Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Strathkelvin and Bearsden (UK Parliament constituency).

Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Strathkelvin and Bearsden shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	Fiona McLeod
Council area	East Dunbartonshire
Party	Scottish National Party

Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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 ten constituencies in the West Scotland 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: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

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

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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.

The rest of East Dunbartonshire is represented by the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat was altered to include the following electoral wards:

• Bearsden South, Campsie and Kirkintilloch North, Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, Bishopbriggs South, Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Sam Galbraith	Labour
	2001	Brian Fitzpatrick
	2003	Jean Turner	Independent
	2007	David Whitton	Labour
	2011	Fiona McLeod	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	14,258	42.2	+20
	Labour	David Whitton	12,456	36.9	+4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Fraser	4,438	13.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Findlay Macdonald	2,600	7.7	-4.5
Majority			1,802	5.3
Turnout			33,752	56.4
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	7.7

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,527	32.3
	SNP		7,944	22.3
	Conservative		4,903	13.7
	Liberal Democrats		4.345	12.2
	Others		6,979	19.6
Majority			3,583	10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Whitton	11,396	31.1	+1.2
	SNP	Robin Easton	8,008	21.9	+8.2
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	6,742	18.4	-12.7
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	5,178	14.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy McInnes	4,658	12.7	-1.3
	Scottish Christian	Bob Handyside	613	1.7	+1.7
Majority			3,388	9.3
Turnout			36,595	60.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	10,988	31.10	+31.10
	Labour	Brian Fitzpatrick	10,550	29.86	-20.87
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Swinson	4,950	14.01	+4.23
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	4,846	13.71	- 8.43
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	4,002	11.33	- 5.03
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+1.24

Scottish Parliament by-election, 2001: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Fitzpatrick	15,401	37.0
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	7,572	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrison	7,147	17.2
	SNP	Janet Law	6,457	15.5
	Conservative	Charles Ferguson	5,037	12.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Galbraith	21,505	50.7	N/A
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	9,384	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Ferguson	6,934	16.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Howarth	4,144	9.8	N/A
	Anti-Drug (Independent)	Maxi Richards	423	1.0	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)