Clydesdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of elction. The constituency was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Clydesdale constituency of the House of Commons. The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The constituency is currently represented by Labour MSP Karen Gillon. Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...