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Revision as of 12:16, 25 April 2016
Clydebank and Milngavie | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Clydebank and Milngavie shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Gil Paterson |
Council area | West Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire |
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 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
The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, the Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
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 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.[1]
The rest of East Dunbartonshire is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency. While the rest of West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the electoral wards used to form this constituency are:
- Milngavie, Bearsden North, Kilpatrick, Clydebank Central, Clydebank Waterfront
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | 1999 | Des McNulty | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | 2003 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | 2007 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2011 | Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gail Casey[2] | ||||
SNP | Gil Paterson[3] | ||||
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | candidate = Maurice Golden[4] | votes = | percentage = | change = |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 12,074 | 40.6 | |||
SNP | 8,916 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative | 4,285 | 14.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3,934 | 13.2 | |||
Others | 551 | 1.9 | |||
Majority | 3,158 | 10.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |
Notes and references