Glasgow Maryhill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Glasgow Maryhill
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Glasgow Maryhill shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Maryhill 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.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Maryhill is to be expanded into a newly created Maryhill and Springburn seat.

Electoral region

See also: Glasgow Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.

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

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Maryhill 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 Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its northern boundary. It is west of the Springburn constituency, north of Kelvin and east of Anniesland, which are also entirely within the city area.

Boundary reivew

See also: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies. The new creation is a constituency to be known as Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Patricia Ferguson	Labour
	2003
	2007

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Maryhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Ferguson	7,955	48.0	-1.3
	SNP	Bob Doris	5,645	34.1	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Elder	1,936	11.7	+1.9
	Conservative	Heather MacLeod	1,028	6.2	+1.3
Majority			2,310	13.9
Turnout			16,564	36	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Maryhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Ferguson	8,997	49.32%	-0.46%
	SNP	Bill Wilson	3,629	19.89%	-11.09%
	Scottish Socialist	Donnie Nicolson	2,945	16.14%	+9.89%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Sanderson	1,789	9.78%	+1.88%
	Conservative	Robert Erskine	887	4.86%	-0.33%
Majority			5,368	29.42%	+10.62%
Turnout			18,243	37.14%	- 3.61%
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Maryhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Ferguson	11,455	49.78%	N/A
	SNP	Bill Wilson	7,129	30.98%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hamblen	1,793	7.79%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon Scott	1,439	6.25%	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Fry	1,194	5.19%	N/A
Majority			4,326	18.80%	N/A
Turnout			26,080
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Politics of Glasgow