Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Anniesland
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	Bill Kidd
Council area	Glasgow City
Party	Scottish National Party

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

Electoral region

See also: Glasgow Scottish Parliament region

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Anniesland 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The current Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on the area's north-western boundary. It is west of the Maryhill constituency and north of the Kelvin constituency, which are also entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

See also: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament the Boundary Commission for Scotland has recommended alterations to the existing Anniesland constituency boundaries.

The electoral wards used to create the newly formed Anniesland are Garscadden / Scotstounhill, Drumchapel / Anniesland, and part of Partick West, which is shared with neighbouring Kelvin.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Donald Dewar	Labour
	2000	Bill Butler
	2003
	2007
	2011	Bill Kidd	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bill Kidd	10,329	43.2	+15.4
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,322	43.2	-4.8
	Conservative	Matthew Smith	2,011	8.4	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,000	4.2	-4.6
	Communist	Marc Livingstone	256	1.1	+1.1
Majority			7	0
Turnout			23,918	42.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	10.1

Liberal Democrats and Communist candidates gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,483	47.4	+1.60
	SNP	Bill Kidd	6,177	27.9	+10.34
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,154	14.2	+3.60
	Liberal Democrats	Danica Gilland	2,325	10.5	+0.01
Majority			4,306	19.3
Rejected ballots			1,766	3.6
Turnout			22,139	45.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.4

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,141	45.75	−13.06
	SNP	Bill Kidd	3,186	17.56	−2.67
	Conservative	Cllr William Aitken	3.032	10.65	−0.81
	Scottish Socialist	Charlie McCarthy	2,620	11.82	+8.31
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	2,330	10.51	+4.18
Majority			6,253	28.21	−9.79
Turnout			22,165	43.64	−8.74
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	9.838	48.68	−10.13
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	4,462	22.08	+1.87
	Conservative	Kate Pickering	2,138	10.58	−0.07
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	1,429	7.07	+2.56
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fryer	1,384	6.85	+0.52
	Scottish Green	Alistair Whitelaw	662	3.28	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Murdo Ritchie	298	1.47	+0.98
Majority			5,376	26.60	−12.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Dewar	16,749	58.81
	SNP	Kaukab Stewart	5,756	20.21
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,186	14.37
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	1,804	6.33
	Scottish Socialist	Ann Lynch	1,000	3.51
	Socialist Labour	Edward Boyd	139	0.49
Majority			10,993	38.60	−6.13

See also

• Politics of Glasgow

Preceded by None

Constituency represented by the First Minister 1999 - 2000

Succeeded by Fife Central