Party SNP Founded 2011 Lieutenancy area Greater Glasgow | Council area Greater Glasgow | |
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Created Scottish Parliament election, 2011 | ||
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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The constituency was created in 2011 from a merger of parts of the Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Springburn and a small part of the Glasgow Anniesland constituencies. The parts of Glasgow Anniesland were Kelvindale and Kelvinside, that had previously been in Glasgow Hillhead before 1997.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies.
The electoral wards used in its creation are:
Member of the Scottish Parliament
As Glasgow Maryhill
As Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
N.B. Paul Martin was the MSP for Glasgow Springburn from 1999-2011. Following the merger of the Maryhill and Springburn constituencies, Maryhill MSP Patricia Ferguson was selected as Labour candidate for the merged constituency, while Paul Martin stood in the newly created constituency of Glasgow Provan.Election results
Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit