# 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.
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:
| Region | Constituencies | 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 | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Eastwood | Paisley South | Paisley South | Paisley North | Paisley North | West Renfrewshire | West Renfrewshire | Greenock and Inverclyde | Greenock and Inverclyde | Cunninghame North | Cunninghame North | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | 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) | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 |
| 1st | 1999 | | Brian Fitzpatrick (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) | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 |
| 2nd | 2003 | | Jean Turner Independent | | Des McNulty (Labour) | | Jackie Baillie (Labour) | | Ken Macintosh (Labour) | | Hugh Henry (Labour) | | Wendy Alexander (Labour) | | Trish Godman (Labour) | | Duncan McNeil (Labour) | | Allan Wilson (Labour) | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 |
| 3rd | 2007 | | David Whitton (Labour) | | Des McNulty (Labour) | | Jackie Baillie (Labour) | | Ken Macintosh (Labour) | | Hugh Henry (Labour) | | Wendy Alexander (Labour) | | Trish Godman (Labour) | | Duncan McNeil (Labour) | | Kenneth Gibson (SNP) | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 | area formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 2011 |
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| Term | Election | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Clydebank and Milngavie | Clydebank and Milngavie | Dumbarton | Dumbarton | Eastwood | Eastwood | Renfrewshire South | Renfrewshire South | Paisley | Paisley | Renfrewshire North and West | Renfrewshire North and West | Greenock and Inverclyde | Greenock and Inverclyde | Cunninghame North | Cunninghame North | Cunninghame South | 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) | | Gil Paterson (SNP) | | Jackie Baillie (Labour) | | Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | | Tom Arthur (SNP) | | George Adam (SNP) | | Derek Mackay (SNP) | | Stuart McMillan (SNP) | | Kenneth Gibson (SNP) | | Ruth Maguire (SNP) |
| 6th | 2021 | | Rona Mackay (SNP) | | Marie McNair (SNP) | | Jackie Baillie (Labour) | | Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | | Tom Arthur (SNP) | | George Adam (SNP) | | Natalie Don (SNP) | | Stuart McMillan (SNP) | | Kenneth Gibson (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) | Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) | Annabel Goldie (Conservative) | Murray Tosh (Conservative) |
| 3rd (2007–11) | Stewart Maxwell (SNP) | Stuart McMillan (SNP) | Bill Wilson (SNP) | Gil Paterson (SNP) | Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) | Annabel Goldie (Conservative) | Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) |
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| 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 (2016–21) | Ross Greer (Green) | Ken Macintosh (Labour) | Mary Fee (Labour) | Neil Bibby (Labour) | Jamie Greene (Conservative) | Maurice Golden (Conservative) | Maurice Corry (Conservative) |
| 6th (2021–) | Ross Greer (Green) | Katy Clark (Labour) | Paul O'Kane (Labour) | Neil Bibby (Labour) | Jamie Greene (Conservative) | Russell Findlay (Conservative) | Pam Gosal (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2021 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

#### Constituency results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland :
| Constituency | Elected member | Result |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Marie McNair | SNP hold |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold |
| Cunninghame South | Ruth Maguire | SNP hold |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold |
| Eastwood | Jackson Carlaw | Conservative hold |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNP hold |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP hold |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Natalie Don | SNP hold |
| Renfrewshire South | Tom Arthur | SNP hold |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Rona Mackay | SNP hold |

#### Additional member results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland :
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| SNP | Michelle Campbell, Stuart McMillan, Kenneth Gibson, Rona Mackay, Colm Merrick, Lorna Douglas, Annette Ireland, Debra Torrance, Gavin Lundy, Jonathan McColl, Daniel Kennedy | 152,671 | 40.4 | 1.8 |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Katy Clark, Paul O'Kane, Johanna Baxter, Matt Kerr, Francesca Brennan, Douglas McAllister, Katie Pragnell, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Ed Grady, Nairn McDonald | 83,782 | 22.2 | 0.3 |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw, Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene, Pam Gosal, Julie Pirone, Andrew Polson, Derek Stillie, Maurice Corry, Caroline Hollins-Martin, David Rocks | 82,640 | 21.9 | 0.3 |
| Scottish Green | Ross Greer, Carolynn Scrimgeour, Scott Bevan, Erin Crawley, Ross Collins, Emma Sheppard, Charley O'Hear | 26,632 | 7.1 | 1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Jacci Stoyle, Susan Murray, Ross Stalker, Rod Ackland, Eileen McCartin, Ruby Kirkwood | 13,570 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Alba | Christopher McEleny, Caroline McAllister, Ellen McMaster, Delia Henry | 6,133 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| All for Unity | David Griffiths, Catherine McCall, Paul McLafferty, Senol Jason Ali, Calum Robertson, Rhona Cameron, Robert Aikman | 3,372 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Scottish Family Party | Liam McKechnie, Martin Bell, Matthew Lynch, Mary Toal, Cecilia Tortolano | 2,345 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Independent Green Voice | Iain Inkster | 1,983 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Robert Watson | 916 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Freedom Alliance | Jill McGowan, Maria Smith, Grant Stirling, Mark Turnbull | 766 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Reform UK | John McCallum, Wayne Darnell, Peter Sievwright, Martyn Greene | 600 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Scottish Libertarian | Jonathan Rainey | 499 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| TUSC | Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian Kerr | 479 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| UKIP | Janice Mackay, Eunice Normansell, Robert Hill, Sharon Boyle, Ian Emery | 463 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Scotia Future | Andy Doig | 257 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Independent | James Morrison | 248 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Independent | Maurice Campbell | 234 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Renew | Peter Morton | 97 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

### 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 Greens 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 :
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| 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 hold |
| 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

* ↑ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
* ↑ "Boundary Commission for Scotland - First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries".
* ↑ Sandra, Black. "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll" (PDF). Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
* ↑ "Elections 2021: West of Scotland [region] [sic]". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
* ↑ 2021 - Scottish Parliamentary Election - Results, Renfrewshire Council; retrieved 9 May 2021
* ↑ "2016 Scottish Parliamentary Elections". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
| Preceded byMid Fife and Glenrothes | Constituency or Region represented by the Presiding Officer 2016–2021 | Succeeded byLothian |