West Scotland is one of the eightelectoral regions of theScottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73first past the postconstituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56additional-memberMembers of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of theFirst Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced theWest of Scotland region.[2]
As a result of theSecond Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the2026 Scottish Parliament election.
As a result of theFirst Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the2011 Scottish Parliament election.
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:
| Region | Constituencies | |
|---|---|---|
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| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | |||||
| Conservative | |||||
| Labour | |||||
| Green | Ross Greer, Cara McKee, Karen Sharkey, Paula Baker, Ross Collins | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Reform | |||||
| Alba | |||||
In the2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[3][4][5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Michelle Campbell,Stuart McMillan,Kenneth Gibson,Rona Mackay, Colm Merrick, Lorna Douglas, Annette Ireland, Debra Torrance, Gavin Lundy, Jonathan McColl, Daniel Kennedy | 152,671 | 40.4 |  1.8 | |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie,Neil Bibby,Katy Clark,Paul O'Kane,Johanna Baxter, Matt Kerr, Francesca Brennan,Douglas McAllister, Katie Pragnell, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Ed Grady, Nairn McDonald | 83,782 | 22.2 | 0.3 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw,Russell Findlay,Jamie Greene,Pam Gosal, Julie Pirone, Andrew Polson,Derek Stillie,Maurice Corry, Caroline Hollins-Martin, David Rocks | 82,640 | 21.9 | 0.3 | |
| Green | Ross Greer, Carolynn Scrimgeour, Scott Bevan, Erin Crawley, Ross Collins, Emma Sheppard, Charley O'Hear | 26,632 | 7.1 |  1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Jacci Stoyle,Susan Murray, Ross Stalker, Rod Ackland, Eileen McCartin, Ruby Kirkwood | 13,570 | 3.6 | 0.2 | |
| Alba | Christopher McEleny, Caroline McAllister, Ellen McMaster, Delia Henry | 6,133 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| All for Unity | David Griffiths, Catherine McCall, Paul McLafferty, Senol Jason Ali, Calum Robertson, Rhona Cameron, Robert Aikman | 3,372 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie, Martin Bell, Matthew Lynch, Mary Toal, Cecilia Tortolano | 2,345 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Iain Inkster | 1,983 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Robert Watson | 916 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Jill McGowan, Maria Smith, Grant Stirling, Mark Turnbull | 766 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Reform | John McCallum, Wayne Darnell, Peter Sievwright, Martyn Greene | 600 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Jonathan Rainey | 499 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| TUSC | Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian Kerr | 479 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| UKIP | Janice Mackay, Eunice Normansell, Robert Hill, Sharon Boyle, Ian Emery | 463 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
| Scotia Future | Andy Doig | 257 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | James Morrison | 248 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Maurice Campbell | 234 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Renew | Peter Morton | 97 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
In the2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNPhold | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNPhold | |
| Cunninghame South | Ruth Maguire | SNPhold | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labourhold | |
| Eastwood | Jackson Carlaw | Conservativegain fromLabour | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNPhold | |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNPhold | |
| Renfrewshire South | Tom Arthur | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Rona Mackay | SNPhold | |
Elected regional list MSPs are shown inbold; elected constituency MSPs, who stood on a party list, are shown initalics.
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Derek Mackay,Stewart Maxwell,Kenneth Gibson,Stuart McMillan,Rona Mackay, Ian McDougall,Gil Paterson, Gail Robertson,Ruth Maguire, Qasim Hanif, Nighet Riaz | 135,827 | 42.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie,Neil Bibby,Mary Fee,Ken Macintosh,Johanna Baxter, Joe Cullinane, Siobhan McCready,Martin McCluskey, Moira Ramage,Paul Sweeney, Gail Casey, Ben Procter | 72,544 | 22.5 | −10.2 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw,Jamie Greene,Maurice Golden,Maurice Corry, Andrew Polson, David Wilson,Paul Masterton, Graeme Brooks, Billy McClure, Ann Le Blond | 71,528 | 22.2 | +9.5 | |
| Green | Ross Greer, Veronika Tudhope, Ciaran Roarty, Yvonne McLellan, Joshua McCormick, Fiona Clark, Ryan Paul Morrison, Sarah Anderson | 17,218 | 5.3 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Ashay Ghai, Aileen Morton, Ruby Kirkwood, John Mandby Watson, John William Duncan, Charity Elizabeth Pierce, Tristan Philip Pierre Gray | 12,097 | 3.8 | +0.5 | |
| UKIP | Sharon Marie McGonigal, Michael Burrows, Robert Malyn | 5,856 | 1.8 | +1.1 | |
| Solidarity | Gail Sheridan, Garry MacLachlan, Patricia Donald, Archibald Muir Thomson, Susan Thomson | 2,609 | 0.8 | +0.7 | |
| Scottish Christian | Brian Lally | 2,391 | 0.7 | −0.1 | |
| RISE | Colin Turbett,Sandra Webster, Kieran McCallum, Lindsay Brown | 1,522 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 484 | 0.2 | N/A | |
In the2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNPhold | |
| Cunninghame South | Margaret Burgess | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labourhold | |
| Eastwood | Ken Macintosh | Labourhold | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labourhold | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Renfrewshire South | Hugh Henry | Labourhold | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Fiona McLeod | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan | 2 | -2 | 117,306 | 41.5 | +13 | |
| Labour | Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall | 3 | +3 | 92,530 | 32.8 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw | 2 | ±0 | 35,995 | 12.7 | -2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 9,148 | 3.2 | -4.9 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 8,414 | 3.0 | ±0 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,771 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,865 | 1.0 | +0.4 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,162 | 0.8 | -0.5 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1,752 | 0.6 | ±0 | ||
| Ban Bankers Bonuses | 0 | 0 | 1,204 | 0.4 | ±0 | ||
| Pirate | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0.3 | ±0 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0.2 | ±0 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2 | -1.8 | ||
| Preceded by | Constituency or Region represented by the Presiding Officer 2016–2021 | Succeeded by |