Glasgow_Parliamentary_Constituencies

Glasgow parliamentary constituencies

Glasgow parliamentary constituencies

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The city of Glasgow, located in Scotland, UK, is represented in both the Westminster Parliament in London, and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. At Westminster, it is represented by seven Members of Parliament (MPs), all elected to represent individual constituencies at least once every five years, using the first-past-the-post system of voting. In Holyrood, Glasgow is represented by sixteen MSPs, nine of whom are elected to represent individual constituencies once every five years using first-past-the-post, and seven of whom are elected as additional members, through proportional representation.

The Scottish Parliamentary electoral region of Glasgow shown within Scotland.

The current Westminster constituencies have been in use since the 2005 General Election, and those currently used at Holyrood were implemented following a boundary review in 2011. At Westminster, seven MPs representing Glasgow constituencies belong to the Scottish National Party. Each MP was elected in 2019. In Holyrood, following elections in May 2021, all nine Glasgow constituency seats are currently held by the Scottish National Party. Four Labour members, as well as two from the Conservative party and one from the Green Party, were also elected from the Glasgow regional list.

Westminster constituencies

See also: Scottish Westminster constituencies
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Holyrood constituencies

See also: Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Historical representation

Bonar Law was Prime Minister of the UK from 1922 to 1923 and was the Conservative MP for Glasgow Central from 1918 to 1923.

1708–1801

  • Clyde Burghs – Burgh constituency which elected one MP to Westminster.

1832–1885

  • Glasgow – Burgh constituency which elected two MPs to Westminster from 1832 to 1868, and then three members from 1868 to 1885.

1885–1918

1918–1950

George Nicoll Barnes was leader of the Labour Party 1910–11 and a Glasgow MP 1906–22.

1950–1955

1955–1974

1974–1983

Roy Jenkins was a founder of the SDP and the MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1982–87.

1983–1997 (11 MPs)

Donald Dewar was the inaugural First Minister of Scotland (1999–2000), and a Labour MP in Glasgow from 1978 until his death in 2000. His statue stands in Buchanan Street, Glasgow.

  Labour   SNP   SDP

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1997–2005 (10 MPs)

George Galloway was a Labour MP in Glasgow from 1987 to 2005. He was leader of the Respect Party and later MP for Bradford West.

  Labour   Respect   Speaker

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These constituencies were also used in the Scottish Parliament (1999–2011).

2005 – present (7 MPs)

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References

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    The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
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    Vast majority of constituency was outwith Glasgow City Council area following 1995 reorganisation.
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