Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Clydesdale | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Clydesdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 72,548 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Màiri McAllan |
Council area | South Lanarkshire |
Clydesdale (Gaelic: Dail Chluaidh) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by Màiri McAllan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
[edit]The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
[edit]The Clydesdale 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.[2]
The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area. The others are the East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Rutherglen and the Uddingston and Bellshill constituencies, all in other electoral regions.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Clydesdale are listed below. All of these wards are part of South Lanarkshire:[3]
- In full: Clydesdale East, Clydesdale North, Clydesdale South, Clydesdale West
- In part: Avondale and Stonehouse (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Karen Gillon | Labour | |
2011 | Aileen Campbell | SNP | |
2021 | Màiri McAllan |
Election results
[edit]2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Màiri McAllan | 17,596 | 43.2 | ![]() | 15,081 | 36.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Eric Holford | 13,018 | 32.0 | ![]() | 12,208 | 29.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Claudia Beamish[a] | 8,960 | 22.0 | ![]() | 8,243 | 20.2 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,258 | 5.5 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Kubie | 1,144 | 2.8 | ![]() | 1,144 | 2.8 | ![]() | |
Alba | 517 | 1.3 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 504 | 1.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 234 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 182 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 123 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 86 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 84 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 71 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 65 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Scotia Future | 16 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Vanguard Party (UK) | 8 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 4,578 | 11.2 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 40,718 | 40,824 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 156 | 81 | ||||||
Turnout | 40,874 | 66.8 | ![]() | 40,905 | 66.9 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() | ||||||
Notes
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2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Aileen Campbell[a] | 14,821 | 44.0 | ![]() | 13,389 | 39.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alex Allison | 8,842 | 26.2 | ![]() | 9,537 | 28.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Claudia Beamish[b] | 6,995 | 20.7 | ![]() | 6,772 | 20.1 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,572 | 4.7 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Danny Meikle | 1,332 | 4.0 | New | ||||
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | Bev Gauld | 909 | 2.7 | New | 536 | 1.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Jamieson Ball | 820 | 2.4 | New | 865 | 2.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 777 | 2.3 | ![]() | |||||
Solidarity | 169 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 123 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Majority | 5,979 | 17.8 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 33,719 | 33,740 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 83 | 66 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,802 | 57.8 | ![]() | 33,806 | 57.8 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() | ||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Aileen Campbell[a] | 14,931 | 49.9 | N/A | 13,813 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Karen Gillon[b] | 10,715 | 35.8 | N/A | 8,650 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Colin McGavigan | 4,291 | 14.3 | N/A | 4,177 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 908 | 3.0 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 700 | 2.3 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 464 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 267 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 339 | 1.1 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 75 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 253 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 279 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 4,216 | 14.1 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 29,937 | 29,967 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 136 | 85 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,073 | 52.9 | N/A | 30,052 | 52.9 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes
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2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Gillon | 13,835 | 41.5 | −4.1 | |
SNP | Aileen Campbell | 10,942 | 32.8 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Colin McGavigan | 5,604 | 16.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fraser Grieve | 2,951 | 8.8 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,893 | 8.7 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,332 | 50.5 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Gillon | 14,800 | 46.6 | +2.6 | |
SNP | John Brady | 8,129 | 25.0 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Alastair Campbell | 5,174 | 16.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fraser Grieve | 2,338 | 7.2 | −1.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Owen Meharry | 1,422 | 4.4 | New | |
Independent | David Morrison | 579 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,671 | 21.6 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,442 | 51.0 | −9.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 |
1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Gillon | 16,755 | 43.02 | N/A | |
SNP | Anne Winning | 12,875 | 33.06 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Cormack | 5,814 | 14.93 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Grieve | 3,503 | 7.89 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,880 | 9.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,324 | 60.61 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 193. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
- ^ "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Return of regional members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Clydesdale constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 6 August 2021.