Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Eastwood Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Eastwood shown within the West of Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Kenneth Macintosh |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | East Renfrewshire |
Eastwood 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 nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden, and West Renfrewshire.
The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area
The Eastwood 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 name of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was changed to East Renfrewshire.[1]
Both constituencies cover the East Renfrewshire council area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
- 1999 to present: Kenneth Macintosh, Labour
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ken McIntosh MSP | 13,946 | 35.86 | -1.52 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw | 10,244 | 26.34 | -6.36 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Steele | 5,056 | 13.00 | +3.15 | |
| Scottish National Party | Stewart Maxwell | 4,736 | 12.18 | -7.12 | |
| Independent | Margaret Hinds | 3,163 | 8.13 | +8.13 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Steve Oram | 1,504 | 3.87 | +3.87 | |
| Scottish Peoples Alliance | Martyn Greene | 240 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
| Majority | 3,702 | 9.52 | +4.84 | ||
| Turnout | 38,889 | 58.00 | -9.51 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ken McIntosh | 16,970 | 37.38 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Young | 14,845 | 32.70 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Rachel Findlay | 8,760 | 19.30 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anna McCurley | 4,472 | 9.85 | N/A | |
| Independent | Manar Tayan | 349 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,125 | 4.68 | |||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
