 100 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 78 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 64 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 62 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
TUSC | 56 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 55 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 42 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | Craig Ross | 21 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Reclaim | 15 | 0.0 | New | |||||
SDP | 15 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Renew | 12 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Independent | Daniel Donaldson | 6 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 8,025 | 25.0 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 32,100 | 32,233 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 238 | 119 | ||||||
Turnout | 32,338 | 53.7 | ![]() | 32,352 | 53.7 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Mason [lower-alpha 1] | 14,198 | 56.0 | ![]() | 12,160 | 47.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Thomas Rannachan | 6,875 | 27.1 | ![]() | 6,270 | 24.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Thomas Kerr | 3,151 | 12.4 | ![]() | 3,098 | 12.2 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,436 | 5.6 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 716 | 2.8 | ![]() | |||||
TUSC | Jamie Cocozza | 583 | 2.3 | New | ||||
Solidarity | 399 | 1.6 | New | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Giovanni Caccavello | 568 | 2.2 | ![]() | 392 | 1.5 | ![]() | |
BUP | 318 | 1.2 | New | |||||
RISE | 213 | 0.8 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 164 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 149 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Christian | 146 | 0.6 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Andrew McCullagh | 28 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Majority | 7,323 | 28.9 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 25,375 | 25,489 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 131 | 48 | ||||||
Turnout | 25,506 | 44.0 | ![]() | 25,537 | 44.0 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Mason | 10,128 | 47.8 | N/A | 8,802 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Frank McAveety [lower-alpha 1] | 9,542 | 45.0 | N/A | 8,456 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Wilson | 1,163 | 5.5 | N/A | 1,016 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Respect | 588 | 2.8 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Green | 529 | 2.5 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 325 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ruaraidh Dobson | 371 | 1.7 | N/A | 281 | 1.3 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 254 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 211 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Unionist | 210 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 146 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 138 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 119 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Pirate | 63 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Homeland Party | 49 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Caroline Johnstone | 26 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 586 | 2.8 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 21,204 | 21,213 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 109 | 90 | ||||||
Turnout | 21,313 | 38.1 | N/A | 21,303 | 38.1 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank McAveety | 7,574 | 51.2 | −5.4 | |
SNP | John McLaughlin | 4,693 | 31.7 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Renton | 1,182 | 8.0 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | William McNair | 946 | 6.4 | +0.5 | |
Scottish Christian | Bob Graham | 406 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,881 | 19.5 | −18.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,035 | ||||
Turnout | 14,801 | 33.4 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank McAveety | 9,365 | 56.6 | +2.7 | |
SNP | Jim Byrne | 3,018 | 18.2 | −9.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 2,403 | 14.5 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 982 | 5.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 779 | 4.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 6,347 | 38.4 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 16,547 | 35.4 | −7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank McAveety | 11,078 | 53.9 | N/A | |
SNP | Jim Byrne | 5,611 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,640 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Colin Bain | 1,260 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Laurence Clarke | 943 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,467 | 26.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,532 | 42.8 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
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