West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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West Scotland
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
West Scotland shown within Scotland (2011 boundaries)
Electorate591,614 (2022) [1]
Current electoral region
Created 2011
MSPs Scottish National Party 8
Labour 4
Conservative 3
Scottish Green 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Council areas Argyll and Bute (part)
Glasgow (part)
East Ayrshire (part)
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
Renfrewshire
West Dunbartonshire
Constituencies Clydebank and Milngavie
Cunninghame North
Cunninghame South
Dumbarton
Eastwood
Inverclyde
Paisley
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley
Strathkelvin and Bearsden

West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.

Contents

The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region. [2]

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. [3]

Constituencies and local government areas

Constituencies and council areas 2026–present

As a result of the Second Periodic Review in 2025, the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The West Scotland gained a small portion of the East Ayrshire council area from the South Scotland region due to a boundary changes of the Cunninghame South constituency, and an area from the Glasgow region due to the new constituency of Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, which covers parts of Glasgow and Renfrewshire being added to the region. [4] [5]

Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Map of boundaries from 2011

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:

RegionConstituencies
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) numberd.svg
  1. Clydebank and Milngavie
  2. Cunninghame North
  3. Cunninghame South
  4. Dumbarton
  5. Eastwood
  6. Greenock and Inverclyde
  7. Paisley
  8. Renfrewshire South
  9. Renfrewshire North and West
  10. Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

as West of Scotland
TermElection Strathkelvin and Bearsden Clydebank and Milngavie Dumbarton Eastwood Paisley South Paisley North West Renfrewshire Greenock and Inverclyde Cunninghame North area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011
1st 1999 Sam Galbraith
(Labour)		 Des McNulty
(Labour)		 Jackie Baillie
(Labour)		 Ken Macintosh
(Labour)		 Hugh Henry
(Labour)		 Wendy Alexander
(Labour)		 Trish Godman
(Labour)		 Duncan McNeil
(Labour)		 Allan Wilson
(Labour)
Brian Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
2nd 2003 Jean Turner
Independent
3rd 2007 David Whitton
(Labour)		 Kenneth Gibson
(SNP)
as West Scotland
TermElection Strathkelvin and Bearsden Clydebank and Milngavie Dumbarton Eastwood Renfrewshire South Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Greenock and Inverclyde Cunninghame North Cunninghame South
4th 2011 Fiona McLeod
(SNP)		 Gil Paterson
(SNP)		 Jackie Baillie
(Labour)		 Ken Macintosh
(Labour)		 Hugh Henry
(Labour)		 George Adam
(SNP)		 Derek Mackay
(SNP)		 Duncan McNeil
(Labour)		 Kenneth Gibson
(SNP)		 Margaret Burgess
(SNP)
5th 2016 Rona Mackay
(SNP)		 Jackson Carlaw
(Conservative)		 Tom Arthur
(SNP)		 Stuart McMillan
(SNP)		 Ruth Maguire
(SNP)
6th 2021 Marie McNair (SNP) Natalie Don (SNP)

Regional list MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

as West of Scotland
ParliamentMSPMSPMSPMSPMSPMSPMSP
1st
(1999–2003)		 Colin Campbell
(SNP)		 Kay Ullrich
(SNP)		 Lloyd Quinan
(SNP)		 Fiona McLeod
(SNP)		 Ross Finnie
(Lib Dem)		 Annabel Goldie
(Conservative)		 John Young
(Conservative)
2nd
(2003–07)		 Stewart Maxwell
(SNP)		 Campbell Martin
(SNP)		 Bruce McFee
(SNP)		 Frances Curran
(Socialist)		 Murray Tosh
(Conservative)
3rd
(2007–11)		 Stuart McMillan
(SNP)		 Bill Wilson
(SNP)		 Gil Paterson
(SNP)		 Jackson Carlaw
(Conservative)
as West Scotland
4th
(2011–16)		 Stewart Maxwell
(SNP)		 Stuart McMillan
(SNP)		 Mary Fee
(Labour)		 Neil Bibby
(Labour)		 Margaret McDougall
(Labour)		 Annabel Goldie
(Conservative)		 Jackson Carlaw
(Conservative)
5th
(2016–21)		 Ross Greer
(Green)		 Ken Macintosh
(Labour)		 Jamie Greene
(Conservative)

(later Lib Dem)

 Maurice Golden
(Conservative)		 Maurice Corry
(Conservative)
6th
(2021–)		 Katy Clark
(Labour)		 Paul O'Kane
(Labour)		 Russell Findlay
(Conservative)		 Pam Gosal
(Conservative)
2025

Election results

2026 Scottish Parliament election

2026 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
SNP
Conservative
Labour
Green Ross Greer, Cara McKee, Karen Sharkey, Paula Baker, Ross Collins
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Alba

2021 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clydebank and Milngavie Marie McNair SNP hold
Cunninghame North Kenneth Gibson SNP hold
Cunninghame South Ruth Maguire SNP hold
Dumbarton Jackie Baillie Labour hold
Eastwood Jackson Carlaw Conservative hold
Greenock and Inverclyde Stuart McMillan SNP hold
Paisley George Adam SNP hold
Renfrewshire North and West Natalie Don SNP hold
Renfrewshire South Tom Arthur SNP hold
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Rona Mackay SNP hold

Additional member results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland [6] [7] [8]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
SNP Michelle Campbell, Stuart McMillan , Kenneth Gibson , Rona Mackay , Colm Merrick, Lorna Douglas, Annette Ireland, Debra Torrance, Gavin Lundy, Jonathan McColl, Daniel Kennedy152,67140.4Decrease2.svg1.8
Labour Jackie Baillie , Neil Bibby , Katy Clark , Paul O'Kane , Johanna Baxter, Matt Kerr, Francesca Brennan, Douglas McAllister, Katie Pragnell, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Ed Grady, Nairn McDonald83,78222.2Decrease2.svg0.3
Conservative Jackson Carlaw , Russell Findlay , Jamie Greene , Pam Gosal , Julie Pirone, Andrew Polson, Derek Stillie, Maurice Corry, Caroline Hollins-Martin, David Rocks82,64021.9Decrease2.svg0.3
Green Ross Greer , Carolynn Scrimgeour, Scott Bevan, Erin Crawley, Ross Collins, Emma Sheppard, Charley O'Hear26,6327.1Increase2.svg1.8
Liberal Democrats Katy Gordon, Jacci Stoyle, Susan Murray, Ross Stalker, Rod Ackland, Eileen McCartin, Ruby Kirkwood13,5703.6Decrease2.svg0.2
Alba Christopher McEleny, Caroline McAllister, Ellen McMaster, Delia Henry6,1331.6Increase2.svg1.6
All for Unity David Griffiths, Catherine McCall, Paul McLafferty, Senol Jason Ali, Calum Robertson, Rhona Cameron, Robert Aikman3,3720.9Increase2.svg0.9
Scottish Family Liam McKechnie, Martin Bell, Matthew Lynch, Mary Toal, Cecilia Tortolano2,3450.6Increase2.svg0.6
Independent Green Voice Iain Inkster1,9830.5Increase2.svg0.5
Abolish the Scottish Parliament Robert Watson9160.2Increase2.svg0.2
Freedom AllianceJill McGowan, Maria Smith, Grant Stirling, Mark Turnbull7660.2Increase2.svg0.2
Reform John McCallum, Wayne Darnell, Peter Sievwright, Martyn Greene6000.2Increase2.svg0.2
Scottish Libertarian Jonathan Rainey4990.1Decrease2.svg0.1
TUSC Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian Kerr4790.1Increase2.svg0.1
UKIP Janice Mackay, Eunice Normansell, Robert Hill, Sharon Boyle, Ian Emery4630.1Decrease2.svg1.7
Scotia Future Andy Doig2570.1Increase2.svg0.1
Independent James Morrison2480.1Increase2.svg0.1
Independent Maurice Campbell2340.1Increase2.svg0.1
Renew Peter Morton970.0Increase2.svg0.0

2016 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clydebank and Milngavie Gil Paterson SNP hold
Cunninghame North Kenneth Gibson SNP hold
Cunninghame South Ruth Maguire SNP hold
Dumbarton Jackie Baillie Labour hold
Eastwood Jackson Carlaw Conservative gain from Labour
Greenock and Inverclyde Stuart McMillan SNP gain from Labour
Paisley George Adam SNP hold
Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay SNP hold
Renfrewshire South Tom Arthur SNP gain from Labour
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Rona Mackay SNP hold

Additional member results

Elected regional list MSPs are shown in bold; elected constituency MSPs, who stood on a party list, are shown in italics.

2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland [9]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
SNP Derek Mackay , Stewart Maxwell, Kenneth Gibson , Stuart McMillan , Rona Mackay , Ian McDougall, Gil Paterson , Gail Robertson, Ruth Maguire , Qasim Hanif, Nighet Riaz135,82742.2+0.6
Labour Jackie Baillie , Neil Bibby , Mary Fee , Ken Macintosh , Johanna Baxter, Joe Cullinane, Siobhan McCready, Martin McCluskey, Moira Ramage, Paul Sweeney, Gail Casey, Ben Procter72,54422.5−10.2
Conservative Jackson Carlaw , Jamie Greene , Maurice Golden , Maurice Corry , Andrew Polson, David Wilson, Paul Masterton, Graeme Brooks, Billy McClure, Ann Le Blond71,52822.2+9.5
Green Ross Greer , Veronika Tudhope, Ciaran Roarty, Yvonne McLellan, Joshua McCormick, Fiona Clark, Ryan Paul Morrison, Sarah Anderson17,2185.3+2.4
Liberal Democrats Katy Gordon, Ashay Ghai, Aileen Morton, Ruby Kirkwood, John Mandby Watson, John William Duncan, Charity Elizabeth Pierce, Tristan Philip Pierre Gray12,0973.8+0.5
UKIP Sharon Marie McGonigal, Michael Burrows, Robert Malyn5,8561.8+1.1
Solidarity Gail Sheridan, Garry MacLachlan, Patricia Donald, Archibald Muir Thomson, Susan Thomson2,6090.8+0.7
Scottish Christian Brian Lally2,3910.7−0.1
RISE Colin Turbett, Sandra Webster, Kieran McCallum, Lindsay Brown1,5220.5N/A
Scottish Libertarian Alan Findlay4840.2N/A

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clydebank and Milngavie Gil Paterson SNP gain from Labour
Cunninghame North Kenneth Gibson SNP hold
Cunninghame South Margaret Burgess SNP gain from Labour
Dumbarton Jackie Baillie Labour hold
Eastwood Ken Macintosh Labour hold
Greenock and Inverclyde Duncan McNeil Labour hold
Paisley George Adam SNP gain from Labour
Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay SNP gain from Labour
Renfrewshire South Hugh Henry Labour hold
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Fiona McLeod SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
SNP Stewart Maxwell
Stuart McMillan 		2-2117,30641.5+13
Labour Mary Fee
Neil Bibby
Margaret McDougall 		3+392,53032.8-1.8
Conservative Annabel Goldie
Jackson Carlaw 		2±035,99512.7-2
Liberal Democrats 0-19,1483.2-4.9
Green 008,4143.0±0
Scottish Senior Citizens 004,7711.7-0.3
Socialist Labour 002,8651.0+0.4
Scottish Christian 002,4680.9-0.5
BNP 002,1620.8-0.5
UKIP 002,0000.7+0.4
Scottish Socialist 001,7520.6±0
Ban Bankers Bonuses001,2040.4±0
Pirate 008500.3±0
Independent 004600.2±0
Solidarity 004460.2-1.8

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 28. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries".
  3. ↑ "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 143. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 129-139. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Sandra, Black. "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll" (PDF). Renfrewshire Council . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Elections 2021: West of Scotland [region][sic]". BBC News . Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ↑ 2021 - Scottish Parliamentary Election - Results, Renfrewshire Council; retrieved 9 May 2021
  9. ↑ "2016 Scottish Parliamentary Elections". Inverclyde Council. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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