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Encyclopedia > Glasgow (Scottish Parliamentary Electoral Area)

Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions for elections to the Scottish Parliament from which 7 of the parliament's 56 Additional Members System (AMS) MSPs are elected.


The area it covers includes all of the City of Glasgow local authority area, as well as areas around Rutherglen in the South Lanarkshire local authority area.


The current seven MSPs elected through the AMS method to represent Glasgow are:

Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999

Political Party Votes Share of Vote (%) % Change List Seats Won
Labour 112,588 43.9 N/A 0
SNP 65,360 25.5 N/A 4
Conservatives 20,239 7.9 N/A 1
SSP 18,581 7.2 N/A 1
Lib Dems 18,473 7.2 N/A 1
Greens 10,159 4.0 N/A 0
SLP 4,391 1.7 N/A 0
Prolife Alliance 2,357 0.9 N/A 0
SUP 2,283 0.9 N/A 0
CPB 521 0.2 N/A 0
Humanist 447 0.2 N/A 0
NLP 419 0.2 N/A 0
SPGB 309 0.1 N/A 0
People's Choice 221 0.1 N/A 0

MSPs Elected:

Scottish Parliament Vote, 2003

Political Party Votes Share of Vote (%) % Change List Seats Won
Labour 77,540 37.7 -6.2 0
SNP 34,894 17.1 -8.4 2
SSP 31,216 15.2 +8.0 2
Tory 15,299 7.5 -0.4 1
Lib Dems 14,839 7.3 +0.1 1
Greens 14,570 7.1 +3.1 1
SSCUP 4,750 2.3 N/A 0
SLP 3,091 1.5 -0.2 0
PLP 2,477 1.2 N/A 0
SUP 2,349 1.1 +0.2 0
BNP 2,344 1.1 N/A 0
SPA 612 0.3 N/A 0
UKIP 552 0.3 N/A 0
CPB 345 0.2 - 0

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