Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Strathkelvin and Bearsden
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Strathkelvin and Bearsden shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population80,007 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Rona Mackay
Council area East Dunbartonshire

Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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The seat has been held by Rona Mackay of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

The Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies. [2]

The rest of East Dunbartonshire is represented by the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were altered to include the following electoral wards:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Sam Galbraith Labour
2001 Brian Fitzpatrick
2003 Jean Turner Independent
2007 David Whitton Labour
2011 Fiona McLeod SNP
2016 Rona Mackay

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden [3] [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Rona Mackay [lower-alpha 1] 21,06445.5Increase2.svg2.017,02636.7Decrease2.svg1.1
Conservative Andrew Polson9,58020.7Decrease2.svg2.210,22522.0Decrease2.svg2.5
Labour Co-op Callum McNally8,51018.4Decrease2.svg2.79,10419.6Increase2.svg0.6
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray 6,67514.4Increase2.svg1.94,0998.8Increase2.svg0.4
Scottish Green 3,8738.3Increase2.svg1.7
Alba 6771.5New
All for Unity 4120.9New
Scottish Family Liam McKechnie4150.9New3040.7New
Independent Green Voice 2630.6New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 950.2New
Freedom Alliance (UK)840.2New
Reform UK 610.1New
Scottish Libertarian 440.1New
TUSC 320.1New
UKIP 310.1Decrease2.svg1.6
Renew 270.1New
Independent James Morrison180.0New
Independent Maurice Campbell100.0New
Scotia Future 60.0New
Majority11,48424.8Increase2.svg4.2
Valid Votes46,24446,391
Invalid Votes11974
Turnout 46,36372.0Increase2.svg9.146,46572.2Increase2.svg9.3
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden [5] [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Rona Mackay 17,06043.5Increase2.svg1.314,86237.8Decrease2.svg4.2
Conservative Andrew Polson8,96022.9Increase2.svg9.89,64624.5Increase2.svg12.0
Labour Margaret Mccarthy8,28821.1Decrease2.svg15.87,46619.0Decrease2.svg10.7
Liberal Democrats Katy Gordon4,88012.5Increase2.svg4.83,2958.4Increase2.svg3.0
Scottish Green 2,6036.6Increase2.svg2.8
UKIP 6571.7Increase2.svg1.0
Scottish Christian 3120.8Decrease2.svg0.3
Solidarity 2680.7Increase2.svg0.5
RISE 1670.4New
Scottish Libertarian 570.1New
Majority8,10020.6Increase2.svg15.3
Valid Votes39,18839,333
Invalid Votes17362
Turnout 39,36162.9Increase2.svg5.839,39562.9Increase2.svg5.8
SNP hold Swing
Notes
    2011 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden [7]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    SNP Fiona McLeod 14,25842.2N/A14,18742.0N/A
    Labour David Whitton [lower-alpha 1] 12,45636.9N/A10,03229.7N/A
    Conservative Stephanie Fraser 4,43813.1N/A4,23612.5N/A
    Liberal Democrats Gordon Macdonald2,6007.7N/A1,8075.4N/A
    Scottish Green 1,2823.8N/A
    All-Scotland Pensioners Party 5081.5N/A
    Scottish Christian 3761.1N/A
    Socialist Labour 3421.0N/A
    UKIP 2490.7N/A
    BNP 2270.7N/A
    Scottish Socialist 1850.5N/A
    Solidarity 560.2N/A
    Independent Richard Vassie300.1N/A
    Others2470.7N/A
    Majority1,8025.3N/A
    Valid Votes33,75233,764
    Invalid Votes149118
    Turnout 33,90157.1N/A33,88257.1N/A
    SNP win (new seat)
    Notes
    1. Incumbent member for this constituency

    2000s

    2007 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour David Whitton 11,396 31.1 +1.2
    SNP Robin Easton8,00821.9+8.2
    Independent Jean Turner 6,74218.4-12.7
    Conservative Stephanie Fraser5,17814.2+2.9
    Liberal Democrats Cathy McInnes4,65812.7-1.3
    Scottish Christian Bob Handyside6131.7New
    Majority3,3889.2N/A
    Turnout 36,59560.6
    Labour gain from Independent Swing
    2003 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Independent Jean Turner 10,988 31.1 N/A
    Labour Brian Fitzpatrick 10,55029.9-20.8
    Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 4,95014.0+4.2
    SNP Fiona McLeod 4,84613.7-8.4
    Conservative Rory O'Brien4,00211.3-5.1
    Majority4381.2N/A
    Turnout 35,336
    Independent gain from Labour Swing
    Scottish Parliament by-election, 2001: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Brian Fitzpatrick 15,401 37.0 -13.7
    Independent Jean Turner 7,57218.2New
    Liberal Democrats John Morrison7,14717.2+7.4
    SNP Janet Law6,45715.5-6.6
    Conservative Charles Ferguson5,03712.1-4.3
    Majority7,82918.8-9.8
    Turnout 41,614
    Labour hold Swing

    1990s

    1999 Scottish Parliament election: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Sam Galbraith 21,505 50.7 N/A
    SNP Fiona McLeod 9,38422.1N/A
    Conservative Charles Ferguson6,93416.4N/A
    Liberal Democrats Anne Howarth4,1449.8N/A
    Anti-DrugMaxi Richards4231.0N/A
    Majority12,12128.6N/A
    Turnout 49,324N/A
    Labour win (new seat)

    Notes and references

    1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
    2. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
    3. "Constituencies A-Z, Strathkelvin & Bearsden". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
    4. "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 - Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    5. "Scottish Parliamentary elections 2016". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    6. "West Scotland Region election results 2016". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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