| Greenock and Inverclyde | |
|---|---|
| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg.gif')) Greenock and Inverclyde shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | SNP |
| MSP | Stuart McMillan |
| Council area | Inverclyde |
Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Electoral region
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
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 rest of Inverclyde is covered by the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.
From the Next Scottish Parliament election in 2021, the electoral wards used to form this constituency are:
- In full: Inverclyde Central, East Central, Inverclyde North, Inverclyde South, Inverclyde West, Inverclyde South West
- In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Duncan McNeil | Labour | |
| 2016 | Stuart McMillan | SNP | |
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francesca Brennan | ||||
| Conservative | |||||
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | 17,032 | 53.7 | +11.6 | |
| Labour | Siobhan McCready | 8,802 | 27.7 | -16.2 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 4,487 | 14.1 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Watson | 1,404 | 4.4 | -2.5 | |
| Majority | 8,230 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 31,725 | 57.5 | +8.2 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +13.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 12,387 | 43.9 | N/A | |
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | 11,876 | 42.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 2,011 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1,934 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 511 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,203 | 49.3 | -2.5 | ||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 10,035 | 43.4 | +2.7 | |
| SNP | Stuart McMillan | 7,011 | 30.3 | +15.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 3,893 | 16.8 | -11.2 | |
| Conservative | Charles Ferguson | 2,166 | 9.4 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 3,024 | 13.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,105 | 51.8 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 9,674 | 40.7 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 6,665 | 28.0 | +1.8 | |
| SNP | Tom Chalmers | 3,532 | 14.9 | -8.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Tricia McCafferty | 2,338 | 9.8 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Charles Dunlop | 1,572 | 6.6 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,009 | 12.7 | -2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,781 | 51.7 | -7.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McNeil | 11,817 | 41.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 7,504 | 26.2 | N/A | |
| SNP | Ian Hamilton | 6,762 | 23.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Wilkinson | 1,699 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 857 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,313 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,639 | 59.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Notes and references
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine