Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency).

Clydebank and Milngavie
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Clydebank and Milngavie shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Gil Paterson
Council area	West Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire

Clydebank and Milngavie is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, the Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers 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 Clydebank and Milngavie constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.^[1]

The rest of East Dunbartonshire is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency. While the rest of West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the electoral wards used to form this constituency are:

Milngavie, Bearsden North, Kilpatrick, Clydebank Central, Clydebank Waterfront

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Des McNulty	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Gil Paterson	Scottish National Party
2016	Gil Paterson	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gil Paterson	16,158	49.2	+5.9
	Labour	Gail Casey	7,726	23.5	-17.2
	Conservative	Maurice Golden	6,029	18.4	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bowles	2,925	8.9	+2.7
Majority			8,432	25.7
Turnout				60.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gil Paterson	12,278	43.3	+13.3
	Labour	Des McNulty	11,564	40.8	+0.2
	Conservative	Alice Struthers	2,758	9.7	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	1,769	6.2	-7.0
Majority			714	2.5
Turnout			28,369	53.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	6.5%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		12,074	40.6
	SNP		8,916	30.0
	Conservative		4,285	14.4
	Liberal Democrats		3,934	13.2
	Others		551	1.9
Majority			3,158	10.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	11,617	43.4	+3.5
	SNP	Gil Paterson	8,438	31.5	+8.7
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	3,544	13.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	3,166	11.8	-0.4
Majority			3,179	11.9
Turnout			26,765	55.9	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	10,585	39.92	-5.39
	SNP	James Yuill	6,051	22.82	-8.36
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	3,224	12.16	-0.29
	Conservative	Mary Leishman	2,885	10.88	-0.18
	Scottish Socialist	Dawn Brennan	1,902	7.17	+7.17
	Independent	Danny McCafferty	1,867	7.04	+7.04
Majority			4,534	17.10	+2.97
Turnout			26,514	51.66	-11.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des McNulty	15,105	45.31	N/A
	SNP	James Yuill	10,395	31.18	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	4,149	12.45	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	3,688	11.06	N/A
Majority			4,710	14.13
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

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

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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