Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Glasgow is one of the eight [Scottish Parliament Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|constituencies and regions|electoral regions] of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, eight of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region, which also elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament. The region thus elects a total of 15 MSPs. Prior to the Second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the region consisted of nine constituencies, and thus elected 16 MSPs in total.

Constituencies and council areas

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Eight of the constituencies were entirely within the Glasgow City council area. The Rutherglen constituency comprises the extreme north-western part of the South Lanarkshire council area which is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. The South Lanarkshire area was otherwise divided between the Central Scotland and South of Scotland regions.

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region included:
The constituencies were created with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in 1999. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. Holyrood constituencies were unaltered.

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The candidates for the region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election are as follows:

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: