Glasgow Shettleston is a
constituency
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of the
Scottish Parliament
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(
Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the
Glasgow City council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
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. It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the
Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation
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for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by
John Mason of the
Scottish National Party
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since the
2011 Scottish Parliament election
The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament, elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.
The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, ...
.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are
Glasgow Anniesland,
Glasgow Cathcart,
Glasgow Kelvin,
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first p ...
,
Glasgow Pollok,
Glasgow Provan,
Glasgow Southside and
Rutherglen
Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...
.
The region covers 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
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Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow Shettleston 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
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, however, Scottish Westminster (
House of Commons
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) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
Boundary review
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended a modified Glasgow Shettleston constituency. The
electoral wards
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and distri ...
used to create the newly formed Shettleston are:
*In full:
Calton,
Shettleston
Shettleston ( sco, Shuttlestoun, gd, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.
Toponymy
The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multi ...
*In part:
Baillieston
Baillieston ( sco, Bailiestoun) is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is about east of the city centre.
It also gives its name to Ward 20 of Glasgow City Council and forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the UK Parliament.
Geograph ...
(shared with
Glasgow Provan)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
,
See also
*
Politics of Glasgow
The politics of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city by population, are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of Glasgow City Council, in elections to the council, the Scottish Parliament and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, UK Parli ...
Notes
External links
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Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock
Parkhead
Baillieston