Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Strathkelvin and Bearsden (UK Parliament constituency).

Strathkelvin and Bearsden
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Strathkelvin and Bearsden shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Rona Mackay
Council area	East Dunbartonshire

Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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 Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

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 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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 represented by the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were altered to include the following electoral wards:

Bearsden South, Campsie and Kirkintilloch North, Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, Bishopbriggs South, Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Sam Galbraith	Labour
2001	Brian Fitzpatrick	Labour
2003	Jean Turner	Independent
2007	David Whitton	Labour
2011	Fiona McLeod	SNP
2016	Rona Mackay	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Rona Mackay	17,060	43.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Andrew Polson	8,960	22.9	+9.7
	Labour	Margaret Mccarthy ^[2]	8,288	21.1	-15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Gordon	4,880	12.5	+4.7
Majority			8,100	20.6
Turnout				62.6
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	14,258	42.2	+20
	Labour	David Whitton	12,456	36.9	+4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Fraser	4,438	13.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Findlay Macdonald	2,600	7.7	-4.5
Majority			1,802	5.3
Turnout			33,752	56.4
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	7.7

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,527	32.3
	SNP		7,944	22.3
	Conservative		4,903	13.7
	Liberal Democrats		4.345	12.2
	Others		6,979	19.6
Majority			3,583	10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Whitton	11,396	31.1	+1.2
	SNP	Robin Easton	8,008	21.9	+8.2
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	6,742	18.4	-12.7
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	5,178	14.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy McInnes	4,658	12.7	-1.3
	Scottish Christian	Bob Handyside	613	1.7	+1.7
Majority			3,388	9.3
Turnout			36,595	60.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	10,988	31.10	+31.10
	Labour	Brian Fitzpatrick	10,550	29.86	-20.87
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Swinson	4,950	14.01	+4.23
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	4,846	13.71	- 8.43
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	4,002	11.33	- 5.03
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+1.24

Scottish Parliament by-election, 2001: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Fitzpatrick	15,401	37.0
	Independent	Dr Jean Turner	7,572	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrison	7,147	17.2
	SNP	Janet Law	6,457	15.5
	Conservative	Charles Ferguson	5,037	12.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Galbraith	21,505	50.7	N/A
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	9,384	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Ferguson	6,934	16.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Howarth	4,144	9.8	N/A
	Anti-Drug (Independent)	Maxi Richards	423	1.0	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Notes and references

« 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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