Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Inverclyde
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Population78,880 (2024) [1]
Electorate60,794 (2022) [2]
Major settlements Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm
Future constituency
Created 2026
Seats1
Council area Inverclyde
Created from Greenock and Inverclyde

Inverclyde is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering the entire council area of Inverclyde. [3] 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 West 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. [4]

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The seat was created by the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries in 2025, and is expected to be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It replaces the former Greenock and Inverclyde, which was abolished at this review. It also includes the village of Kilmacolm, which was formerly in the Renfrewshire North and West constituency. [5]

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Clydebank and Milngavie, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley, and Strathkelvin and Bearsden. [4] The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow. [6]

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Inverclyde constituency is coterminous with the Inverclyde council area. It covers all the electoral wards of the Inverclyde Council in full. [3]

Election results

2020s

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Inverclyde
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Stuart McMillan
Labour Francesca Brennan
Liberal Democrats Jamie Greene [7]
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout

References

Citations

  1. "Mid-Year Population Estimates, United Kingdom, June 2024". Office for National Statistics . 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
  3. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
  4. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 29.
  5. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 89-97.
  6. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  7. "Lib Dem MSP Jamie Greene set to stand in Inverclyde". Irvine Times. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.

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