Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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.

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
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPGil Paterson
Council areaWest Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire

Electoral region
See also: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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:

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Des McNulty Labour
2011 Gil Paterson Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Gil Paterson 16,158 49.2 +5.9
Labour Gail Casey 7,726 23.5 -17.3
Conservative Maurice Golden 6,029 18.4 +8.7
Liberal Democrats Frank Bowles 2,925 8.9 +2.7
Majority 8,432 25.7 +23.2
Turnout 32,838 60.0 +6.9
SNP hold Swing
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Gil Paterson 12,278 43.3 N/A
Labour Des McNulty 11,564 40.8 N/A
Conservative Alice Struthers 2,758 9.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Duncan 1,769 6.2 N/A
Majority 714 2.5 N/A
Turnout 28,369 53.1 N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s
2007 Scottish Parliament election: 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 -5.2
Turnout 26,765 55.9 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Des McNulty 10,585 39.9 -5.4
SNP James Yuill 6,051 22.8 -8.4
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 3,224 12.2 -0.3
Conservative Mary Leishman 2,885 10.9 -0.2
Scottish Socialist Dawn Brennan 1,902 7.2 New
Independent Danny McCafferty 1,867 7.0 New
Majority 4,534 17.1 +3.0
Turnout 26,514 51.7 -11.8
Labour hold Swing

1990s
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Des McNulty 15,105 45.3 N/A
SNP James Yuill 10,395 31.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 4,149 12.5 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Luckhurst 3,688 11.1 N/A
Majority 4,710 14.1 N/A
Turnout 33,337 63.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references
  1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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