The city of Glasgow, located in Scotland, UK, is represented in both the Westminster Parliament in London, and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. At Westminster, it is represented by six Members of Parliament (MPs), all elected to represent individual constituencies at least once every five years, using the first-past-the-post system of voting. In Holyrood, Glasgow is represented by sixteen MSPs, nine of whom are elected to represent individual constituencies once every five years using first-past-the-post, and seven of whom are elected as additional members, through proportional representation.
The current Westminster constituencies have been in use since the 2024 General Election, and those currently used at Holyrood were implemented following a boundary review in 2011. At Westminster, six MPs representing Glasgow constituencies belong to the Labour Party. Prior to the 2024 general election, all of Glasgow's seven MPs were representatives of the Scottish National Party. In Holyrood, following elections in May 2021, all nine Glasgow constituency seats are currently held by the Scottish National Party. Four Labour members, as well as two from the Conservative party and one from the Green Party, were also elected from the Glasgow regional list.
Westminster constituencies
- Table as after the 2019 United Kingdom general election:
Holyrood constituencies
- Current (since 2011)
- Historic (1999 to 2007)
- Elections
Historical representation
1708–1801
- Clyde Burghs – Burgh constituency which elected one MP to Westminster.
1832–1885
- Glasgow – Burgh constituency which elected two MPs to Westminster from 1832 to 1868, and then three members from 1868 to 1885.
1885–1918
- Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
- Glasgow Bridgeton
- Glasgow Camlachie
- Glasgow College
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow St Rollox
- Glasgow Tradeston
1918–1950
- Glasgow Bridgeton
- Glasgow Camlachie
- Glasgow Cathcart
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow Gorbals
- Glasgow Govan
- Glasgow Hillhead
- Glasgow Kelvingrove
- Glasgow Maryhill
- Glasgow Partick
- Glasgow Pollok
- Glasgow St. Rollox
- Glasgow Shettleston
- Glasgow Springburn
- Glasgow Tradeston
1950–1955
- Glasgow Bridgeton
- Glasgow Camlachie
- Glasgow Cathcart
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow Gorbals
- Glasgow Govan
- Glasgow Hillhead
- Glasgow Kelvingrove
- Glasgow Maryhill
- Glasgow Pollok
- Glasgow Scotstoun
- Glasgow Shettleston
- Glasgow Springburn
- Glasgow Tradeston
- Glasgow Woodside
1955–1974
- Glasgow Bridgeton
- Glasgow Cathcart
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow Gorbals
- Glasgow Govan
- Glasgow Hillhead
- Glasgow Kelvingrove
- Glasgow Maryhill
- Glasgow Pollok
- Glasgow Provan
- Glasgow Scotstoun
- Glasgow Shettleston
- Glasgow Springburn
- Glasgow Tradeston
- Glasgow Woodside
1974–1983
- Glasgow Cathcart
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow Craigton
- Glasgow Garscadden
- Glasgow Govan
- Glasgow Hillhead
- Glasgow Kelvingrove
- Glasgow Maryhill
- Glasgow Pollok
- Glasgow Provan
- Glasgow Queen's Park
- Glasgow Shettleston
- Glasgow Springburn
1983–1997 (11 MPs)
1997–2005 (10 MPs)
Constituency | 1997 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Glasgow Anniesland | Dewar | Robertson | |||||
Glasgow Baillieston | Wray | ||||||
Glasgow Cathcart | Maxton | Harris | |||||
Glasgow Govan | Sarwar | → | → | ||||
Glasgow Kelvin | Galloway | → | → | ||||
Glasgow Maryhill | Fyfe | McKechin | |||||
Glasgow Pollok | Davidson | ||||||
Glasgow Rutherglen[nb 2] | McAvoy | ||||||
Glasgow Shettleston | Marshall | ||||||
Glasgow Springburn | Martin | → |
These constituencies were also used in the Scottish Parliament (1999–2011).
2005 – 2024 (7 MPs)
Constituency | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2015 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Glasgow Central | Sarwar | Sarwar | Thewliss | |||||
Glasgow East | Marshall | Mason | Curran | McGarry | → | Linden | ||
Glasgow North | McKechin | Grady | ||||||
Glasgow North East | Martin | Bain | McLaughlin | Sweeney | McLaughlin | |||
Glasgow North West | Robertson | Monaghan | ||||||
Glasgow South | Harris | McDonald | ||||||
Glasgow South West | Davidson | Stephens |
2024 – present (6 MPs)
See also
- Glasgow City Council
- Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)
- Politics of Glasgow
- Wards of Glasgow
References
- ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
- ^ Vast majority of constituency was outwith Glasgow City Council area following 1995 reorganisation.