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As the name suggests, the Glasgow region covers Scotland’s largest city. It also extends somewhat beyond current city boundaries to take in the Rutherglen constituency, which lies in South Lanarkshire Council. Between the 1973 and 1994 Local Government (Scotland) Acts, Rutherglen and Cambuslang were part of the City of Glasgow District Council, so the region effectively maintains that old structure, and has done since creation in 1999.
Glasgow has long been an important economic hub for Scotland, dating to the early days of the British Empire. The opulent Merchant City still stands today as testament to the riches the Glaswegian elite accrued via involvement in the violently racist Slave Trade. Through the Industrial Revolution the city would grow massively, with the Clyde shipyards renowned the world over, and becoming one of the first European cities in the modern era to surpass a million residents.
Economic and social change continued to sweep the city after the war, as both slums and historic boulevards were swept away by motorways and many residents were moved to new suburbs or even out of the city into New Towns. Although suffering from the decimation of its industrial base late in the 20th Century, Glasgow went through something of a renaissance, which though it has not solved endemic poverty has helped transform the city from one reputed for gloom to a vibrant and diverse cultural centre.
Throughout the democratic era, Labour grew to become the dominant political force in the city. The last Conservative seat in the city, Hillhead, was lost to the Lib Dem’s predecessor party the SDP in a 1982 by-election. Once Labour gained that seat from the SDP in 1987, no other party would win a seat at a Westminster General Election in Glasgow until 2015, and that was the political context the Scottish Parliament was born into.
10 Labour (all Constituency)
4 SNP (all Regional)
1 Conservative (Regional)
1 SSP (Regional)
1 Liberal Democrat (Regional)
10 Labour (all Constituency)
2 SNP (all Regional)
2 SSP (all Regional)
1 Conservative (Regional)
1 Liberal Democrat (Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
9 Labour (all Constituency)
5 SNP (4 Regional, 1 Constituency)
1 Conservative (Regional)
1 Liberal Democrat (Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
7 SNP (5 Constituency, 2 Regional)
7 Labour (4 Constituency, 3 Regional)
1 Conservative (Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
9 SNP (all Constituency)
4 Labour (all Regional)
2 Conservative (all Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
9 SNP (all Constituency)
4 Labour (all Regional)
2 Conservative (all Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
Regional List Vote and MSPs Elected
#1:
Labour: Pauline McNeill
#2:
Labour: Anas Sarwar
#3:
Conservative: Annie Wells
#4:
Green: Patrick Harvie
#5:
Labour: Paul Sweeney
#6:
Labour: Pam Duncan-Glancy
#7:
Conservative: Sandesh Gulhane
Constituency Vote
Total MSPs Elected
9 SNP (all Constituency)
4 Labour (all Regional)
2 Conservative (all Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
2021 Results
2021 MSP & Majority
SNP - Humza Yousaf
Majority: 7105 (21.0%)
Turnout: 54.2%
2021 Candidates
SNP: Humza Yousaf
Labour: Zubir Ahmed
Conservative: Sandesh Gulhane
Green: Nadia Kanyange
Liberal Democrat: JAmes Spiers
UKIP: Daryl Gardner
Scottish Libertarian Party: Alan Findlay
Reclaim Party: Leo Kerse
Independent: Joseph Finnie
2021 Results
2021 MSP & Majority
SNP - Nicola Sturgeon
Majority: 9456 (28.8%)
Turnout: 59.5%
2021 Candidates
SNP: Nicola Sturgeon
Labour: Anas Sarwar
Conservative: Kyle Thornton
Liberal Democrat: Carole Ford
Freedom Alliance: Carol Ann Dobson
Independent: Greg Energy Adviser
Liberal Party: Deek Jackson
Independent: Jaydra Fransen
To allocate list seats using the D’Hondt method, each party’s share of the vote is divided by one more than the number of seats they’ve won so far in the process. This is an important part of how the list seats then more fairly represent the diversity of views amongst voters. List votes cast for a party that has won lots of constituency seats are not “wasted”, they just aren’t needed to give their voters fair representation.
When allocating the first list seat, this starts with the number of constituencies won by each party:
- The SNP won 9 constituencies, so their vote is divided by 10.
- No one else won any constituencies, so their votes aren’t divided.
That then gives us this (removing the parties that clearly don’t have enough votes for clarity):
Since Labour have the highest total here, they receive the first regional list seat. We add that to their total, giving them 1 seat overall so far, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 2.
Labour again have the highest total, so they receive the second regional list seat. That gives them 2 seats overall so far, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 3.
The Conservatives have the highest total, so they receive the third regional list seat. That gives them 1 seat so far, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 2.
The Greens have the highest total, so they receive the fourth regional list seat. The now have one seat, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 2.
Labour have the highest total, so they receive the fifth regional list seat. That gives them 3 seats overall so far, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 4.
Labour have the highest total, so they receive the sixth regional list seat. We add that to their total, giving them 4 seats overall so far, and therefore for the next round of allocation their share is divided by 5.
The Conservatives have the highest total, so they receive the seventh and final regional list seat. We add that to their total, giving them 2 seats overall. Therefore, the final distribution of seats across the Central Scotland region is:
9 SNP (all Constituency)
4 Labour (all Regional)
2 Conservative (all Regional)
1 Green (Regional)
- Roza Salih
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Clare Haughey
- Ivan McKee
- Bill Kidd
- Alex Kerr
- Suzanne McLaughlin
- Kaukab Stewart
- Katy Loudon
- Christina Cannon
- Abdul Bostani
- Annie Wells
- Sandesh Gulhane
- Ade Aibinu
- Thomas Kerr
- Kyle Thornton
- Lynne Nailon
- Alix Mathieson
- Pauline McNeill
- Anas Sarwar
- Paul Sweeney
- Pam Duncan-Glancy
- James Kelly
- Eva Murray
- Craig Carson
- Willie Docherty
- Patrick Harvie
- Kim Long
- Nadia Kanyange
- Jon Moylneux
- Dan Hutchison
- Elaine Gallagher
- Emma Cockburn
- Anthony Carroll
- Blair Anderson
- Holly Bruce
- Ellie Gomersall
- Calum Mcintosh
- Carole Ford
- Andrew Chamberlain
- James Speirs
- Nicholas Moohan
- Sheila Thomson
- Mark Simons
- Joe McCauley
- David McKenzie
- Matthew Clark
- Michelle Ferns
- Ailsa Gray
- Shahid Farooq
- Lynn McMahon
- Jean Anne Mitchell
- Ricky Morton
- Christian McNeill
- Khaleel Mohammed
- Niall Fraser
- Chris Creighton
- Ian Mulholland
- Andy MacMillan
- Jamie-Lee McMillan
- Christina MacMillan
- Kirsty MacMillan
- Ellen MacMillan
- Daryl Gardner
- Chris Ho
- Amanda Ranaghan
- David Hanna
- James Dunsmore
- Roberty Pressley
- Johnnie Hunter
- Carol Ann Dobson
- Mary Steven
- Diane Hodge
- David Mills
- Roderick Nicoll
- Stephen Lonsdale
- Alistair McConnachie
- William Neeson
- Joshua Hall
- John Laird
- David Tortolano
- Margaret Paterson
- Alan Findlay
- Cameron Milne
- Ben Meechan
- Andrea Kozlowski
- Brian Smith
- Sinéad Daly
- Oisín Duncan
- Maddie Jamieson
- Leo Kerse
- Anthony McGinley
- Robin John Dudfield
- Robert Malyn
- Richard Cameron
- Ruth Wilkinson
- Suzanne Martin
- Esthi Thurston
- Anna Nordahl
- Daniel Donaldson
- Craig Ross