West Scotland | |
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electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
![]() West Scotland shown within Scotland | |
Population | 709,716 (2019) [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) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire |
Constituencies | Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South 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 and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.
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]
As a result of the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
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.
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
Region | Constituencies | |
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N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
as West of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
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 |
2026 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
SNP | |||||
Conservative | |||||
Labour | |||||
Green | Ross Greer, Cara McKee, Karen Sharkey, Louise Andersen, Athol Bond, Ian Sinkins, Paula Baker, Ross Collins, Charley O'Hear | ||||
Liberal Democrats | |||||
Reform UK | |||||
Alba |
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
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 |
2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland [3] [4] [5] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of 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 Kennedy | 152,671 | 40.4 | ![]() | |
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 McDonald | 83,782 | 22.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jackson Carlaw , Russell Findlay , Jamie Greene , Pam Gosal , Julie Pirone, Andrew Polson, Derek Stillie, Maurice Corry, Caroline Hollins-Martin, David Rocks | 82,640 | 21.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Ross Greer , Carolynn Scrimgeour, Scott Bevan, Erin Crawley, Ross Collins, Emma Sheppard, Charley O'Hear | 26,632 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Jacci Stoyle, Susan Murray, Ross Stalker, Rod Ackland, Eileen McCartin, Ruby Kirkwood | 13,570 | 3.6 | ![]() | |
Alba | Christopher McEleny, Caroline McAllister, Ellen McMaster, Delia Henry | 6,133 | 1.6 | ![]() | |
All for Unity | David Griffiths, Catherine McCall, Paul McLafferty, Senol Jason Ali, Calum Robertson, Rhona Cameron, Robert Aikman | 3,372 | 0.9 | ![]() | |
Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie, Martin Bell, Matthew Lynch, Mary Toal, Cecilia Tortolano | 2,345 | 0.6 | ![]() | |
Independent Green Voice | Iain Inkster | 1,983 | 0.5 | ![]() | |
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Robert Watson | 916 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
Freedom Alliance | Jill McGowan, Maria Smith, Grant Stirling, Mark Turnbull | 766 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | John McCallum, Wayne Darnell, Peter Sievwright, Martyn Greene | 600 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
Scottish Libertarian | Jonathan Rainey | 499 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian Kerr | 479 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Janice Mackay, Eunice Normansell, Robert Hill, Sharon Boyle, Ian Emery | 463 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Scotia Future | Andy Doig | 257 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | James Morrison | 248 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Maurice Campbell | 234 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Renew | Peter Morton | 97 | 0.0 | ![]() |
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
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 |
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 [6] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of 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 Riaz | 135,827 | 42.2 | +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 Procter | 72,544 | 22.5 | −10.2 | |
Conservative | Jackson Carlaw , Jamie Greene , Maurice Golden , Maurice Corry , Andrew Polson, David Wilson, Paul Masterton, Graeme Brooks, Billy McClure, Ann Le Blond | 71,528 | 22.2 | +9.5 | |
Green | Ross Greer , Veronika Tudhope, Ciaran Roarty, Yvonne McLellan, Joshua McCormick, Fiona Clark, Ryan Paul Morrison, Sarah Anderson | 17,218 | 5.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Ashay Ghai, Aileen Morton, Ruby Kirkwood, John Mandby Watson, John William Duncan, Charity Elizabeth Pierce, Tristan Philip Pierre Gray | 12,097 | 3.8 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Sharon Marie McGonigal, Michael Burrows, Robert Malyn | 5,856 | 1.8 | +1.1 | |
Solidarity | Gail Sheridan, Garry MacLachlan, Patricia Donald, Archibald Muir Thomson, Susan Thomson | 2,609 | 0.8 | +0.7 | |
Scottish Christian | Brian Lally | 2,391 | 0.7 | −0.1 | |
RISE | Colin Turbett, Sandra Webster, Kieran McCallum, Lindsay Brown | 1,522 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 484 | 0.2 | N/A |
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
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Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
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 |
2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
SNP | Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan | 2 | -2 | 117,306 | 41.5 | +13 | |
Labour | Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall | 3 | +3 | 92,530 | 32.8 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw | 2 | ±0 | 35,995 | 12.7 | -2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 9,148 | 3.2 | -4.9 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 8,414 | 3.0 | ±0 | ||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,771 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,865 | 1.0 | +0.4 | ||
Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,162 | 0.8 | -0.5 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0.7 | +0.4 | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1,752 | 0.6 | ±0 | ||
Ban Bankers Bonuses | 0 | 0 | 1,204 | 0.4 | ±0 | ||
Pirate | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0.3 | ±0 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0.2 | ±0 | ||
Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2 | -1.8 |