Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn is a
constituency
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of the
Scottish Parliament (
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 constituency was created in 2011 from a merger of parts of the
Glasgow Maryhill,
Glasgow Springburn and a small part of the
Glasgow Anniesland constituencies. The parts of Glasgow Anniesland were
Kelvindale and
Kelvinside
Kelvinside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland to the south with Kelvindale and the River Kelvin to the north. It is an affluent area of ...
, that had previously been in Glasgow Hillhead before 1997.
The seat has been held by
Bob Doris of the
Scottish National Party
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since the
2016 Scottish Parliament election
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.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are
Glasgow Anniesland,
Glasgow Cathcart,
Glasgow Kelvin,
Glasgow Pollok,
Glasgow Provan,
Glasgow Shettleston,
Glasgow Southside and
Rutherglen.
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 ...
and a north-western portion of the
South Lanarkshire council area
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Constituency boundaries
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies.
The
electoral wards
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used in its creation are:
*In full:
Maryhill/Kelvin,
Springburn
Springburn ( gd, Allt an Fhuairainn) is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households.
Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its i ...
*In part:
Canal
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(shared with
Glasgow Kelvin),
Dennistoun
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
See also
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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 UK Parliament.
Local government
As one o ...
Notes
External links
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Constituencies established in 2011
Maryhill
Springburn