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Glasgow Govan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Summary

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Field	Value
name	Glasgow Govan
type	burgh
constituency_link	Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_name	Scottish Parliament
image	[[File:Glasgow Govan ScottishParliamentConstituency.svg	200px]]
image2	[[File:Glasgow 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg	200px]]
caption2	Glasgow Govan shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year	1999
abolished	2011
party_label	Party
member_label	MSP
local_council_label	Council area
local_council	Glasgow City (part)

Renfrewshire (part)

Glasgow Govan was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.

For the 2011 election, the constituency was abolished. The Govan electoral ward was divided between Glasgow Pollok and Glasgow Southside.

Electoral region

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The Glasgow Govan 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The Holyrood constituency covered a western portion of the Glasgow City council and small western portion of Renfrewshire Council.

Glasgow Govan was south of the Kelvin constituency, west of Shettleston and north of Cathcart and Pollok, which were all entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review into constituencies of the Scottish Parliament for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the abolition of the Glasgow Govan constituency. The seat created is known as Glasgow Southside formed by the combination of Southside Central, and Pollokshields wards with the addition of the eastern half of the Govan division.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

The former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, represented the constituency from the 2007 election. She was previously an MSP for the Glasgow regional list from 1999 to 2007, during which time she was Leader of the Opposition at Holyrood from 2004 to 2007.

Election	Member	Party
Scottish Labour Party}}"		1999	Gordon Jackson
Scottish National Party}}"		2007	Nicola Sturgeon
	2011	Constituency abolished; see Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Pollok and Glasgow Southside

Election results

Footnotes

Rejected ballots for 2007 election, BBC News

References

See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''] {{webarchive. link. (September 21, 2007)

Wikipedia Source

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