Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Greenock and Inverclyde was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election, and was also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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| Greenock and Inverclyde | |
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| Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Greenock and Inverclyde shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 72,866 (2019)[1] |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Council area | Inverclyde |
| Replaced by | Inverclyde |
The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency was created for the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, it was abolished, being replaced by Inverclyde from the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. This constituency is slightly larger than Greenock and Inverclyde, and also includes Kilmacolm, which had previously been part of Renfrewshire North and West.[2][3]
The seat's final MSP was Stuart McMillan of the Scottish National Party, who held it from the 2016 Scottish Parliament election until its abolition.
Electoral region
During the period Greenock and Inverclyde was in existence, the other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region were: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
During this periods the region covered part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The constituency covered most of Inverclyde, including the main population centres of Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow. The eastern part of Inverclyde, around the village of Kilmacolm being covered by the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.
The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, ahead of the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of the existing Greenock and Inverclyde constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the boundaries used for elections to the House of Commons constituencies were altered, with the area becoming part of a larger Inverclyde constituency in the UK Parliament. Greenock and Inverclyde was retained as a seat for the Scottish Parliament at this time, and there is now no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries.[4]
The constituency boundaries were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to define Greenock and Inverclyde at this review are listed below:[5]
- In full: Inverclyde Central, Inverclyde East Central, Inverclyde North, Inverclyde South, Inverclyde South West, Inverclyde West
- In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Duncan McNeil | Labour | |
| 2016 | Stuart McMillan | SNP | |
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Stuart McMillan[a] | 19,713 | 54.2 |  0.5 |
17,618 | 48.3 |  1.0 | |
| Labour | Francesca Brennan | 11,539 | 31.7 | 4.0 |
8,569 | 23.5 | 1.1 | |
| Conservative | Caroline Hollins | 3,313 | 9.1 | 5.0 |
5,211 | 14.3 | 0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | 1,033 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
965 | 2.6 | 0.7 | |
| Independent | John Burleigh | 776 | 2.1 | New | ||||
| Green | 2,291 | 6.3 | 2.5 | |||||
| Alba | 728 | 2.0 | New | |||||
| All for Unity | 245 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 216 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 184 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 101 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 61 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 51 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 47 | 0.1 |  0.0 | |||||
| Reform | 46 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 45 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Independent | Maurice Campbell | 24 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Scotia Future | 22 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Independent | James Morrison | 20 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Renew | 4 | 0.0 | New | |||||
| Majority | 8,174 | 22.5 | 3.5 |
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| Valid votes | 36,374 | 36,448 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 116 | 90 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,490 | 63.6 | 5.9 |
36,538 | 63.7 | 5.9 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Stuart McMillan[a] | 17,032 | 53.7 | 11.6 |
15,677 | 49.3 | 6.4 | |
| Labour | Siobhan McCready | 8,802 | 27.7 | 16.2 |
7,822 | 24.6 | 12.1 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 4,487 | 14.1 | 7.0 |
4,731 | 14.9 | 8.0 | |
| Green | 1,209 | 3.8 | 1.8 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Watson | 1,404 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
1,057 | 3.3 | 1.1 | |
| UKIP | 561 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |||||
| Solidarity | 338 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 259 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |||||
| RISE | 118 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 46 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 8,230 | 26.0 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 31,725 | 31,818 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 113 | 63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,838 | 57.7 | 8.0 |
31,881 | 57.8 | 8.1 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 13.9 |
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Duncan McNeil[a] | 12,387 | 43.9 | N/A | 10,344 | 36.7 | N/A | |
| SNP | Stuart McMillan[b] | 11,876 | 42.1 | N/A | 12,079 | 42.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 2,011 | 7.1 | N/A | 1,955 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie[b] | 1,934 | 6.9 | N/A | 1,244 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Green | 551 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 483 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 416 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 266 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 208 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
| UKIP | 174 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 166 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 38 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | Richard Vassie | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
| Others | 233 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 511 | 1.8 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 28,208 | 28,169 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 132 | 134 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,340 | 49.7 | N/A | 28,303 | 49.7 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes
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2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 10,035 | 43.4 | +2.7 | |
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | 7,011 | 30.3 | +15.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 3,893 | 16.8 | −11.2 | |
| Conservative | Charles Ferguson | 2,166 | 9.4 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 3,024 | 13.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,105 | 51.8 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 9,674 | 40.7 | −0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 6,665 | 28.0 | +1.8 | |
| SNP | Tom Chalmers | 3,532 | 14.9 | −8.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Tricia McCafferty | 2,338 | 9.8 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Charles Dunlop | 1,572 | 6.6 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,009 | 12.7 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,781 | 51.7 | −7.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 11,817 | 41.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 7,504 | 26.2 | N/A | |
| SNP | Ian Hamilton | 6,762 | 23.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Wilkinson | 1,699 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 857 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,313 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,639 | 59.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||