Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, the 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.

The Clydebank and Milngavie 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 abolished in favour of new constituencies.[1]

The rest of East Dunbartonshire is covered by the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency. While the rest of West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the electoral wards used to form this constituency are:

• Milngavie, Bearsden North, Kilpatrick, Clydebank Central, Clydebank Waterfront

The current MSP, Gil Paterson, is standing down at the next election, the SNP has selected Clydebank councillor Marie McNair as its candidate. [2]

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election
Clydebank and Milngavie

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gil Paterson[lower-alpha 1]	16,158	49.2	5.9	14,216	43.1
	Labour	Gail Casey	7,726	23.5	17.3	6,595	20.0
	Conservative	Maurice Golden	6,029	18.4	8.7	6,536	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bowles	2,925	8.9	2.7	2,126	6.4
	Scottish Green					2,259	6.9
Majority			8,432	25.7	23.2
Valid Votes			32,838			32,940
Invalid Votes			114			50
Turnout			32,952	60.1	7.0	32,990	60.1
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Clydebank and Milngavie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gil Paterson	12,278	43.3	N/A
	Labour	Des McNulty	11,564	40.8	N/A
	Conservative	Alice Struthers	2,758	9.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	1,769	6.2	N/A
Majority			714	2.5	N/A
Turnout			28,369	53.1	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)