MSP Ivan McKee Council area Glasgow | Founded 2011 Lieutenancy area Glasgow | |
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Party Scottish National Party Created Scottish Parliament election, 2011 | ||
Glasgow Provan 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, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the 9 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, comprising much of the old Glasgow Baillieston seat which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, 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
The electoral wards used in the creation of Provan are:
Member of the Scottish Parliament
As Glasgow Baillieston
As Glasgow Provan
Election results
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit