| West of Scotland | |
|---|---|
| Formerelectoral region for theScottish Parliament | |
.svg) West of Scotland shown withinScotland | |
| Formerelectoral region | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council areas | Argyll and Bute (part) East Dunbartonshire (part) East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire (part) Renfrewshire (part) West Dunbartonshire |
| Constituencies | Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire |
West of Scotland was one of the eightelectoral regions of theScottish Parliament that were created in 1999. Nine of the Parliament's 73first past the postconstituencies were sub-divisions of the region and it elected seven of the 56additional-memberMembers of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elected a total of 16 MSPs.
The West of Scotland region shared boundaries with theCentral Scotland,Glasgow,Highlands and Islands, andMid Scotland and Fife regions.
Following theFirst Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries it was eventually replaced by theWest Scotland region.
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covered:
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The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries ofWestminster constituencies, as existing at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.[1]
In terms of local government areas the region covered:
The Boundary Commission recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The "West Scotland" region consists of the constituencies of Clydebank and Milngavie; Cunninghame North; Cunninghame South; Dumbarton; Eastwood; Greenock and Inverclyde; Paisley; Renfrewshire North and West; Renfrewshire South; and Starthkelvin and Bearsden. These were newly formed constituencies.
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
In the2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 2007 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Des McNulty | Labourhold | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNPgain fromLabour | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labourhold | |
| Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Labourhold | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labourhold | |
| Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Labourhold | |
| Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Labourhold | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | David Whitton | Labourgain fromIndependent | |
| West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Labourhold | |
| 2007 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 91,725 | 34.2% | -1.6% | ||
| SNP | Stewart Maxwell Gil Paterson Bill Wilson Stuart McMillan | 4 | +1 | 75,953 | 28.3% | +8.7% | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw | 2 | ±0 | 40,637 | 15.2% | -0.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | ±0 | 22,515 | 8.4% | -3.9% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 8,152 | 3.0% | -2.6% | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 5,231 | 2.0% | -0.8% | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 4,774 | 1.8% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 3,729 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 3,241 | 1.2% | N/A | ||
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 3,027 | 1.1% | N/A | ||
| Save NHS Group | 0 | 0 | 2,682 | 1.0% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | -1 | 1,716 | 0.6% | -6.6% | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 1,557 | 0.6% | -0.6% | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,245 | 0.5% | -0.2% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 888 | 0.3% | -0.3% | ||
| Scottish Voice | 0 | 0 | 522 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Jacobite Party | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Equality | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
In the2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:[2]
| 2003 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 83,931 | 32.6% | -5.9% | ||
| SNP | Campbell Martin Bruce McFee Stewart Maxwell | 3 | −1 | 50,387 | 19.6% | -6.3% | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Murray Tosh | 2 | ±0 | 40,261 | 15.7% | – | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | ±0 | 31,580 | 12.3% | +1.3% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 1 | +1 | 18,591 | 7.2% | +5.3% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 14,544 | 5.7% | +3.1% | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 7,100 | 2.8% | N/A | ||
| ProLife Party | 0 | 0 | 3,674 | 1.40% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 3,155 | 1.2% | -0.2% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1,662 | 0.6% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1,617 | 0.6% | – | ||
| Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 674 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
In the1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Des McNulty | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Cunninghame North | Allan Wilson | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Sam Galbraith | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
| West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Scottish Labour Partywin (new seat) | |
Changes:
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | N/A | 119,663 | 38.5% | N/A | ||
| SNP | Colin Campbell Kay Ullrich Lloyd Quinan Fiona McLeod | 4 | N/A | 80,417 | 25.9% | N/A | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie John Young | 2 | N/A | 48,666 | 15.7% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1 | N/A | 34,095 | 11.0% | N/A | |
| Green | 0 | N/A | 8,174 | 2.6% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | 5,944 | 1.9% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 4,472 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 3,227 | 1.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | N/A | 2,761 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
| Scottish Unionist | 0 | N/A | 1,840 | 0.6% | N/A | ||
| Natural Law Party | 0 | N/A | 589 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | N/A | 565 | 0.2% | N/A | ||