Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City

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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 nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of

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for the region as a whole. In the first election to the Scottish Parliament the seat was won for

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who subsequently became the first First Minister of Scotland. Since the

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the MSP has been

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of the Scottish National Party.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin,

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, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and

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. The region covers the

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and a north-western portion of the

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Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Anniesland constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

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, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (

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) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

Boundary review

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended alterations to the existing Anniesland constituency boundaries. The

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used to create the newly formed Anniesland are: *In full: Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Drumchapel/Anniesland *In part: Partick West (shared with neighbouring Glasgow Kelvin)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Politics of Glasgow Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 1999 establishments in Scotland Constituencies established in 1999 Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011 Drumchapel