Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Clydebank and Milngavie (Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh agus Muileann-Ghaidh) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3]

Electoral regionWest Scotland
Electorate55,112 (2022)[1]
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
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Clydebank and Milngavie
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Clydebank and Milngavie shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral regionWest Scotland
Electorate55,112 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPMarie McNair
Council areaWest Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
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The current member is Marie McNair of the Scottish National Party (SNP), who has held the seat since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

See also: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley, and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.[3] The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow.[4]

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

The rest of East Dunbartonshire is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency; the rest of West Dunbartonshire is covered by the Dumbarton constituency.[5]

The Clydebank and Milngavie constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the existing Clydebank and Milngavie UK Parliament constituency. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the House of Commons constituencies in Scotland were altered, whilst the existing Scottish Parliament constituencies were retained.[6] There is now longer any link between the two sets of boundaries. The constituency boundaries were reviewed and altered ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. In 2025, ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, a further review was undertaken: a very minor boundary change was made in the Old Kilpatrick area where the constituency borders the Dumbarton constituency in order to align constituency and ward boundaries.[7]

The electoral wards of East Dunbartonshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Council used in the current creation of Clydebank and Milngavie are:[2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1999 Des McNulty Labour
2011 Gil Paterson SNP
2021 Marie McNair
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Election results

2020s

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2026 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie[8][9]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Scottish Common Claire Gallagher
Liberal Democrats Ben Langmead
Conservative Alix Mathieson
SNP Marie McNair
Labour Callum McNally
Reform Andy White
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Scotland
AtLS
ISP
Independent Green Voice
Scottish Family
Green
Scottish Libertarian
Liberal
Scottish Socialist
Socialist Labour
UKIP
Independent Paul Mack
Independent Paddy McCarthy
Independent William Wallace
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Invalid votes
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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie[10][11]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Marie McNair 17,787 47.2 Decrease2.0 15,121 40.1 Decrease3.0
Labour Douglas McAllister 12,513 33.2 Increase9.7 8,866 23.5 Increase3.5
Conservative Pam Gosal 4,153 11.0 Decrease7.4 6,622 17.6 Decrease2.2
Green 3,269 8.7 Increase1.8
Liberal Democrats Katy Gordon 2,987 7.9 Decrease1.0 2,169 5.8 Decrease0.6
Alba 576 1.5 New
All for Unity 343 0.9 New
Independent Alexander Robertson 220 0.6 New
Scottish Family 189 0.5 New
Independent Green Voice 172 0.5 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 85 0.2 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 65 0.2 New
Scottish Libertarian 56 0.1 New
Reform 48 0.1 New
TUSC 47 0.1 New
UKIP 32 0.1 Decrease1.5
Independent James Morrison 21 0.1 New
Independent Maurice Campbell 18 0.0 New
Scotia Future 12 0.0 New
Renew 3 0.0 New
Majority 5,274 14.0 Decrease11.7
Valid votes 37,660 37,714
Invalid votes 107 66
Turnout 37,767 69.0 Increase8.8 37,780 69.0 Increase8.8
SNP hold Swing
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2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie[12]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Gil Paterson[a] 16,158 49.2 Increase5.9 14,216 43.1 Increase1.2
Labour Gail Casey 7,726 23.5 Decrease17.3 6,595 20.0 Decrease12.7
Conservative Maurice Golden 6,029 18.4 Increase8.7 6,536 19.8 Increase9.4
Green 2,259 6.9 Increase3.1
Liberal Democrats Frank Bowles 2,925 8.9 Increase2.7 2,126 6.4 Increase1.6
UKIP 511 1.6 Increase0.9
Solidarity 278 0.8 Increase0.6
Scottish Christian 207 0.6 Decrease0.2
RISE 173 0.5 New
Scottish Libertarian 39 0.1 New
Majority 8,432 25.7 Increase23.2
Valid votes 32,838 32,940
Invalid votes 114 50
Turnout 32,952 60.2 Increase6.5 32,990 60.2 Increase6.5
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. [a]
    Incumbent member for this constituency
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2011 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie[13]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Gil Paterson[a] 12,278 43.3 N/A 11,935 41.9 N/A
Labour Des McNulty[b] 11,564 40.8 N/A 9,295 32.7 N/A
Conservative Alice Struthers 2,758 9.7 N/A 2,887 10.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Duncan 1,769 6.2 N/A 1,379 4.8 N/A
Green 1,076 3.8 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 452 1.6 N/A
Scottish Christian 231 0.8 N/A
Socialist Labour 218 0.8 N/A
BNP 204 0.7 N/A
UKIP 200 0.7 N/A
Scottish Socialist 199 0.7 N/A
Ban Bankers Bonuses 111 0.4 N/A
Pirate 74 0.3 N/A
Solidarity 58 0.2 N/A
Independent Richard Vassie 30 0.1 N/A
Majority 714 2.5 N/A
Valid votes 28,369 28,349
Invalid votes 109 110
Turnout 28,478 53.7 N/A 28,459 53.7 N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
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  1. [a]
    Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. [b]
    Incumbent member for this constituency
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2000s

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des McNulty 11,617 43.4 +3.5
SNP Gil Paterson 8,438 31.5 +8.7
Conservative Murray Roxburgh 3,544 13.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai 3,166 11.8 −0.4
Majority 3,179 11.9 −5.2
Turnout 26,765 55.9 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
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2003 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des McNulty 10,585 39.9 −5.4
SNP James Yuill 6,051 22.8 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 3,224 12.2 −0.3
Conservative Mary Leishman 2,885 10.9 −0.2
Scottish Socialist Dawn Brennan 1,902 7.2 New
Independent Danny McCafferty 1,867 7.0 New
Majority 4,534 17.1 +3.0
Turnout 26,514 51.7 −11.8
Labour hold Swing
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1990s

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des McNulty 15,105 45.3 N/A
SNP James Yuill 10,395 31.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 4,149 12.5 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Luckhurst 3,688 11.1 N/A
Majority 4,710 14.1 N/A
Turnout 33,337 63.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
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