Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Stuart McMillan of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

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The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

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

Template:Maplink The constituency covers most of Inverclyde, including the main population centres of Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow. The eastern part of Inverclyde, around the village of Kilmacolm being covered by the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.

The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was merged into a new Inverclyde constituency.[1]

The constituency boundaries were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to form Greenock and Inverclyde are listed below:[2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 1999 Duncan McNeil Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2016 Stuart McMillan SNP

Election results

2020s

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2010s

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2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde
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2003 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde
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1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde
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Majority 4,313 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 28,639 59.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Notes and references

  1. ↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Template:Webarchive
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External links

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