Glasgow Maryhill was a
constituency of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood). It elected one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
plurality (first past the post) method of election. However, it was also 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
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
for the region as a whole.
For the
Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Maryhill was expanded into a newly created
Maryhill and Springburn seat.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region at the time were
Glasgow Anniesland,
Glasgow Baillieston,
Glasgow Cathcart,
Glasgow Govan,
Glasgow Kelvin,
Glasgow Pollok,
Glasgow Rutherglen,
Glasgow Shettleston and
Glasgow Springburn.
The region covered the
Glasgow City council area
Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...
and a north-western portion of the
South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow
Maryhill
Maryhill ( gd, Cnoc Màiri) is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland. Maryhill is a former burgh. Maryhill stretches over along Maryhill Road.
The far north west of the area is served by Maryhill railway station.
History
Hew Hill, ...
constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999
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, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituency. In
2005, however, Scottish Westminster (
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency was entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its northern boundary. It was west of the Springburn constituency, north of Kelvin and east of Anniesland, which were also entirely within the city area.
[Se]
''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''
Boundary review
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies. The new creation is a constituency known as Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
See also
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Politics of Glasgow
Notes
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Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011
Politics of Glasgow
1999 establishments in Scotland
Constituencies established in 1999
2011 disestablishments in Scotland
Constituencies disestablished in 2011
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