Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency).

Clydebank and Milngavie
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Clydebank and Milngavie shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	Gil Paterson
Council area	West Dunbartonshire (part) East Dunbartonshire (part)
Party	Scottish National Party

Clydebank and Milngavie is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Clydebank and Milngavie 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, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the electoral wards used to form this constituency are;

• In full; Milngavie, Bearsden North, Kilpatrick, Clydebank Central and Clydebank Waterfront.

Council areas

The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the West Dunbartonshire council area and a western portion of the East Dunbartonshire council area.

The rest of the West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency, which also covers a south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute council area.

Most of the rest of the East Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency, but a south-eastern portion is covered by the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency, which also covers a western portion of the North Lanarkshire council area. The Coatbridge and Chryston constituency is in the Central Scotland electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Des McNulty	Labour
	2003
	2007
	2011	Gil Paterson	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gil Paterson	12,278	43.3	+13.3
	Labour	Des McNulty	11,564	40.8	+0.2
	Conservative	Alice Struthers	2,758	9.7	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	1,769	6.2	-7.0
Majority			714	2.5
Turnout			28,369	53.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	6.5%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	11,617	43.4	+3.5
	SNP	Gil Paterson	8,438	31.5	+8.7
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	3,544	13.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	3,166	11.8	-0.4
Majority			3,179	11.9
Turnout			26,765	55.9	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	10,585	39.92	-5.39
	SNP	James Yuill	6,051	22.82	-8.36
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	3,224	12.16	-0.29
	Conservative	Mary Leishman	2,885	10.88	-0.18
	Scottish Socialist	Dawn Brennan	1,902	7.17	+7.17
	Independent	Danny McCafferty	1,867	7.04	+7.04
Majority			4,534	17.10	+2.97
Turnout			26,514	51.66	-11.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	15,105	45.31	N/A
	SNP	James Yuill	10,395	31.18	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	4,149	12.45	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	3,688	11.06	N/A
Majority			4,710	14.13
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing