Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Pollok
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Glasgow Pollok shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Humza Yousaf
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Pollok is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Pollok 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

Boundary review

Following its First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, a newly shaped Kelvin was formed in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The Glasgow City Council electoral wards used in the creation of the new Glasgow Pollok seat are:

In full: Greater Pollok, Craigton
In part: Govan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Johann Lamont	Labour
2003
2007
2011
2016	Humza Yousaf	SNP

Election results

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Scottish Parliament Election 2016: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf	15,316	54.8%	+10.1
	Labour	Johann Lamont	8,834	31.6%	−15.8
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	2,653	9.5%	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Nelson	585	2.1%	−0.0
	TUSC	Ian Leech	555	2.0%	+2.0
Majority			6,482	+10.1
Turnout			27,943	45.78%
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+10.1

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Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Johann Lamont	10,875	47.5	-5.2
	SNP	Chris Stephens	10,252	44.7	+11.9
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	1,298	5.7	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	490	2.1	-4.9
Majority			623	2.7
Turnout			22,915	39
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.5

Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		12,126	52.7
	SNP		7,571	32.9
	Liberal Democrats		1,611	7.0
	Conservative		1,597	6.9
	Others		125	0.5
Majority			4,555	19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Pollok ^[3]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Johann Lamont		10,456	53.86	+10.42	8,915	43.13
	SNP	Chris Stephens		6,063	31.23	+12.11	5,352	25.89
	Conservative	Gerald Michaluk		1,460	7.52	+2.82	1,020	4.93
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Gilmore		1,436	7.40	+2.93	792	3.83
	Solidarity						1,502	7.27
	Scottish Green						538	2.50
	Scottish Senior Citizens						486	2.26
	BNP						419	1.95
	Scottish Christian						333	1.55
	Scottish Socialist						318	1.48
	Socialist Labour						284	1.32
	Christian Peoples						239	1.11
	Scottish Unionist						150	0.70
	Publican Party						99	0.46
	UKIP						44	0.20
	Scottish Voice						41	0.19
	Independent - Asif Nasir						31	0.14
	Independent Green Voice						31	0.14
	Independent - Muhammad Shoaib						29	0.13
	Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers						25	0.12
	Communist						15	0.07
	Independent - James Cruikshank						4	0.02
	Nine Percent Growth Party						3	0.01
Informal votes				2,106			851
Total Valid votes				19,415			20,670
Turnout				21,521
	Labour hold		Majority	4,393	22.63	+7.11

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Johann Lamont	9,357	43.4	-0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	6,016	27.9	+6.4
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	4,118	19.1	-6.8
	Conservative	Ashraf Anjum	1,012	4.7	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	962	4.5	+0.9
	PE	Robert Ray	73	0.3	+0.3
Majority			3,341	15.5	-2.3
Turnout			21,538	45.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Johann Lamont	11,405	43.7	N/A
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	6,763	25.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	5,611	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	1,370	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James King	931	3.6	N/A
Majority			4,642	17.8	N/A
Turnout			26,080	52.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

↑ Candidates Glasgow City Council
↑ Candidates Glasgow City Council
↑ Sub-constituency election results for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections - data- Scotland Office, 30 April 2008 (retrieved 5.04.11)

« 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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