West Scotland
West Scotland |
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Educated |
1999 |
Regions |
Argyll and Bute (parts) East Dunbartonshire (parts) East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire (parts) Renfrewshire (parts) West Dunbartonshire |
Seats |
Scottish National Party : 8 Labor Party : 4 Conservative Party : 4 Scottish Green : 1 |
West Scotland is one of the eight Scottish electoral regions for election to the Scottish Parliament . It was created on the basis of the Scotland Act of 1998 under the name West of Scotland . In the course of the revision of the electoral regions in 2011, the name was changed to West Scotland , with only minor changes to the external borders. In contrast, the constituencies were redesigned and their number increased from nine to ten. West Scotland includes areas of the Council Areas Argyll and Bute , East Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire , Inverclyde , North Ayrshire , Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire in the west of Scotland. The first elections took place during the parliamentary elections on May 6, 1999.
The West Scotland region is bordered clockwise and starting in the north by the Highlands and Islands , Mid Scotland and Fife , Central Scotland , Glasgow and South Scotland .
Geographical breakdown
The West of Scotland region comprised nine constituencies. The constituencies were named and tailored to the constituencies of the British Parliament . Each constituency has a representative determined by majority voting . In addition, seven additional members are elected. In the course of the revision of the constituencies in 2011, the constituencies were redesigned and the number increased from nine to ten.
1999-2011
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2011–
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Election results
General election 1999
Results of the 1999 general election | ||||
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Political party | be right | % | Seats | Add. Member |
Labor Party | 119,663 | 38.5 | 9 | 0 |
Scottish National Party | 80,417 | 25.9 | 0 | 4th |
Conservative party | 48,666 | 15.7 | 0 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | 34,095 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 |
Scottish Green | 8174 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
Socialist | 5944 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
Socialist Labor | 4472 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 8982 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
Mandates | ||
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Constituency | Elected | Political party |
Clydebank and Milngavie | McNulty's | Labor |
Cunninghame North | Allan Wilson | Labor |
Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labor |
Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labor |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labor |
Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Labor |
Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Labor |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Sam Galbraith | Labor |
West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Labor |
Additional members | |
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Political party | Surname |
SNP |
Colin Campbell Kay Ullrich Lloyd Quinan Fiona McLeod |
Conservative |
Annabel Goldie John Young |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie |
General election 2003
Results of the 2003 general election | |||||||
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Political party | be right | % | ± | Seats | ± | Add. Member | ± |
Labor Party | 83.931 | 32.6 | −5.9 | 8th | −1 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish National Party | 40,387 | 19.6 | −6.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 |
Conservative party | 40,261 | 15.7 | ± 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 31,580 | 12.3 | +1.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Socialist | 18,519 | 7.2 | +5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
Scottish Green Party | 14,544 | 5.7 | +3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 7100 | 2.8 | +2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 10782 | 4.1 | +1.2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Mandates | ||
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Constituency | Elected | Political party |
Clydebank and Milngavie | McNulty's | Labor |
Cunninghame North | Allan Wilson | Labor |
Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labor |
Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labor |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labor |
Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Labor |
Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Labor |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Jean Turner | Non-party |
West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Labor |
Additional members | |
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Political party | Surname |
SNP |
Campbell Martin Bruce McFee Stewart Maxwell |
Conservative |
Annabel Goldie Murray Tosh |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran |
General election 2007
Results of the 2007 general election | |||||||
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Political party | be right | % | ± | Seats | ± | Add. Member | ± |
Labor Party | 91,725 | 34.2 | +1.6 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish National Party | 75,953 | 28.3 | +8.7 | 1 | +1 | 4th | +1 |
Conservative party | 40,637 | 15.2 | −1.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 22,515 | 8.4 | −3.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scottish Green Party | 8152 | 3.0 | -2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 5231 | 2.0 | −0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Solidarity | 4774 | 1.8 | +1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 14,991 | 7.1 | +3.0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | −1 |
Mandates | ||
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Constituency | Elected | Political party |
Clydebank and Milngavie | McNulty's | Labor |
Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP |
Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labor |
Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labor |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labor |
Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Labor |
Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Labor |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | David Whitton | Labor |
West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Labor |
Additional members | |
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Political party | Surname |
SNP |
Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan Gil Paterson Bill Wilson |
Conservative |
Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie |
Parliamentary election 2011
Results of the 2011 general election | |||||||
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Political party | be right | % | ± | Seats | ± | Add. Member | ± |
Scottish National Party | 117,306 | 41.9 | +13.8 | 6th | +5 | 2 | −2 |
Labor Party | 92,530 | 33.1 | −1.1 | 4th | −4 | 3 | +3 |
Conservative party | 35,995 | 12.9 | −2.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 9148 | 3.3 | −5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
Scottish Green Party | 8414 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 4771 | 1.7 | −0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 11,700 | 4.2 | −2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mandates | ||
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Constituency | Elected | Political party |
Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNP |
Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP |
Cunninghame South | Margaret Burgess | SNP |
Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labor |
Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labor |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labor |
Paisley | George Adam | SNP |
Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNP |
Renfrewshire South | Hugh Henry | Labor |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Fiona McLeod | SNP |
Additional members | |
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Political party | Surname |
Labor |
Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall |
SNP |
Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan |
Conservative |
Jackson Carlaw Annabel Goldie |
General election 2016
Results of the 2016 general election | |||||||
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Political party | be right | % | ± | Seats | ± | Add. Member | ± |
Scottish National Party | 135,827 | 42.2 | +0.3 | 8th | +2 | 0 | −2 |
Labor Party | 72,544 | 22.5 | −10.6 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 0 |
Conservative party | 71,528 | 22.2 | +9.3 | 1 | +1 | 3 | +1 |
Scottish Green Party | 17,218 | 5.3 | +2.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
Liberal Democrats | 12.097 | 3.8 | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UKIP | 5856 | 1.8 | +1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Solidarity | 2609 | 0.8 | +0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christian | 2391 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RISE | 1522 | 0.5 | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Libertarian | 484 | 0.2 | +0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mandates | ||
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Constituency | Elected | Political party |
Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNP |
Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP |
Cunninghame South | Ruth Maguire | SNP |
Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labor |
Eastwood | Jackson Carlaw | Conservative |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNP |
Paisley | George Adam | SNP |
Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNP |
Renfrewshire South | Tom Arthur | SNP |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Rona Mackay | SNP |
Additional members | |
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Political party | Surname |
Labor |
Mary Fee Neil Bibby Ken Macintosh |
Conservative |
Jamie Greene Maurice Golden Maurice Corry |
Green | Ross Greer |