# Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Pollok (Gaelic: Glaschu Pollaig) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the First Past the Post method of election. It is currently represented by Humza Yousaf, a member of the Scottish National Party who served as the First Minister of Scotland from March 2023 until May 2024. He has held the seat for the party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
The constituency is one of eight within the Glasgow City council area. It is also 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.

## Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are; Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, 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

The Glasgow Pollok 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

### Boundary review

Following its First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, a newly shaped Pollok was formed in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The Glasgow City Council electoral wards used in the creation of the new Glasgow Pollok seat are:
* In full: Greater Pollok, Craigton
* In part: Govan

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1999 | Johann Lamont | Labour |
| | 2016 | Humza Yousaf | SNP |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Humza Yousaf | 18,163 | 53.7 | 1.1 | 16,600 | 49.1 | 0.4 |
| | Labour | Zubir Ahmed | 11,058 | 32.7 | 1.1 | 8,899 | 26.3 | 0.5 |
| | Conservative | Sandesh Gulhane | 1,849 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3,832 | 11.3 | 2.2 |
| | Scottish Green | Nadia Kanyange | 1,651 | 4.9 | New | 1,975 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 659 | 1.9 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 522 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 455 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 318 | 0.9 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 240 | 0.7 | New |
| | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | 180 | 0.5 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 105 | 0.3 | New |
| | UKIP | Daryl Gardner | 185 | 0.5 | New | 95 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 76 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 157 | 0.5 | New | 75 | 0.2 | New |
| | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | 62 | 0.2 | New |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 58 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 51 | 0.2 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 50 | 0.1 | New |
| | Reclaim | Leo Kearse | 114 | 0.3 | New | 32 | 0.1 | New |
| | No label | Joseph Finnie | 94 | 0.3 | New | | | |
| | Independent | Craig Ross | Craig Ross | Craig Ross | Craig Ross | 25 | 0.1 | New |
| | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | 20 | 0.1 | New |
| | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | 11 | 0.03 | New |
| | Independent | Daniel Donaldson | Daniel Donaldson | Daniel Donaldson | Daniel Donaldson | 10 | 0.03 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,105 | 21.0 | 2.2 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 33,793 | | | 33,828 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 131 | | | 87 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,924 | 54.3 | 8.5 | 33,915 | 54.3 | 8.4 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Elected on the party list |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Humza Yousaf | 15,316 | 54.8 | 10.1 | 13,902 | 49.5 | 7.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 8,834 | 31.6 | 15.8 | 7,237 | 25.8 | 12.3 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 2,653 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 2,545 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 585 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 375 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| | TUSC | Ian Leech | 555 | 2.0 | New | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,363 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 915 | 3.3 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 582 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| | BUP | BUP | BUP | BUP | BUP | 341 | 1.2 | New |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 224 | 0.8 | New |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 212 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 185 | 0.7 | New |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 158 | 0.6 | New |
| | Independent | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | 25 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,482 | 23.2 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 27,943 | | | 28,064 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 142 | | | 69 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,085 | 45.8 | 6.3 | 28,133 | 45.9 | 6.4 |
| | SNP gain from Labour Co-op | SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | Swing | 13.0 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ↑ Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||
Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 10,875 | 47.5 | N/A | 8,760 | 38.1 | N/A |
| | SNP | Chris Stephens | 10,252 | 44.7 | N/A | 9,713 | 42.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Andrew Morrison | 1,298 | 5.7 | N/A | 963 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | Respect | Respect | Respect | Respect | Respect | 664 | 2.9 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 617 | 2.7 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 571 | 2.5 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 369 | 1.6 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 330 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 490 | 2.1 | N/A | 325 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 192 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | Scottish Unionist | Scottish Unionist | Scottish Unionist | Scottish Unionist | Scottish Unionist | 158 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 126 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 100 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Pirate | Pirate | Pirate | Pirate | Pirate | 55 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Caroline Johnstone | Caroline Johnstone | Caroline Johnstone | Caroline Johnstone | 25 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Scottish Homeland Party | Scottish Homeland Party | Scottish Homeland Party | Scottish Homeland Party | Scottish Homeland Party | 24 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 2.8 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 22,915 | | | 22,992 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 154 | | | 97 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,069 | 39.5 | N/A | 23,089 | 39.5 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| Notes ↑ Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2000s

Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 10,456 | 53.9 | +10.5 |
| | SNP | Chris Stephens | 6,063 | 31.2 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Michaluk | 1,460 | 7.5 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Gilmore | 1,436 | 7.4 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,393 | 22.7 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,415 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 9,357 | 43.4 | −0.3 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 6,016 | 27.9 | +6.4 |
| | SNP | Kenny Gibson | 4,118 | 19.1 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Ashraf Anjum | 1,012 | 4.7 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 962 | 4.5 | +0.9 |
| | Parent Excluded | Robert Ray | 73 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,341 | 15.5 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,538 | 45.7 | −6.9 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -0.3 | |

### 1990s

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 11,405 | 43.7 | N/A |
| | SNP | Kenny Gibson | 6,763 | 25.9 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 5,611 | 21.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Rory O'Brien | 1,370 | 5.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | James King | 931 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,642 | 17.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,080 | 52.6 | N/A |
| | Labour Co-op win (new seat) | Labour Co-op win (new seat) | Labour Co-op win (new seat) | Labour Co-op win (new seat) | Labour Co-op win (new seat) |