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Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population74,527 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartySNP
MSPBob Doris
Council areaGlasgow City

Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 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, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created in 2011 from a merger of parts of the Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Springburn and a small part of the Glasgow Anniesland constituencies. The parts of Glasgow Anniesland were Kelvindale and Kelvinside, that had previously been in Glasgow Hillhead before 1997.

Electoral region

See also: Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies.

The electoral wards used in its creation are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | 2011 Patricia Ferguson Labour
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | 2016 Bob Doris SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn[2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Bob Doris[a] 16,428 59.0 Increase 3.5 13,158 47.1 Decrease0.5
Labour Keiran O'Neill 8,504 30.5 Decrease 1.3 6,722 24.1 Decrease1.4
Conservative Alix Mathieson 2,241 8.0 Decrease 1.8 2,984 10.7 Increase1.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Chamberlain 688 2.5 Decrease 0.4 503 1.8 Steady
Abolish the Scottish Parliament
Alba 529 1.9 Increase1.9
All for Unity 229 0.8 Increase0.8
Communist
Freedom Alliance (UK)
Independent Green Voice
Reclaim
Reform UK
Renew
Scottish Family
Scottish Green 2,847 10.2 Increase2.2
Scottish Libertarian
SDP
TUSC
UKIP
Women's Equality
Independent Daniel Donaldson
Independent Craig Ross
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn [4][5][6]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Bob Doris[a] 13,109 55.5 Increase13.7 11,296 47.6
Labour Patricia Ferguson[b] 7,507 31.8 Decrease16.3 6,055 25.5
Conservative John Anderson 2,305 9.8 Increase3.8 2,305 9.7
Liberal Democrats James Harrison 691 2.9 Decrease1.2 438 1.8
Scottish Green 1,903 8.0
UKIP 452 1.9
Solidarity 283 1.2
BUP 265 1.1
RISE 199 0.8
Women's Equality 198 0.8
Animal Welfare 182 0.8
Scottish Christian 150 0.6
Independent Andrew McCullagh 25 0.1
Majority 5,602 23.7 N/A
Turnout 23,612 44.0 Increase8.0 23,751 44.3
SNP gain from Labour Swing Increase15.0
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
[7]
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Ferguson 9,884 48.1 N/A
SNP Bob Doris 8,592 41.8 N/A
Conservative Stephanie Murray 1,222 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bridger 833 4.1 N/A
Majority 1,292 6.3 N/A
Turnout 20,531 36.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=53094&p=0
  3. ^ Constituencies A-Z | Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
  4. ^ "Scottish Parliament Elections 2016 - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Maryhill and Springburn Constituency Election Region Results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. ^ Candidates Glasgow City Council
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