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West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Scottish Parliament electoral region
Scottish Parliament electoral region
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | West Scotland | |
| constituency_type | electoral region | |
| parl_name | Scottish Parliament | |
| image | [[File:West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg | 220px]] |
| caption | West Scotland shown within Scotland (2011 boundaries) | |
| year | 2011 | |
| member_label | MSPs | |
| members | Scottish National Party 8 | |
| Labour 4 | ||
| Conservative 3 | ||
| Scottish Green 1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat 1 | ||
| local_council_label | Council areas | |
| local_council | Argyll and Bute (part) | |
| Glasgow (part) | ||
| East Ayrshire (part) | ||
| East Dunbartonshire | ||
| East Renfrewshire | ||
| Inverclyde | ||
| North Ayrshire | ||
| Renfrewshire | ||
| West Dunbartonshire | ||
| parts_label | Constituencies | |
| parts | Clydebank and Milngavie | |
| Cunninghame North | ||
| Cunninghame South | ||
| Dumbarton | ||
| Eastwood | ||
| Inverclyde | ||
| Paisley | ||
| Renfrewshire North and Cardonald | ||
| Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley | ||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | ||
| electorate | 591,614 (2022) |
Labour 4 Conservative 3 Scottish Green 1 Liberal Democrat 1 Glasgow (part) East Ayrshire (part) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden
West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.
The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow.
Constituencies and local government areas
Constituencies and council areas 2026–present
As a result of the Second Periodic Review in 2025, the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The West Scotland gained a small portion of the East Ayrshire council area from the South Scotland region due to a boundary changes of the Cunninghame South constituency, and an area from the Glasgow region due to the new constituency of Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, which covers parts of Glasgow and Renfrewshire being added to the region.
Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
| Region | Constituencies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg | 220px]] | [[Image:West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) numberd.svg | right | 270px]] |
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
| as West of Scotland | Term | Election | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Paisley South | Paisley North | West Renfrewshire | Greenock and Inverclyde | Cunninghame North | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | as West Scotland | Term | Election | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Renfrewshire South | Paisley | Renfrewshire North and West | Greenock and Inverclyde | Cunninghame North | Cunninghame South | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="2" | Sam Galbraith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Des McNulty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="4" | Jackie Baillie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" rowspan="4" | Ken Macintosh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Hugh Henry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Wendy Alexander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Trish Godman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Duncan McNeil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Allan Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Independent (politician)}}" | Jean Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | Scottish Labour Party}}" | David Whitton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish National Party}}" | Kenneth Gibson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 2011 | Scottish National Party}}" | Fiona McLeod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Gil Paterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" | Jackie Baillie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" | Ken Macintosh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" | Hugh Henry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish National Party}}" | George Adam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="2" | Derek Mackay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" | Duncan McNeil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish National Party}}" | Kenneth Gibson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Margaret Burgess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2016 | Scottish National Party}}" | Rona Mackay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Conservative Party}}" | Jackson Carlaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Conservative) | Scottish National Party}}" | Tom Arthur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Stuart McMillan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Ruth Maguire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (SNP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 2021 | Scottish National Party}}" | Marie McNair (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Natalie Don (SNP) |
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| as West of Scotland | Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | as West Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||||||||||
| (1999–2003) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Colin Campbell | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Kay Ullrich | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" rowspan="3" | Lloyd Quinan | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Fiona McLeod | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="3" | |||||||||
| 2nd | ||||||||||
| (2003–07) | Stewart Maxwell | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Campbell Martin | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Bruce McFee | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Socialist Party}}" | Frances Curran | ||||||||
| (Socialist) | Murray Tosh | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 3rd | ||||||||||
| (2007–11) | Stuart McMillan | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Bill Wilson | |||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Gil Paterson | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Jackson Carlaw | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 4th | ||||||||||
| (2011–16) | Scottish National Party}}" | Stewart Maxwell | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish National Party}}" | Stuart McMillan | ||||||||
| (SNP) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Mary Fee | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="4" | Neil Bibby | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Labour Party}}" | |||||||||
| 5th | ||||||||||
| (2016–21) | Scottish Greens}}" rowspan="3" | Ross Greer | ||||||||
| (Green) | Scottish Labour}}" rowspan="3" | Ken Macintosh | ||||||||
| (Labour) | Scottish Conservatives}}" rowspan="2" | Jamie Greene | ||||||||
| (Conservative) | Maurice Golden | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | Maurice Corry | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 6th | ||||||||||
| (2021–) | Katy Clark | |||||||||
| (Labour) | Paul O'Kane | |||||||||
| (Labour) | Russell Findlay | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | Pam Gosal | |||||||||
| (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" |
Election results
2026 Scottish Parliament election
Main article: 2026 Scottish Parliament election
2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
References
- (April 2025). "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers". Boundaries Scotland.
- "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries".
- (April 2025). "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers". Boundaries Scotland.
- "Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland.
- (April 2025). "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers". Boundaries Scotland.
- "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll".
- "Elections 2021: West of Scotland [region] [sic]". [[BBC News]].
- [https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/SPElection2021Results 2021 - Scottish Parliamentary Election - Results], [[Renfrewshire Council]]; retrieved 9 May 2021
- (20 January 2017). "2016 Scottish Parliamentary Elections".
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