West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Scottish Parliament electoral region
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West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
| West Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
West Scotland shown within Scotland | |
| Electorate | 591,614 (2022)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Conservative 3 Scottish Green 1 Liberal Democrat 1 |
| Council areas | Argyll and Bute (part) Glasgow (part) East Ayrshire (part) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire |
| Constituencies | Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden |
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.[2]
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.[3]
Constituencies and local government areas
Constituencies and council areas 2026–present
As a result of the Second Periodic Review in 2025, the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The West Scotland gained a small portion of the East Ayrshire council area from the South Scotland region due to boundary changes of the Cunninghame South constituency, and an area from the Glasgow region due to the new constituency of Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, which covers part of the city of Glasgow and Renfrewshire being added to the region.[4][5]
Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Map of boundaries 2011-2026
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covered:
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| as West of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
| 1st (1999–2003) |
Colin Campbell (SNP) |
Kay Ullrich (SNP) |
Lloyd Quinan (SNP) |
Fiona McLeod (SNP) |
Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) |
Annabel Goldie (Conservative) |
John Young (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2nd (2003–07) |
Stewart Maxwell (SNP) |
Campbell Martin (SNP) |
Bruce McFee (SNP) |
Frances Curran (Socialist) |
Murray Tosh (Conservative) | |||||||||
| 3rd (2007–11) |
Stuart McMillan (SNP) |
Bill Wilson (SNP) |
Gil Paterson (SNP) |
Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| as West Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 4th (2011–16) |
Stewart Maxwell (SNP) |
Stuart McMillan (SNP) |
Mary Fee (Labour) |
Neil Bibby (Labour) |
Margaret McDougall (Labour) |
Annabel Goldie (Conservative) |
Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | |||||||
| 5th (2016–21) |
Ross Greer (Green) |
Ken Macintosh (Labour) |
Jamie Greene (Conservative) (later Lib Dem) |
Maurice Golden (Conservative) |
Maurice Corry (Conservative) | |||||||||
| 6th (2021–26) |
Katy Clark (Labour) |
Paul O'Kane (Labour) |
Russell Findlay (Conservative) |
Pam Gosal (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| 7th (2026–) |
Malcolm Offord (Reform) |
David Smith (Reform) |
Cara McKee (Green) | |||||||||||
Election results
2026 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Marie McNair | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame South | Patricia Gibson | SNP hold | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | |
| Eastwood | Kirsten Oswald | SNP gain from Conservative | |
| Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNP hold | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire North and Cardonald | Michelle Campbell | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley | Tom Arthur | SNP hold | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Adam Harley | Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | |
Additional Member results
| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Stuart McMillan, Kirsten Oswald, Michelle Campbell, Patricia Gibson, Kenneth Gibson, Tom Arthur, Sophie Traynor, Denis Johnston, Michael Gibbons, Andrew Steel | 91,257 | 27.3 | –13.4 | |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Katy Clark, Paul O'Kane, Francesca Brennan, Kayleigh Quinn, Mike McKirdy, Colette McDiarmid, Matthew McGowan | 68,045 | 20.4 | –1.9 | |
| Reform | Malcolm Offord, David Smith, Moira Ramage, Mike Mann, Matt McLean, Andy White | 58,332 | 17.5 | +17.3 | |
| Green | Ross John Greer, Cara McKee, Karen Frances Sharkey, Paula Baker, Ross Collins | 41,372 | 12.4 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | Russell Findlay, Jackson Carlaw, Pam Gosal, Alix Mathieson, Gary Mulvaney, Maurice Corry, Jack Hall, Ronnie Stalker, Farooq Choudhry, Ted Runciman | 31,867 | 9.5 | –12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Alexander Harley, Jamie Gillan Greene, Christine Margaret Murdoch, Grant Robert Toghill, Emma Florence Farthing, Ross Stalker, Elaine Ruth Ford | 24,852 | 7.4 | +3.9 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Ian Inkster | 2,721 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
| Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie, Luke Reid, Matt Lynch, Paul Gallacher | 2,668 | 0.8 | +0.2 | |
| AtLS | Gordon James Ross, Simon McLean, Kenneth Steven McNeil, Ian Vallance, Eamonn John Gallagher | 2,490 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | James McDaid, Louise Anne Margaret McDaid, Bobby Cochrane, Bryan McLardy, David Don Jacobsen | 2,260 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Allan Richard Morison Steele, Andrew Keir MacGregor | 1,748 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| ISP | Colette Walker | 1,634 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Veronica Edgely, Jonathan Judge, Colin Edgely | 1,444 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | William Wallace | 890 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | Ken Thomson, Ian Gibson | 804 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Scottish Common Party | Claire Gallagher | 542 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Ben Walker, Mike Pursglove, Gillian Ammoun | 356 | 0.1 | ±0 | |
| Independent | Paul Mack | 308 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Paddy McCarthy | 290 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Alex William Findlay, Cameron Alexander Milne | 263 | 0.1 | ±0 | |
2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Marie McNair | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame South | Ruth Maguire | SNP hold | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | |
| Eastwood | Jackson Carlaw | Conservative hold | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNP hold | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Natalie Don | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire South | Tom Arthur | SNP hold | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Rona Mackay | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[7][8][9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Michelle Campbell, Stuart McMillan, Kenneth Gibson, Rona Mackay, Colm Merrick, Lorna Douglas, Annette Ireland, Debra Torrance, Gavin Lundy, Jonathan McColl, Daniel Kennedy | 152,671 | 40.4 |  1.8 | |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Katy Clark, Paul O'Kane, Johanna Baxter, Matt Kerr, Francesca Brennan, Douglas McAllister, Katie Pragnell, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Ed Grady, Nairn McDonald | 83,782 | 22.2 | 0.3 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw, Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene, Pam Gosal, Julie Pirone, Andrew Polson, Derek Stillie, Maurice Corry, Caroline Hollins-Martin, David Rocks | 82,640 | 21.9 | 0.3 | |
| Green | Ross Greer, Carolynn Scrimgeour, Scott Bevan, Erin Crawley, Ross Collins, Emma Sheppard, Charley O'Hear | 26,632 | 7.1 |  1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Jacci Stoyle, Susan Murray, Ross Stalker, Rod Ackland, Eileen McCartin, Ruby Kirkwood | 13,570 | 3.6 | 0.2 | |
| Alba | Christopher McEleny, Caroline McAllister, Ellen McMaster, Delia Henry | 6,133 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| All for Unity | David Griffiths, Catherine McCall, Paul McLafferty, Senol Jason Ali, Calum Robertson, Rhona Cameron, Robert Aikman | 3,372 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie, Martin Bell, Matthew Lynch, Mary Toal, Cecilia Tortolano | 2,345 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Iain Inkster | 1,983 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Robert Watson | 916 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Jill McGowan, Maria Smith, Grant Stirling, Mark Turnbull | 766 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Reform | John McCallum, Wayne Darnell, Peter Sievwright, Martyn Greene | 600 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Jonathan Rainey | 499 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| TUSC | Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian Kerr | 479 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| UKIP | Janice Mackay, Eunice Normansell, Robert Hill, Sharon Boyle, Ian Emery | 463 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
| Scotia Future | Andy Doig | 257 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | James Morrison | 248 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Maurice Campbell | 234 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Renew | Peter Morton | 97 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
- 4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members)
- 1 Scottish Greens MSP (a regional member)
Constituency results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame South | Ruth Maguire | SNP hold | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | |
| Eastwood | Jackson Carlaw | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Stuart McMillan | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNP hold | |
| Renfrewshire South | Tom Arthur | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Rona Mackay | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
Elected regional list MSPs are shown in bold; elected constituency MSPs, who stood on a party list, are shown in italics.
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | Derek Mackay, Stewart Maxwell, Kenneth Gibson, Stuart McMillan, Rona Mackay, Ian McDougall, Gil Paterson, Gail Robertson, Ruth Maguire, Qasim Hanif, Nighet Riaz | 135,827 | 42.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Mary Fee, Ken Macintosh, Johanna Baxter, Joe Cullinane, Siobhan McCready, Martin McCluskey, Moira Ramage, Paul Sweeney, Gail Casey, Ben Procter | 72,544 | 22.5 | −10.2 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw, Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, Maurice Corry, Andrew Polson, David Wilson, Paul Masterton, Graeme Brooks, Billy McClure, Ann Le Blond | 71,528 | 22.2 | +9.5 | |
| Green | Ross Greer, Veronika Tudhope, Ciaran Roarty, Yvonne McLellan, Joshua McCormick, Fiona Clark, Ryan Paul Morrison, Sarah Anderson | 17,218 | 5.3 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon, Ashay Ghai, Aileen Morton, Ruby Kirkwood, John Mandby Watson, John William Duncan, Charity Elizabeth Pierce, Tristan Philip Pierre Gray | 12,097 | 3.8 | +0.5 | |
| UKIP | Sharon Marie McGonigal, Michael Burrows, Robert Malyn | 5,856 | 1.8 | +1.1 | |
| Solidarity | Gail Sheridan, Garry MacLachlan, Patricia Donald, Archibald Muir Thomson, Susan Thomson | 2,609 | 0.8 | +0.7 | |
| Scottish Christian | Brian Lally | 2,391 | 0.7 | −0.1 | |
| RISE | Colin Turbett, Sandra Webster, Kieran McCallum, Lindsay Brown | 1,522 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 484 | 0.2 | N/A | |
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members)
- 7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
Constituency results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Gil Paterson | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Cunninghame North | Kenneth Gibson | SNP hold | |
| Cunninghame South | Margaret Burgess | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Labour hold | |
| Eastwood | Ken Macintosh | Labour hold | |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Labour hold | |
| Paisley | George Adam | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Renfrewshire North and West | Derek Mackay | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Renfrewshire South | Hugh Henry | Labour hold | |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Fiona McLeod | SNP gain from Labour | |
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Stewart Maxwell Stuart McMillan |
2 | -2 | 117,306 | 41.5 | +13 | |
| Labour | Mary Fee Neil Bibby Margaret McDougall |
3 | +3 | 92,530 | 32.8 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie Jackson Carlaw |
2 | ±0 | 35,995 | 12.7 | -2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 9,148 | 3.2 | -4.9 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 8,414 | 3.0 | ±0 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,771 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,865 | 1.0 | +0.4 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,162 | 0.8 | -0.5 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1,752 | 0.6 | ±0 | ||
| Ban Bankers Bonuses | 0 | 0 | 1,204 | 0.4 | ±0 | ||
| Pirate | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0.3 | ±0 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0.2 | ±0 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0.2 | -1.8 | ||