West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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| Scottish Parliament electoral region | |
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| The West of Scotland region shown within Scotland |
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| Created 1999 |
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| Labour Party | 8 MSPs |
| Scottish National Party | 3 MSPs |
| Conservative Party | 2 MSPs |
| Independent | 1 MSP |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 MSP |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1 MSP |
| Constituencies Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire |
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| Council areas Argyll and Bute (part) East Dunbartonshire (part) East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire (part) Renfrewshire (part) West Dunbartonshire |
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West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine 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 16 MSPs.
The West of Scotland region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
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[edit] Constituencies and local government areas
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
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The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005[1].
In terms of local government areas the region covers:
- West Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Inverclyde
- Most of Renfrewshire (otherwise within the Glasgow region)
- Most of East Dunbartonshire (otherwise within the Central Scotland region)
- Part of Argyll and Bute (otherwise within the Highlands and Islands region)
- Part of North Ayrshire (otherwise within the South of Scotland region)
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Independent MSP (constituency member)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)
- 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: West of Scotland | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 83,931 | 32.6% | -5.9% | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 50,387 | 19.6% | -6.3% | 3 | Campbell Martin, Bruce McFee, Stewart Maxwell | |
| Conservative | 40,261 | 15.7% | - | 2 | Annabel Goldie, Murray Tosh | |
| Liberal Democrats | 31,580 | 12.3% | +1.3% | 1 | Ross Finnie | |
| Scottish Socialist | 18,591 | 7.2% | +5.3 | 1 | Frances Curran | |
| Scottish Green | 14,544 | 5.7% | +3.1% | 0 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 7,100 | 2.8% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Party | 3,674 | 1.40% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 3,155 | 1.2% | -0.2% | 0 | ||
| UK Independence | 1,662 | 0.6% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 1,617 | 0.6% | - | 0 | ||
| Scottish People's Alliance | 674 | 0.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
[edit] 1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
Changes:
- On the 20 March 2001 Sam Galbraith announced his resignation from the parliament, citing health reasons. At the subsequent Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election held 7 June 2001, Brian Fitzpatrick held the seat for Labour.
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: West of Scotland | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 119,663 | 38.5% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 80,417 | 25.9% | N/A | 4 | Colin Campbell, Kay Ullrich, Lloyd Quinan, Fiona McLeod | |
| Conservative | 48,666 | 15.7% | N/A | 2 | Annabel Goldie, John Young | |
| Liberal Democrats | 34,095 | 11.0% | N/A | 1 | Ross Finnie | |
| Scottish Green | 8,174 | 2.6% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 5,944 | 1.9% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 4,472 | 1.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 3,227 | 1.0% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 2,761 | 0.9% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 1,840 | 0.6% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Natural Law Party | 589 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 565 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
