- Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency).
Clydebank and Milngavie Scottish Parliament
county constituency
Clydebank and Milngavie shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland Created 1999 MSP Gil Paterson Council area West Dunbartonshire (part)
East Dunbartonshire (part)Party Scottish National Party 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 nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
- See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.
The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.
Constituency boundaries
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]
Council areas
The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the West Dunbartonshire council area and a western portion of the East Dunbartonshire council area.
The rest of the West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency, which also covers a south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute council area.
Most of the rest of the East Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency, but a south-eastern portion is covered by the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency, which also covers a western portion of the North Lanarkshire council area. The Coatbridge and Chryston constituency is in the Central Scotland electoral region.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election Member Party 1999 Des McNulty Labour 2003 2007 2011 Gil Paterson Scottish National Party Election results
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Clydebank and Milngavie Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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% Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Clydebank and Milngavie Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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 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 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
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