Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Greenock and Inverclyde | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 72,866 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | SNP |
MSP | Stuart McMillan |
Council area | Inverclyde |
Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by Stuart McMillan 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, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
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 constituency covers most of Inverclyde, including the main population centres of Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow. The eastern part of Inverclyde, around the village of Kilmacolm being covered by the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.
The Greenock and Inverclyde 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 merged into a new Inverclyde constituency.[2]
The constituency boundaries were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to form Greenock and Inverclyde are listed below:[3]
- In full: Inverclyde Central, Inverclyde East Central, Inverclyde North, Inverclyde South, Inverclyde South West, Inverclyde West
- In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Duncan McNeil | Labour | |
2016 | Stuart McMillan | SNP |
Election results
[edit]2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Stuart McMillan[a] | 19,713 | 54.2 | 0.5 | 17,618 | 48.3 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Francesca Brennan | 11,539 | 31.7 | 4.0 | 8,569 | 23.5 | 1.1 | |
Conservative | Caroline Hollins | 3,313 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 5,211 | 14.3 | 0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | 1,033 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 965 | 2.6 | 0.7 | |
Independent | John Burleigh | 776 | 2.1 | New | ||||
Scottish Green | 2,291 | 6.3 | 2.5 | |||||
Alba | 728 | 2.0 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 245 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 216 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 184 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 101 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 61 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 51 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 47 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
Reform UK | 46 | 0.1 | New | |||||
TUSC | 45 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | Maurice Campbell | 24 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Scotia Future | 22 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | James Morrison | 20 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Renew | 4 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 8,174 | 22.5 | 3.5 | |||||
Valid Votes | 36,374 | 36,448 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 116 | 90 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,490 | 63.6 | 5.9 | 36,538 | 63.7 | 5.9 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Stuart McMillan[a] | 17,032 | 53.7 | 11.6 | 15,677 | 49.3 | 6.4 | |
Labour | Siobhan McCready | 8,802 | 27.7 | 16.2 | 7,822 | 24.6 | 12.1 | |
Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 4,487 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 4,731 | 14.9 | 8.0 | |
Scottish Green | 1,209 | 3.8 | 1.8 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | John Watson | 1,404 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1,057 | 3.3 | 1.1 | |
UKIP | 561 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |||||
Solidarity | 338 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||||
Scottish Christian | 259 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |||||
RISE | 118 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 46 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 8,230 | 26.0 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,725 | 31,818 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 113 | 63 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,838 | 57.7 | 8.0 | 31,881 | 57.8 | 8.1 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 13.9 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Duncan McNeil[a] | 12,387 | 43.9 | N/A | 10,344 | 36.7 | N/A | |
SNP | Stuart McMillan[b] | 11,876 | 42.1 | N/A | 12,079 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 2,011 | 7.1 | N/A | 1,955 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie[b] | 1,934 | 6.9 | N/A | 1,244 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 551 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 483 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 416 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 266 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 208 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 174 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 166 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 38 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Richard Vassie | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Others | 233 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 511 | 1.8 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 28,208 | 28,169 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 132 | 134 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,340 | 49.7 | N/A | 28,303 | 49.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Duncan McNeil | 10,035 | 43.4 | +2.7 | |
SNP | Stuart McMillan | 7,011 | 30.3 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 3,893 | 16.8 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Ferguson | 2,166 | 9.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 3,024 | 13.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 23,105 | 51.8 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Duncan McNeil | 9,674 | 40.7 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 6,665 | 28.0 | +1.8 | |
SNP | Tom Chalmers | 3,532 | 14.9 | −8.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Tricia McCafferty | 2,338 | 9.8 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Dunlop | 1,572 | 6.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 3,009 | 12.7 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 23,781 | 51.7 | −7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Duncan McNeil | 11,817 | 41.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 7,504 | 26.2 | N/A | |
SNP | Ian Hamilton | 6,762 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Wilkinson | 1,699 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 857 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,313 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,639 | 59.0 | 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
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 128. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Greenock and Inverclyde, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
- ^ "Declaration of Results in the Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency for the West Scotland Region" (PDF). Inverclyde Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of Result for the Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency" (PDF). Inverclyde Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of Results in the Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency for the West Scotland Region" (PDF). Inverclyde Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of Result for the Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency" (PDF). Inverclyde Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "D2011 Scottish Parliamentary Elections - Declaration of Result for the Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency" (PDF). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Greenock and Inverclyde constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.