Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, eight of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region, which also elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The region thus elects a total of 15 MSPs. Prior to the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the region consisted of nine constituencies, and thus elected 16 MSPs in total.

Constituencies and council areas

2026–present

As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the boundaries for the region and its constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It now consists of the eight constituencies shown below.

Seven of these constituencies are entirely within the Glasgow City council area, whilst the Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. The South Lanarkshire area is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions. The Glasgow region covers most of the Glasgow City council area, however the Renfrewshire North and Cardonald constituency, which covers parts of Glasgow and Renfrewshire, forms part of the West Scotland electoral region.[2]

2011–2026

Map of boundaries from 2011

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Eight of the constituencies were entirely within the Glasgow City council area. The Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area.[3] The South Lanarkshire area was otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions.

1999–2011

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

The constituencies were created with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in 1999. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.[4] Holyrood constituencies were unaltered.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Regional list MSPs

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Election results

2026 Scottish Parliament election

More information 2026 Scottish Parliament election, List ...
2026 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow[5]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
AtLS Tommy Sheridan, Dhruva Kumar, Gail Sheridan, Hilda McMahon
ISP Paul Steele
Independent Green Voice Alistair McConnachie
Reform Thomas Kerr, Kim Schmullian, Audrey Dempsey, Allan Lyons, Paul Bennie, Aimee Alexander, Sean O'Hagan, Gordon Millar
Scottish Christian John Cormack
Scottish Common Kamran Butt, Adnan Zafar Rafiq, Thomas Adkins, Kenneth Ifeanyi Nwosu
Conservative Annie Wells, Sandesh Gulhane, Ross Hutton, Kyle Park, John Murray, Josephine MacLeod, Daniel Bowman
Scottish Family Andrew John Brady, John Paul McArthur, Michael James O'Hara, Agnes Gallagher
Green Patrick Harvie, Holly Bruce, Iris Duane, Rana Noor Mohamed, Kit Renard, Isable Ruffell
Labour Anas Sarwar, Pauline McNeill, Paul Sweeney, Monica Lennon, James Adams, Vonnie Sandlan, Eunis Jassemi
Liberal Democrats Daniel O'Malley, Paul Kennedy, James Spiers, Rachel Park, Peter McLaughlin, Amy Carman, Verity Woolley
SNP Alison Thewliss, Ivan McKee, Kaukab Stewart, David Linden, Graham Campbell, Colm Merrick, Declan Blench, Zen Ghani, Annette Christie, Abdul Bostani, Adekemi Giwa, Qasim Hanif
Scottish Socialist Liam McLaughlan, Olivia Murphy, Bill Bonnar[6]
UKIP Donald MacKay, Ian Garbutt, Lynda Davis, Laurence Keeley
Workers Party Yvonne Ridley, George Galloway, Catherine McKernan, Laura Jones
Independent Craig Houston
Independent Elspeth Kerr
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2021 Scottish Parliament election

The candidates for the region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election are as follows:[7]

Constituency results

More information 2021 Scottish Parliament election, List ...
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow[8]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
SNP Roza Salih, Nicola Sturgeon, Clare Haughey, Ivan McKee, Bill Kidd, Alex Kerr, Suzanne McLaughlin, Kaukab Stewart, Katy Loudon, Christina Cannon, Abdul Bostani 133,917 43.9 Decrease0.9
Labour Pauline McNeill, Anas Sarwar, Paul Sweeney, Pam Duncan-Glancy, James Kelly, Eva Murray, Craig Carson, Hollie Cameron, Willie Docherty 74,088 24.3 Increase0.5
Conservative Annie Wells, Sandesh Gulhane, Ade Aibinu, Thomas Kerr, Kyle Thornton, Lynne Nailon, Alix Mathieson 37,027 12.1 Increase0.2
Green Patrick Harvie, Kim Long, Nadia Kanyange, Jon Molyneux, Dan Hutchison, Elaine Gallacher, Emma Cockburn, Anthony Carroll, Blair Anderson, Holly Bruce, Ellie Gomersall, Calum Mcintosh 36,114 11.8 Increase2.4
Liberal Democrats Carole Ford, Andrew Chamberlain, James Speirs, Nicholas Moohan, Sheila Thomson, Mark Simons, Joe McCauley, David McKenzie, Matthew Clark 6,079 2.0 Decrease0.4
Alba Michelle Ferns, Ailsa Gray, Shahid Farooq, Lynn McMahon 5,408 1.8 Increase1.8
All for Unity Jean Anne Mitchell, Ricky Morton, Christian McNeill, Khaleel Mohammed, Niall Fraser, Chris Creighton, Ian Mulholland 2,562 0.8 Increase0.8
Independent Green Voice Alistair McConnachie 2,210 0.7 Increase0.7
Scottish Family William Neeson, Joshua Hall, John Laird, David Tortolano, Margaret Paterson 1,728 0.6 Increase0.6
Women's Equality Ruth Wilkinson, Suzanne Martin, Esthi Thurston, Anna Nordahl 772 0.3 Decrease0.5
Freedom Alliance Carol Dobson, Mary Steven, Diane Hodge, David Mills, Roderick Nicoll, Stephen Lonsdale 759 0.2 Increase0.2
Abolish the Scottish Parliament James Dunsmore, Robert Pressley 702 0.2 Increase0.2
Scottish Libertarian Alan Findlay, Cameron Milne 680 0.2 Increase0.2
TUSC Brian Smith, Sinead Daly, Oisin Duncan, Maddie Jamieson 645 0.2 Increase0.2
Communist Johnnie Hunter 544 0.2 Increase0.2
Reform Andy MacMillan, Jamie-Lee McMillan, Christina MacMillan, Kirsty MacMillan, Ellen MacMillan 543 0.2 Increase0.2
UKIP Daryl Gardner, Chris Ho, Amanda Ranaghan, David Hanna 447 0.1 Decrease1.9
Independent Craig Ross 269 0.1 Increase0.1
SDP Anthony McGinley, Robin John Dudfield, Robert Malyn, Richard Cameron 178 0.1 Increase0.1
Reclaim Leo Kearse 174 0.1 Increase0.1
Renew Ben Meechan, Andrea Kozlowski 100 0.1 Increase0.1
Independent Daniel Donaldson 98 0.0 N/A
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2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

Additional member results

More information 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Party ...
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
SNP 0 -2 111,101 44.8% +4.9%
Labour Anas Sarwar
Johann Lamont
James Kelly
Pauline McNeill
4 +1 59,151 23.8% -11.1%
Conservative Adam Tomkins
Annie Wells
2 +1 29,533 11.9% +5.8%
Green Patrick Harvie 1 ±0 23,398 9.4% +3.5%
Liberal Democrats 0 ±0 5,850 2.4% -0.2%
UKIP 0 ±0 4,889 2.0% +1.4%
Solidarity 0 ±0 3,593 1.4% +1.4%
RISE 0 ±0 2,454 1.0% +1.0%
BUP 0 ±0 2,453 1.0% +1.0%
Women's Equality 0 ±0 2,091 0.8% +0.8%
Animal Welfare 0 ±0 1,819 0.7% +0.7%
Scottish Christian 0 ±0 1,506 0.6% -0.1%
Independent 0 ±0 271 0.1% N/A
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2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

Additional member results

More information 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Party ...
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
SNP Humza Yousaf
Bob Doris
2 -2 83,109 39.8% +12.8%
Labour Hanzala Malik
Drew Smith
Anne McTaggart
3 +3 73,031 35.0% -3.3%
Conservative Ruth Davidson 1 ±0 12,749 6.1% -0.6%
Green Patrick Harvie 1 ±0 12,454 6.0% +0.8%
Respect 0 ±0 6,972 3.3% ±0%
Liberal Democrats 0 -1 5,312 2.5% -4.6%
Scottish Senior Citizens 0 ±0 3,750 1.8% ±0%
BNP 0 ±0 2,424 1.2% -0.7%
Socialist Labour 0 ±0 2,276 1.1% -0.2%
Scottish Christian 0 ±0 1,501 0.7% -0.7%
Scottish Unionist 0 ±0 1,447 0.7% -0.1%
Scottish Socialist 0 ±0 1,362 0.7% -0.6%
Pirate 0 ±0 581 0.3% N/A
Independent 0 ±0 338 0.2% N/A
Scottish Homeland Party 0 ±0 283 0.1% N/A
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2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

Additional member results

More information 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party ...
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 0 78,838 38.2% +0.4%
SNP Bashir Ahmad
Sandra White
Bob Doris
Bill Kidd
4 +2 55,832 27.0% +9.9%
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 ±0 14,767 7.2% -0.1%
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 ±0 13,751 6.7% -0.8%
Green Patrick Harvie 1 ±0 10,759 5.2% -1.9%
Solidarity 0 -1 8,544 4.1% N/A
BNP 0 0 3,865 1.9% +0.7%
Scottish Senior Citizens 0 0 3,703 1.8% -0.5%
Scottish Christian 0 0 2,991 1.4% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 2,680 1.3% -0.2%
CPA 0 0 2,626 1.3% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 -1 2,579 1.2% -14.0%
Scottish Unionist 0 0 1,612 0.8% -0.4%
Publican Party 0 0 952 0.5% N/A
Muhammad Shoaib 0 0 582 0.3% N/A
Independent Green Voice 0 0 496 0.2% N/A
UKIP 0 0 405 0.2% -0.1%
Scottish Voice 0 0 389 0.2% N/A
Asif Nadir 0 0 317 0.2% N/A
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers 0 0 293 0.1% N/A
James Cruickshank 0 0 286 0.1% N/A
Communist 0 0 260 0.1% -0.1%
Nine Per Cent Growth Party 0 0 80 0.0% N/A
Rejected ballots 9,000 (4.17%) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 206,607 43.3% +1.8% N/A N/A N/A
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2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

Changes:

Additional member results

More information 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Party ...
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 0 77,540 37.7% -6.2%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Sandra White
2 −2 34,894 17.1% -8.4%
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan
Rosie Kane
2 +1 31,216 15.2% +8.0%
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 ±0 15,299 7.5% -0.4%
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 ±0 14,839 7.5% -0.4%
Green Patrick Harvie 1 +1 14,570 7.1% +3.1%
Scottish Senior Citizens 0 0 4,750 2.3% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 3,091 1.5% -0.2%
ProLife Alliance 0 0 2,477 1.2% N/A
Scottish Unionist 0 0 2,349 1.1% +0.2%
BNP 0 0 2,344 1.1% N/A
Scottish People's 0 0 612 0.3% N/A
UKIP 0 0 552 0.3% N/A
Communist 0 0 345 0.2%
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1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

Changes:

Additional member results

More information 1999 Scottish Parliament election, Party ...
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 112,588 43.9% N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Dorothy-Grace Elder
Kenneth Gibson
Sandra White
4 N/A 65,360 25.5% N/A
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 N/A 20,239 7.9% N/A
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 1 N/A 18,581 7.2% N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 N/A 18,473 7.2% N/A
Green 0 N/A 10,159 4.0% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,391 1.7% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 2,357 0.9% N/A
Scottish Unionist 0 N/A 2,283 0.9% N/A
Communist 0 N/A 521 0.2% N/A
Humanist 0 N/A 447 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 419 0.2% N/A
Socialist (GB) 0 N/A 309 0.1% N/A
People's Choice 0 N/A 221 0.1% N/A
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