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Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Not to be confused withGlasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Pollok
Burghconstituency for theScottish Parliament

Glasgow Pollok shown within theGlasgow electoral region and the region shown withinScotland
Population	81,004 (2019)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Humza Yousaf
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Pollok (Gaelic:Glaschu Pollaig) is aconstituency of theScottish Parliament (Holyrood), electing oneMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by theFirst Past the Post method of election. It is currently represented byHumza Yousaf, a member of theScottish National Party who served as theFirst Minister of Scotland from March 2023 until May 2024. He has held the seat for the party since the2016 Scottish Parliament election.

The constituency is one of eight within theGlasgow City council area. It is also one of nine constituencies in theGlasgow electoral region, which elects sevenadditional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

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The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are;Glasgow Anniesland,Glasgow Cathcart,Glasgow Kelvin,Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn,Glasgow Provan,Glasgow Shettleston,Glasgow Southside andRutherglen.

The region covers theGlasgow City council area and a north-western portion of theSouth Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

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Map of boundaries from 2011

The Glasgow Pollok constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in1999, with the name and boundaries of an existingWestminster constituency. In2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

Boundary review

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Following its First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, a newly shaped Pollok was formed in time for the2011 Scottish Parliament election. The Glasgow City Councilelectoral wards used in the creation of the new Glasgow Pollok seat are:

In full:Greater Pollok,Craigton
In part:Govan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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Election		Member	Party
	1999	Johann Lamont	Labour
	2016	Humza Yousaf	SNP

Election results

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2020s

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf^[a]	18,163	53.7	1.1	16,600	49.1	0.4
	Labour	Zubir Ahmed	11,058	32.7	1.1	8,899	26.3	0.5
	Conservative	Sandesh Gulhane^[b]	1,849	5.5	4.0	3,832	11.3	2.2
	Green	Nadia Kanyange	1,651	4.9	New	1,975	5.8	0.9
	Alba					659	1.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	522	1.5	0.6	455	1.3	0.0
	All for Unity					318	0.9	New
	Scottish Family					240	0.7	New
	Independent Green Voice					180	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					105	0.3	New
	UKIP	Daryl Gardner	185	0.5	New	95	0.3	1.8
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					76	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian	Alan Findlay	157	0.5	New	75	0.2	New
	TUSC					62	0.2	New
	Women's Equality					58	0.2	0.4
	Communist					51	0.2	New
	Reform					50	0.1	New
	Reclaim	Leo Kearse	114	0.3	New	32	0.1	New
	No label	Joseph Finnie	94	0.3	New
	Independent	Craig Ross				25	0.1	New
	SDP					20	0.1	New
	Renew					11	0.03	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				10	0.03	New
Majority			7,105	21.0	2.2
Valid Votes			33,793			33,828
Invalid Votes			131			87
Turnout			33,924	54.3	8.5	33,915	54.3	8.4
	SNPhold		Swing
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency ^Elected on theparty list

2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok^[2]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf^[a]	15,316	54.8	10.1	13,902	49.5	7.4
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont^[b]^[c]	8,834	31.6	15.8	7,237	25.8	12.3
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	2,653	9.5	3.8	2,545	9.1	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	585	2.1	0.0	375	1.3	0.1
	TUSC	Ian Leech	555	2.0	New
	Green					1,363	4.9	2.4
	Solidarity					915	3.3	New
	UKIP					582	2.1	1.6
	BUP					341	1.2	New
	Animal Welfare					224	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian					212	0.8	0.0
	RISE					185	0.7	New
	Women's Equality					158	0.6	New
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				25	0.1	New
Majority			6,482	23.2	N/A
Valid Votes			27,943			28,064
Invalid Votes			142			69
Turnout			28,085	45.8	6.3	28,133	45.9	6.4
	SNPgain fromLabour Co-op		Swing		13.0
Notes ^Incumbent member on theparty list, or for another constituency ^Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf ofScottish Labour and theScottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only. ^Incumbent member for this constituency

Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Pollok^[2]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont^[a]^[b]	10,875	47.5	N/A	8,760	38.1	N/A
	SNP	Chris Stephens	10,252	44.7	N/A	9,713	42.2	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	1,298	5.7	N/A	963	4.2	N/A
	Respect					664	2.9	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					617	2.7	N/A
	Green					571	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour					369	1.6	N/A
	BNP					330	1.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	490	2.1	N/A	325	1.4	N/A
	Scottish Christian					192	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					158	0.7	N/A
	UKIP					126	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					100	0.4	N/A
	Pirate					55	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone				25	0.1	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					24	0.1	N/A
Majority			623	2.8	N/A
Valid Votes			22,915			22,992
Invalid Votes			154			97
Turnout			23,069	39.5	N/A	23,089	39.5	N/A
	Labourwin (new boundaries)
Notes ^Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf ofScottish Labour and theScottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only. ^Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

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Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Pollok^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	10,456	53.9	+10.5
	SNP	Chris Stephens	6,063	31.2	+12.1
	Conservative	Gerald Michaluk	1,460	7.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Gilmore	1,436	7.4	+2.9
Majority			4,393	22.7	+7.2
Turnout			19,415
	Labour Co-ophold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	9,357	43.4	−0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	6,016	27.9	+6.4
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	4,118	19.1	−6.8
	Conservative	Ashraf Anjum	1,012	4.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	962	4.5	+0.9
	Parent Excluded	Robert Ray	73	0.3	New
Majority			3,341	15.5	−2.3
Turnout			21,538	45.7	−6.9
	Labour Co-ophold		Swing	-0.3

1990s

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Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	11,405	43.7	*N/A*
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	6,763	25.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	5,611	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	1,370	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James King	931	3.6	N/A
Majority			4,642	17.8	N/A
Turnout			26,080	52.6	N/A
	Labour Co-opwin (new seat)

Footnotes

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^Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based),National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
^^a ^b ^c"Scottish Results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved25 August 2021.
^"Constituencies A-Z: Glasgow Pollok". BBC News. Retrieved7 May 2021.
^"Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2021)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved24 August 2021.
^"Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2016)". Glasgow City Council. Archived fromthe original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved24 August 2021.
^"Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2011)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved24 August 2021.
^Sub-constituency election results for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections - data Archived 6 December 2010 at theWayback Machine-Scotland Office, 30 April 2008 (retrieved 5.04.11)

External links

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"Glasgow Pollok constituency map"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved7 July 2021.

Preceded by

Glasgow Southside

Constituency represented by the First Minister
2023 – 2024

Succeeded by

Perthshire North

v t e «1999–2011 «Electoral regions and constituencies of theScottish Parliament (2011–2026) »2026– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

v t e Electoral regions and constituencies of theScottish Parliament (1999–2011)»2011– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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