Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Inverclyde | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Inverclyde shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | West Scotland |
| Population | 78,880 (2024)[1] |
| Electorate | 60,794 (2022)[2] |
| Major settlements | Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm |
| Future constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Council area | Inverclyde |
| Created from | Greenock and Inverclyde |
Inverclyde is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering the entire council area of Inverclyde.[3] 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.[4]
The seat was created by the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries in 2025, and is expected to be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It replaces the former Greenock and Inverclyde, which was abolished at this review. It also includes the village of Kilmacolm, which was formerly in the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.[5]
The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Clydebank and Milngavie, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley, and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.[4] 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.[6]
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Inverclyde constituency is coterminous with the Inverclyde council area. It covers all the electoral wards of the Inverclyde Council in full.[3]
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | |||||||
| Reform | Malcolm Offord | |||||||
| Labour | Francesca Brennan | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Greene[9] | |||||||
| Conservative | Ted Runciman | |||||||
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | ||||||||
| Alliance to Liberate Scotland | ||||||||
| ISP | ||||||||
| Independent Green Voice | ||||||||
| Scottish Common Party | ||||||||
| Scottish Family | ||||||||
| Green | ||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | ||||||||
| Liberal | ||||||||
| Scottish Socialist | ||||||||
| Socialist Labour | ||||||||
| UKIP | ||||||||
| Independent | Paul Mack | |||||||
| Independent | Paddy McCarthy | |||||||
| Independent | William Wallace | |||||||
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