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West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 2011

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.

Contents

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.

Constituencies and local government areas

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

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

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)
  • 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)
  • References

    West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) Wikipedia