Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency).

Clydesdale
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Clydesdale shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Aileen Campbell
Council area	South Lanarkshire

Clydesdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Clydesdale 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[1]

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area. The others are the East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Rutherglen and the Uddingston and Bellshill constituencies, all in other electoral regions.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Clydesdale are:

In full: Clydesdale West, Clydesdale North, Clydesdale East, Clydesdale South
In part: Avondale and Stonehouse (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Karen Gillon	Scottish Labour Party
2003
2007
2011	Aileen Campbell	Scottish National Party
2016	Aileen Campbell	Scottish National Party

Election results

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Scottish Parliament general election, 2016: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Aileen Campbell	14,821	44.0	-5.9
	Conservative	Alex Allison	8,842	26.2	+11.9
	Labour	Claudia Beamish	6,995	20.7	-15.0
	Independent	Danny Meikle	1,332	4.0	+4.0
	Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent	Bev Gauld	909	2.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Jamieson Ball	820	2.4	+2.4
Majority			5,979	17.8	+3.7
Turnout			33,719	57.7	+5.4
	SNP hold		Swing	-8.9

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Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Aileen Campbell	14,931	49.9	+16.1
	Labour	Karen Gillon	10,715	35.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	4,291	14.3	-5.4
Majority			4,216	14.1
Turnout			29,937	52.3	-1.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+8.9

Scottish Parliament general election, 2007 Notional Result: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Gillon	10,924	37.4
	SNP	Aileen Campbell	9,845	33.7
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	5,744	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	2,664	9.1
Majority			1,079	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament general election, 2007: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karen Gillon	13,835	41.5	-4.1
	SNP	Aileen Campbell	10,942	32.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	5,604	16.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	2,951	8.8	+1.6
Majority			2,893	8.7
Turnout			33,332	50.5	-0.5

Scottish Parliament general election, 2003: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karen Gillon	14,800	46.62	+2.6
	SNP	John Brady	8,129	25.06	-8
	Conservative	Alastair Campbell	5,174	15.95	+1.02
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	2,338	7.21	-1.78
	Scottish Socialist	Owen Meharry	1,422	4.38	N/A
	Independent	David Morrison	579	1.78	N/A
Majority			6,671	23.51	+13.64
Turnout			32,442	50.95	-9.66
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Scottish Parliament general election, 1999: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karen Gillon	16,755	43.02	N/A
	SNP	Anne Winning	12,875	33.06	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Cormack	5,814	14.93	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Grieve	3,503	7.89	N/A
Majority			3,880	9.87	N/A
Turnout			39,324	60.61	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Footnotes

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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↑ Statement of Persons Nominated

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South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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