Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Electorate61,011 (2022)^[1]

Created1999

Clydesdale
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Clydesdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral region	South Scotland
Electorate	61,011 (2022)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Màiri McAllan
Council area	South Lanarkshire

Clydesdale (Gaelic: Dail Chluaidh) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire.^[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 South 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]

The seat has been held by Màiri McAllan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the other nine constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Dumfriesshire; East Kilbride; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley; and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.^[3] The region covers the whole of the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, and South Ayrshire council areas; and parts of the council areas of East Ayrshire, Midlothian, and South Lanarkshire.^[4] By population it is now the largest of Scotland's eight electoral regions.^[3]

Prior to the 2025 review, there were nine constituencies in the South Scotland region. Besides Clydesdale, the other eight constituencies were: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Dumfriesshire; East Lothian; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. The region covered the Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire council areas in full and elements of the East Lothian, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire council areas.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

Clydesdale constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area. Of the five, East Kilbride and Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse are also now within the South Scotland region. Rutherglen is within the Glasgow region; Uddingston and Bellshill is part of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region.^[5]

The Clydesdale constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Clydedale Parliament constituency of the UK Parliament. For the 2005 United Kingdom general election Scottish House of Commons constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[6] The seat remained unchanged following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries undertaken by Boundaries Scotland ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.^[7] The electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council used in the current creation of Clydesdale are:^[8]

Clydesdale West (entire ward)
Clydesdale North (entire ward)
Clydesdale East (entire ward)
Clydesdale South (entire ward)
Avondale and Stonehouse (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)
East Kilbride South (shared with East Kilbride)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Karen Gillon	Labour
2011	Aileen Campbell	SNP
2021	Màiri McAllan	SNP

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Brodie
	Reform	Dan Clarke
	Labour	Lynsey Hamilton
	SNP	Màiri McAllan^[a]
	Conservative	Julie Pirone
Majority
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Màiri McAllan	17,596	43.2	0.8	15,081	36.9	2.8
	Conservative	Eric Holford	13,018	32.0	5.8	12,208	29.9	1.6
	Labour	Claudia Beamish^[a]	8,960	22.0	1.3	8,243	20.2	0.1
	Green					2,258	5.5	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Kubie	1,144	2.8	0.4	1,144	2.8	0.2
	Alba					517	1.3	New
	All for Unity					504	1.2	New
	Scottish Family					234	0.6	New
	Independent Green Voice					182	0.4	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					123	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					86	0.2	New
	Reform					84	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					71	0.2	New
	UKIP					65	0.2	2.1
	Scotia Future					16	0.0	New
	Vanguard Party (UK)					8	0.0	New
Majority			4,578	11.2	6.6
Valid votes			40,718			40,824
Invalid votes			156			81
Turnout			40,874	66.8	9.0	40,905	66.9	9.1
	SNP hold		Swing		3.3
Notes 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Aileen Campbell^[a]	14,821	44.0	5.9	13,389	39.7	6.0
	Conservative	Alex Allison	8,842	26.2	11.9	9,537	28.3	14.4
	Labour	Claudia Beamish^[b]	6,995	20.7	15.1	6,772	20.1	8.7
	Green					1,572	4.7	1.7
	Independent	Danny Meikle	1,332	4.0	New
	Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent	Bev Gauld	909	2.7	New	536	1.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Jamieson Ball	820	2.4	New	865	2.6	0.3
	UKIP					777	2.3	2.2
	Solidarity					169	0.5	0.4
	RISE					123	0.4	New
Majority			5,979	17.8	3.7
Valid votes			33,719			33,740
Invalid votes			83			66
Turnout			33,802	57.8	4.9	33,806	57.8	4.9
	SNP hold		Swing		8.9
Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Aileen Campbell^[a]	14,931	49.9	N/A	13,813	45.7	N/A
	Labour	Karen Gillon^[b]	10,715	35.8	N/A	8,650	28.8	N/A
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	4,291	14.3	N/A	4,177	13.9	N/A
	Green					908	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats					700	2.3	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					464	1.5	N/A
	BNP					267	0.9	N/A
	Scottish Christian					339	1.1	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					75	0.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour					253	0.8	N/A
	Solidarity					42	0.1	N/A
	UKIP					279	0.9	N/A
Majority			4,216	14.1	N/A
Valid votes			29,937			29,967
Invalid votes			136			85
Turnout			30,073	52.9	N/A	30,052	52.9	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Gillon	13,835	41.5	−4.1
	SNP	Aileen Campbell	10,942	32.8	+7.8
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	5,604	16.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	2,951	8.8	+1.6
Majority			2,893	8.7	−13.9
Turnout			33,332	50.5	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Constituency boundaries and council area

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Gillon	14,800	46.6	+2.6
	SNP	John Brady	8,129	25.0	−7.9
	Conservative	Alastair Campbell	5,174	16.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	2,338	7.2	−1.7
	Scottish Socialist	Owen Meharry	1,422	4.4	New
	Independent	David Morrison	579	1.8	New
Majority			6,671	21.6	+11.6
Turnout			32,442	51.0	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Gillon	16,755	43.02	*N/A*
	SNP	Anne Winning	12,875	33.06	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Cormack	5,814	14.93	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Grieve	3,503	7.89	N/A
Majority			3,880	9.96	N/A
Turnout			39,324	60.61	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

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Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Islands Shetland Islands Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
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North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine Aberdeen Donside Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Kilbride Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden