West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten 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 17 MSPs.

West Scotland
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
West Scotland shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Conservative 4 Scottish Green 1
Council areas	Argyll and Bute (part) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire
Constituencies	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.[1]

Constituencies and local government areas

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

Region	Constituencies
		Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire South Renfrewshire North and West Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

as West of Scotland
Term	Election	Strathkelvin and Bearsden		Clydebank and Milngavie		Dumbarton		Eastwood		Paisley South		Paisley North		West Renfrewshire		Greenock and Inverclyde		Cunninghame North		area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011
1st	1999		Sam Galbraith (Labour)		Des McNulty (Labour)		Jackie Baillie (Labour)		Ken Macintosh (Labour)		Hugh Henry (Labour)		Wendy Alexander (Labour)		Trish Godman (Labour)		Duncan McNeil (Labour)		Allan Wilson (Labour)
			Brian Fitzpatrick (Labour)
2nd	2003		Jean Turner Independent
3rd	2007		David Whitton (Labour)																Kenneth Gibson (SNP)
as West Scotland
Term	Election	Strathkelvin and Bearsden		Clydebank and Milngavie		Dumbarton		Eastwood		Renfrewshire South		Paisley		Renfrewshire North and West		Greenock and Inverclyde		Cunninghame North		Cunninghame South
4th	2011		Fiona McLeod (SNP)		Gil Paterson (SNP)		Jackie Baillie (Labour)		Ken Macintosh (Labour)		Hugh Henry (Labour)		George Adam (SNP)		Derek Mackay (SNP)		Duncan McNeil (Labour)		Kenneth Gibson (SNP)		Margaret Burgess (SNP)
5th	2016		Rona Mackay (SNP)						Jackson Carlaw (Conservative)		Tom Arthur (SNP)						Stuart McMillan (SNP)				Ruth Maguire (SNP)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

as West of Scotland
Parliament	MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP
1st (1999–2003)		Colin Campbell (SNP)		Kay Ullrich (SNP)		Lloyd Quinan (SNP)		Fiona McLeod (SNP)		Ross Finnie (Lib Dem)		Annabel Goldie (Conservative)		John Young (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)		Stewart Maxwell (SNP)		Campbell Martin (SNP)		Bruce McFee (SNP)		Frances Curran (Socialist)						Murray Tosh (Conservative)
3rd (2007–11)				Stuart McMillan (SNP)		Bill Wilson (SNP)		Gil Paterson (SNP)						Jackson Carlaw (Conservative)
as West Scotland
4th (2011–16)		Stewart Maxwell (SNP)		Stuart McMillan (SNP)		Mary Fee (Labour)		Neil Bibby (Labour)		Margaret McDougall (Labour)		Annabel Goldie (Conservative)		Jackson Carlaw (Conservative)
5th (2016–)		Ross Greer (Green)		Ken Macintosh (Labour)						Jamie Greene (Conservative)		Maurice Golden (Conservative)		Maurice Corry (Conservative)

Election results

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
• 4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
• 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (a regional member)

Constituency results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Clydebank and Milngavie	Gil Paterson	SNP hold
	Cunninghame North	Kenneth Gibson	SNP hold
	Cunninghame South	Ruth Maguire	SNP hold
	Dumbarton	Jackie Baillie	Labour hold
	Eastwood	Jackson Carlaw	Conservative gain from Labour
	Greenock and Inverclyde	Stuart McMillan	SNP gain from Labour
	Paisley	George Adam	SNP hold
	Renfrewshire North and West	Derek Mackay	SNP hold
	Renfrewshire South	Tom Arthur	SNP gain from Labour
	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Rona Mackay	SNP hold

Additional member results

Elected regional list MSPs are shown in bold; elected constituency MSPs, who stood on a party list, are shown in italics.

2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Derek Mackay, Stewart Maxwell, Kenneth Gibson, Stuart McMillan, Rona Mackay, Ian McDougall, Gil Paterson, Gail Robertson, Ruth Maguire, Qasim Hanif, Nighet Riaz	135,827	42.2	+0.6
	Labour	Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Mary Fee, Ken Macintosh, Johanna Baxter, Joe Cullinane, Siobhan McCready, Martin McCluskey, Moira Ramage, Paul Sweeney, Gail Casey, Ben Procter	72,544	22.5	-10.2
	Conservative	Jackson Carlaw, Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, Maurice Corry, Andrew Polson, David Wilson, Paul Masterton, Graeme Brooks, Billy McClure, Ann Le Blond	71,528	22.2	+9.5
	Scottish Green	Ross Greer, Veronika Tudhope, Ciaran Roarty, Yvonne McLellan, Joshua McCormick, Fiona Clark, Ryan Paul Morrison, Sarah Anderson	17,218	5.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Gordon, Ashay Ghai, Aileen Morton, Ruby Kirkwood, John Mandby Watson, John William Duncan, Charity Elizabeth Pierce, Tristan Philip Pierre Gray	12,097	3.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Sharon Marie McGonigal, Michael Burrows, Robert Malyn	5,856	1.8	+1.1
	Solidarity	Gail Sheridan, Garry MacLachlan, Patricia Donald, Archibald Muir Thomson, Susan Thomson	2,609	0.8	+0.7
	Scottish Christian	Brian Lally	2,391	0.7	-0.1
	RISE	Colin Turbett, Sandra Webster, Kieran McCallum, Lindsay Brown	1,522	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Libertarian	Alan Findlay	484	0.2	N/A

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

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

Constituency results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Clydebank and Milngavie	Gil Paterson	SNP gain from Labour
	Cunninghame North	Kenneth Gibson	SNP hold
	Cunninghame South	Margaret Burgess	SNP gain from Labour
	Dumbarton	Jackie Baillie	Labour hold
	Eastwood	Ken Macintosh	Labour gain from Conservative
	Greenock and Inverclyde	Duncan McNeil	Labour hold
	Paisley	George Adam	SNP gain from Labour
	Renfrewshire North and West	Derek Mackay	SNP gain from Labour
	Renfrewshire South	Hugh Henry	Labour hold
	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Fiona McLeod	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan	2	-2	117,306	41.5	+13
	Labour	Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall	3	+3	92,530	32.8	-1.8
	Conservative	Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw	2	±0	35,995	12.7	-2
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	9,148	3.2	-4.9
	Scottish Green		0	0	8,414	3.0	±0
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	4,771	1.7	-0.3
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,865	1.0	+0.4
	Scottish Christian		0	0	2,468	0.9	-0.5
	BNP		0	0	2,162	0.8	-0.5
	UKIP		0	0	2,000	0.7	+0.4
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,752	0.6	±0
	Ban Bankers Bonuses		0	0	1,204	0.4	±0
	Pirate		0	0	850	0.3	±0
	Independent		0	0	460	0.2	±0
	Solidarity		0	0	446	0.2	-1.8

Footnotes

1. "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries".
2. "2016 Scottish Parliamentary Elections". Inverclyde Council. Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 22 February 2020.