Glasgow Govan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Govan
Type = burgh


Region = Glasgow
Year = 1999
MSP = Nicola Sturgeon
Party = Scottish National Party
Council = Glasgow City

Glasgow Govan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Glasgow Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The Glasgow Govan 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Glasgow City council. [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "]

Glasgow Govan is south of the Kelvin constituency, west of Shettleston and north of Cathcart and Pollok, which are all entirely within the city area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Nicola Sturgeon
votes = 9,010
percentage = 41.9
change = +10.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 8,266
percentage = 38.4
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Chris Young
votes = 1,891
percentage = 8.8
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Martyn McIntyre
votes = 1,680
percentage = 7.8
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Asif Nasir
votes = 423
percentage = 2.0
change = "N/A" Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = Elinor McKenzie
votes = 251
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A" Election box majority
votes = 744
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22,741
percentage = 45.4
change = Election_box_rejected
votes = 1,220
percentage = 5.36
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Scottish Labour Party
swing = 4.7

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 7,834
percentage = 37.06
change = −6.25 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Nicola Sturgeon
votes = 6,599
percentage = 31.22
change = −5.43 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Jimmy Scott
votes = 2,369
percentage = 11.21
change = +6.38 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Faisal Butt
votes = 1,878
percentage = 8.89
change = +0.01Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Paul Graham
votes = 1,807
percentage = 8.55
change = +2.94Election box majority
votes = 1,235
percentage = 5.84
change = −0.82Election box turnout
votes = 21,136
percentage = 43.46
change = −6.06 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 11,421
percentage = 43.31
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Nicola Sturgeon
votes = 9,665
percentage = 36.65
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Tasmina Ahmed-Seikh
votes = 2,343
percentage = 8.88
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Mohammed Aslam Khan
votes = 1,479
percentage = 5.61
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Charlie McCarthy
votes = 1,275
percentage = 4.83
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,756
percentage = 6.66
change = N/A

Notes

#Rejected ballots for 2007 election from the BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6637387.stm]

ee also

* Politics of Scotland