Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a
constituency
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of the
Scottish Parliament
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(
Holyrood). It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post
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method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the
West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to ten 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
Rona Mackay of the
Scottish National Party
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since the
2016 Scottish Parliament election
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.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are
Clydebank and Milngavie,
Cunninghame North,
Cunninghame South,
Dumbarton
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Dumbarton was the ca ...
,
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,
Greenock and Inverclyde,
Paisley,
Renfrewshire North and West and
Renfrewshire South.
The region covers part of the
Argyll and Bute council area, the
East Dunbartonshire council area, the
East Renfrewshire council area, the
Inverclyde council area,
North Ayrshire council area, the
Renfrewshire council area and the
West Dunbartonshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Strathkelvin and Bearsden 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, the Westminster (
House of Commons
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) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.
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''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''
The rest of
East Dunbartonshire
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is represented by the
Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.
For the
2011 Scottish Parliament election
The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.
The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the Additional M ...
the boundaries of the seat were altered to include the following electoral wards:
*
Bearsden South
*
Bishopbriggs North and Campsie
*
Bishopbriggs South
*
Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar
*
Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
Notes and references
External links
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{{Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999-2011
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Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Politics of East Dunbartonshire
Bearsden
Kirkintilloch
Lenzie
Bishopbriggs