West Scotland

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West Scotland
West Scotland
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

Constituency map region
  1. Clydebank and Milngavie
  2. Cunninghame North
  3. Dumbarton
  4. Eastwood
  5. Greenock and Inverclyde
  6. Paisley North
  7. Paisley South
  8. Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  9. West Renfrewshire
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2011–

Constituency map region
  1. Clydebank and Milngavie
  2. Cunninghame North
  3. Cunninghame South
  4. Dumbarton
  5. Eastwood
  6. Greenock and Inverclyde
  7. Paisley
  8. Renfrewshire North and West
  9. Renfrewshire South
  10. Strathkelvin and Bearsden
 West Scotland West Scotland

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Political party Surname
Labor Mary Fee
Neil Bibby
Ken Macintosh
Conservative Jamie Greene
Maurice Golden
Maurice Corry
Green Ross Greer