West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Template:Scottish Parliament region infobox West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

The West of Scotland region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.

Constituencies and local government areas

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:

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Clydebank and Milngavie covers the eastern portion of the West Dunbartonshire council area and a western portion of the East Dunbartonshire council area. Cunninghame North covers a north-western portion of the Ayrshire North council area. Dumbarton covers a western portion of the West Dunbartonshire council area and a south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute council area. Eastwood covers the East Renfrewshire council area. Greenock and Inverclyde covers a western portion of the Inverclyde council area. Paisley North covers an eastern portion of the Renfrewshire council area. Paisley South covers a south eastern portion of the Renfrewshire council area. Strathkelvin and Bearsden covers the majority of the East Dunbartonshire council area. West Renfrewshire covers a western portion of the Renfrewshire council area and an eastern portion of the Inverclyde council area.

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005^[1].

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

West Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
Most of Renfrewshire (otherwise within the Glasgow region)
Most of East Dunbartonshire (otherwise within the Central Scotland region)
Part of Argyll and Bute (otherwise within the Highlands and Islands region)
Part of North Ayrshire (otherwise within the South of Scotland region)

Boundary changes

The Boundary Commission have recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The "West Scotland" region, as it will be known, will consist of the newly formed constituencies of Clydebank and Milngavie; Cunninghame North; Cunninghame South; Dumbarton; Eastwood; Greenock and Inverclyde; Paisley; Renfrewshire North and West; Renfrewshire South; and Strthkelvin and Bearsden.

Election results

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members, two additional members)
7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members, three additional members)
2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Mary Fee
Neil Bibby
Margaret McDougall | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +3 | style="text-align:right;" | 92,530 | style="text-align:right;" | 32.8% | style="text-align:right;" | -1.8 |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Stewart Maxwell
Stuart McMillan | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | -2 | style="text-align:right;" | 117,306 | style="text-align:right;" | 41.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +13% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Annabel Goldie
Jackson Carlaw | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 35,995 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.7% | style="text-align:right;" | -2% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | -1 | style="text-align:right;" | 9,148 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.9% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 8,414 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.0% | style="text-align:right;" | ±0% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 4,771 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.7% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.3% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,865 | style="text-align:right;" | 1% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.4% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #9966CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Christian | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,468 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.9% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #2e3b74; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | BNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,162 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.8% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.7% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.4% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,752 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | ±0% |-

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #990099; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Pirate | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 850 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3% | style="text-align:right;" | ±0% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 460 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2% | style="text-align:right;" | ±0% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 446 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -1.8% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #960018; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Equality | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0% | style="text-align:right;" | ±0% |-

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2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

8 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
5 Scottish National Party MSPs (one constituency member, 4 additional members)
2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 91,725 | style="text-align:right;" | 34.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -1.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Stewart Maxwell
Gil Paterson
Bill Wilson
Stuart McMillan | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 75,953 | style="text-align:right;" | 28.3% | style="text-align:right;" | +8.7% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Annabel Goldie
Jackson Carlaw | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 40,637 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Ross Finnie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 22,515 | style="text-align:right;" | 8.4% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.9% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 8,152 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.0% | style="text-align:right;" | -2.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 5,231 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.0% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.8% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 4,774 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.8% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #9966CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Christian | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,729 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.4% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #2e3b74; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | BNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,241 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.2% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #813887; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | CPA | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,027 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | -1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,716 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -6.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,557 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #F8F9FA; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,245 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.2% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 888 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.3% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #660099; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Voice | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 522 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

8 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
3 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
1 Independent MSP (constituency member)
1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)
1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 83,931 | style="text-align:right;" | 32.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -5.9% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Campbell Martin
Bruce McFee
Stewart Maxwell | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 50,387 | style="text-align:right;" | 19.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -6.3% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Annabel Goldie
Murray Tosh | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 40,261 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.7% | style="text-align:right;" | - |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Ross Finnie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,580 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.3% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.3% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | Frances Curran | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 18,591 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +5.3 |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 14,544 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.7% | style="text-align:right;" | +3.1% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 7,100 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.8% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,662 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #F8F9FA; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,617 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | - |-

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1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

9 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
4 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members)
2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

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On the 20 March 2001 Sam Galbraith announced his resignation from the parliament, citing health reasons. At the subsequent Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election held 7 June 2001, Brian Fitzpatrick held the seat for Labour.

Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 119,663 | style="text-align:right;" | 38.5% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Colin Campbell
Kay Ullrich
Lloyd Quinan
Fiona McLeod | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 80,417 | style="text-align:right;" | 25.9% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Annabel Goldie
John Young | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 48,666 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.7% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Ross Finnie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 34,095 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.0% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 8,174 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.6% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 5,944 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.9% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 4,472 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.4% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #333333; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Prolife Alliance | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 3,227 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.0% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 2,761 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.9% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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Footnotes

^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

[1] See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

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West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire