Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Glasgow Shettleston
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Glasgow Shettleston shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	John Mason
Council area	Glasgow City
Party	Scottish National Party

Glasgow Shettleston 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 nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine 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 Shettleston 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 south-eastern boundary. It is south of the Springburn constituency, west of Baillieston, north of Rutherglen and Cathcart and east of Govan and Kelvin.

The Springburn, Baillieston, Cathcart, Govan and Kelvin constituencies are also entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

See also: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland have recommended a modified Glasgow Shettleston constituency. The newly formed seat effectively absorbs the existing Glasgow Baillieston seat, featuring almost the entire Baillieston electoral ward in addition to the divisions of Calton, and Shettleston.

The Baillieston electoral ward is shared between this seat and neighbouring Provan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Frank McAveety	Labour
	2003
	2007
	2011	John Mason	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Mason	10,128	47.8	+17.4
	Labour	Frank McAveety	9,452	45.0	-7.8
	Conservative	David Wilson	1,163	5.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ruaraidh Dobson	371	1.7	-4.6
Majority			586	2.8
Turnout			21,204	37.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+12.6%

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

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	7,574	51.2	-5.4
	SNP	John McLaughlin	4,693	31.7	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Renton	1,182	8.0	+3.3
	Conservative	William McNair	946	6.4	+0.5
	Scottish Christian	Bob Graham	406	2.7	+2.7
Majority			2,881	19.5
Rejected ballots			2,035
Turnout			14,801	33.4	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	9,365	56.60	+2.65
	SNP	Jim Byrne	3,018	18.24	-9.09
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	2,403	14.52	+6.53
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	982	5.93	-0.21
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hutton	779	4.71	+0.12
Majority			6,347	38.36	+11.73
Turnout			16,547	35.41	-5.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	11,078	53.95	N/A
	SNP	Jim Byrne	5,611	27.33	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	1,640	7.99	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Bain	1,260	6.14	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Clarke	943	4.59	N/A
Majority			5,467	26.62	N/A
Turnout			20,532	42.78
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Politics of Glasgow