Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, eight of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region, which also elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The region thus elects a total of 15 MSPs. Prior to the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the region consisted of nine constituencies, and thus elected 16 MSPs in total.

Constituencies and council areas

2026–present As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the boundaries for the region and its constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It now consists of the eight constituencies shown below.

RegionConstituencies from 2026 Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok Glasgow Central Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill Glasgow Southside Rutherglen and Cambuslang.

Seven of these constituencies are entirely within the Glasgow City council area, whilst the Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. The South Lanarkshire area is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions. The Glasgow region covers most of the Glasgow City council area, however the Renfrewshire North and Cardonald constituency, which covers parts of Glasgow and Renfrewshire, forms part of the West Scotland electoral region.

2011–2026

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

RegionConstituencies Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Eight of the constituencies were entirely within the Glasgow City council area. The Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area.Boundary changes create new Rutherglen seat, but area remains in Glasgow region, Daily Record, 2 June 2010 The South Lanarkshire area was otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions.

1999–2011

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region included: RegionConstituenciesConstituencies Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

The constituencies were created with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in 1999. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Holyrood constituencies were unaltered.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs Term ElectionGlasgow AnnieslandGlasgow CathcartGlasgow GovanGlasgow KelvinGlasgow RutherglenGlasgow ShettlestonGlasgow MaryhillGlasgow BailliestonGlasgow SpringburnGlasgow Pollok1st1999 Donald Dewar(Labour) Mike Watson(Labour)Gordon Jackson(Labour)Pauline McNeill(Labour)Janis Hughes(Labour)Frank McAveety(Labour) Patricia Ferguson(Labour) Margaret Curran(Labour)Paul Martin(Labour) Johann Lamont(Labour)2000 by Bill Butler(Labour)2nd20032005 by Charlie Gordon(Labour) 3rd2007Nicola Sturgeon(SNP)James Kelly(Labour) Term ElectionGlasgow AnnieslandGlasgow CathcartGlasgow SouthsideGlasgow KelvinRutherglenGlasgow ShettlestonGlasgow Maryhill and SpringburnGlasgow ProvanGlasgow Pollok 9 MSPs from 2011 to 20264th2011 Bill Kidd(SNP) James Dornan(SNP)Nicola Sturgeon(SNP)Sandra White(SNP)Johann Lamont(Labour)James Kelly(Labour)John Mason(SNP) Patricia Ferguson(Labour)Paul Martin(Labour)5th2016 Humza Yousaf(SNP) Clare Haughey(SNP) Bob Doris(SNP)Ivan McKee(SNP)6th2021 Kaukab Stewart(SNP) Term ElectionGlasgow AnnieslandGlasgow Cathcart and PollokGlasgow SouthsideGlasgow Kelvin and MaryhillRutherglen and CambuslangGlasgow Baillieston and ShettlestonGlasgow Easterhouse and SpringburnGlasgow Central 8 MSPs from 20267th2026 Colm Merrick(SNP) Zen Ghani(SNP) Holly Bruce(Green) Bob Doris(SNP) Clare Haughey(SNP) David Linden(SNP) Ivan McKee(SNP) Alison Thewliss(SNP)

Regional list MSPs N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term Election MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP 1st1999Kenneth Gibson (SNP)Nicola Sturgeon(SNP)Sandra White(SNP)Dorothy-Grace Elder (SNP) (later Independent)Tommy Sheridan(Socialist)(later Solidarity)Robert Brown(Lib Dem)Bill Aitken(Conservative)20022nd 2003Patrick Harvie (Green)Rosie Kane(Socialist)20063rd 2007Bob Doris(SNP)Bashir Ahmad(SNP)Bill Kidd(SNP)2009Anne McLaughlin(SNP)4th2011Humza Yousaf(SNP)Drew Smith(Labour)Hanzala Malik(Labour)Anne McTaggart(Labour)Ruth Davidson(Conservative)5th2016James Kelly(Labour)Johann Lamont(Labour) Pauline McNeill(Labour) Anas Sarwar(Labour)Adam Tomkins(Conservative) Annie Wells(Conservative)6th2021Pam Duncan-Glancy(Labour)Paul Sweeney(Labour)Sandesh Gulhane(Conservative)7th2026Iris Duane (Green)Thomas Kerr (Reform)Kim Schmulian (Reform)July 2026Monica Lennon(Labour)

Election results

2026 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2026 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Additional Member results

2021 Scottish Parliament election

The candidates for the region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election are as follows:

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2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (constituency members) 4 Labour MSPs (additional members) 2 Conservative MSP (additional members) 1 Green MSP (additional member)

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and two additional members) 7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members) 1 Conservative MSP (additional member) 1 Green MSP (additional member)

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Additional member results {| class=wikitable !colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−%

2007 Scottish Parliament election In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: 9 Labour MSPs (all constituency members) 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (1 constituency member, 4 additional members) 1 Conservative MSP (additional member) 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member) 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Additional member results {| class=wikitable !colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−%

Changes: Anne McLaughlin replaced Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad died in February 2009 and McLaughlin was next on the Scottish National Party's list.

2003 Scottish Parliament election In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

10 Labour MSPs (all constituency members) 2 Scottish National Party MSPs (both additional members) 2 Scottish Socialist Party MSPs (both additional members) 1 Conservative MSP (additional member) 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member) 1 Scottish Green Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Changes: On 1 September 2005, Mike Watson resigned after pleading guilty to fire-raising. At the subsequent Glasgow Cathcart by-election held 29 September 2005, Charlie Gordon held the seat for Labour.

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Changes: Tommy Sheridan resigned from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006 and sat as a member of Solidarity.

1999 Scottish Parliament election In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

10 Labour MSPs (all constituency members) 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (all additional members) 1 Conservative MSP (additional member) 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member) 1 Scottish Socialist Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result

Changes: On 11 October 2000, Donald Dewar died. At the subsequent Glasgow Anniesland by-election on 23 November 2000, Bill Butler held the seat for Labour.

Additional member results {| class=wikitable !colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−%

See also Glasgow Politics of Glasgow South Lanarkshire Renfrewshire

References

Sources Glasgow City Council