Strathkelvin and Bearsden | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Strathkelvin and Bearsden shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 80,007 (2019)[1] |
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.
The seat has been held by Rona Mackay of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
[edit]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
[edit]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.[2]
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
- Bishopbriggs North and Campsie
- Bishopbriggs South
- Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar
- Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Sam Galbraith | Labour | |
2001 | Brian Fitzpatrick | ||
2003 | Jean Turner | Independent | |
2007 | David Whitton | Labour | |
2011 | Fiona McLeod | SNP | |
2016 | Rona Mackay |
Election results
[edit]2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Rona Mackay[a] | 21,064 | 45.5 | ![]() |
17,026 | 36.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Andrew Polson | 9,580 | 20.7 | ![]() |
10,225 | 22.0 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Callum McNally | 8,510 | 18.4 | ![]() |
9,104 | 19.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Murray | 6,675 | 14.4 | ![]() |
4,099 | 8.8 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 3,873 | 8.3 | ![]() | |||||
Alba | 677 | 1.5 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 412 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie | 415 | 0.9 | New | 304 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent Green Voice | 263 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 95 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 84 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 61 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 44 | 0.1 | New | |||||
TUSC | 32 | 0.1 | New | |||||
UKIP | 31 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Renew | 27 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | James Morrison | 18 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Independent | Maurice Campbell | 10 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Scotia Future | 6 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 11,484 | 24.8 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 46,244 | 46,391 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 119 | 74 | ||||||
Turnout | 46,363 | 72.0 | ![]() |
46,465 | 72.2 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Rona Mackay | 17,060 | 43.5 | ![]() |
14,862 | 37.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Andrew Polson | 8,960 | 22.9 | ![]() |
9,646 | 24.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Margaret Mccarthy | 8,288 | 21.1 | ![]() |
7,466 | 19.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon | 4,880 | 12.5 | ![]() |
3,295 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,603 | 6.6 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 657 | 1.7 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Christian | 312 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||||
Solidarity | 268 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 167 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 57 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 8,100 | 20.6 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 39,188 | 39,333 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 173 | 62 | ||||||
Turnout | 39,361 | 62.9 | ![]() |
39,395 | 62.9 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fiona McLeod | 14,258 | 42.2 | N/A | 14,187 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Labour | David Whitton[a] | 12,456 | 36.9 | N/A | 10,032 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephanie Fraser | 4,438 | 13.1 | N/A | 4,236 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Macdonald | 2,600 | 7.7 | N/A | 1,807 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1,282 | 3.8 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 508 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 376 | 1.1 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 342 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 249 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 227 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 185 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 56 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Richard Vassie | 30 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Others | 247 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 1,802 | 5.3 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 33,752 | 33,764 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 149 | 118 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,901 | 57.1 | N/A | 33,882 | 57.1 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Whitton | 11,396 | 31.1 | +1.2 | |
SNP | Robin Easton | 8,008 | 21.9 | +8.2 | |
Independent | Jean Turner | 6,742 | 18.4 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Stephanie Fraser | 5,178 | 14.2 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cathy McInnes | 4,658 | 12.7 | −1.3 | |
Scottish Christian | Bob Handyside | 613 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,388 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,595 | 60.6 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jean Turner | 10,988 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Fitzpatrick | 10,550 | 29.9 | −20.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Swinson | 4,950 | 14.0 | +4.2 | |
SNP | Fiona McLeod | 4,846 | 13.7 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Rory O'Brien | 4,002 | 11.3 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 438 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,336 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Fitzpatrick | 15,401 | 37.0 | −13.7 | |
Independent | Jean Turner | 7,572 | 18.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John Morrison | 7,147 | 17.2 | +7.4 | |
SNP | Janet Law | 6,457 | 15.5 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Charles Ferguson | 5,037 | 12.1 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 7,829 | 18.8 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,614 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | Maxi Richards | 423 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,121 | 28.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,324 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Notes and references
[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 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z, Strathkelvin & Bearsden". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 - Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary elections 2016". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "West Scotland Region election results 2016". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.