Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Eastwood
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Eastwood shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population71,066 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Conservative
MSP Jackson Carlaw
Council area East Renfrewshire

Eastwood (Gaelic: A' Choille Shear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The seat has been held by Jackson Carlaw of the Scottish Conservatives since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Greenock and Inverclyde, 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

Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

The Eastwood 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 name of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was changed to East Renfrewshire. [2]

In boundary changes in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Eastwood was redrawn to be formed from the following electoral wards:

Constituency profile

The Eastwood constituency is a highly affluent, middle-class commuter seat located south-west of Glasgow. It covers a majority of the East Renfrewshire council area, based principally around the towns of Newton Mearns, Eaglesham, Giffnock, Thornliebank, Netherlee, Busby and Clarkston which adjoin the City of Glasgow. According to data derived from the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation 60% of the seat's datazones are among the 10% most affluent areas in Scotland, with a further 15% of the seat's datazones being among the 20% most affluent areas in Scotland. [3]

Data from the 2011 Scottish Census suggests that the seat has a substantial number of home-owners residing in large bungalows in comparison to the national average, [4] with large portion of the seat's working population being employed in managerial, administrative and professional occupations. [5]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

The MSP for this constituency from its creation in 1999 was Ken Macintosh of Labour. In the 2016 election, Macintosh lost the seat, finishing third behind the Conservative victor Jackson Carlaw; however, he was returned as an additional MSP for the West Scotland region, following which he was elected as the Scottish Parliament's fifth Presiding Officer.

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Ken Macintosh Labour
2016 Jackson Carlaw Conservative

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Jackson Carlaw [lower-alpha 1] 17,91141.9Increase2.svg6.215,36935.9Decrease2.svg2.5
SNP Colm Merrick15,69536.8Increase2.svg5.612,43329.0Decrease2.svg0.4
Labour Katie Pragnell6,75915.8Decrease2.svg14.88,44919.7Decrease2.svg0.3
Scottish Green 3,5248.2Increase2.svg1.6
IndependentDavid Macdonald1,3523.2New
Liberal Democrats Tahir Jameel9112.1Decrease2.svg0.41,2432.9Increase2.svg0.2
Alba 5021.2New
All for Unity 3540.8New
Scottish Family 3070.7New
Independent Green Voice 2320.5New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 910.2New
Freedom Alliance (UK)710.2New
Reform UK 640.1New
Independent James Morrison430.1New
Libertarian 420.1Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP Janice MacKay750.2New410.1Decrease2.svg1.2
Independent Maurice Campbell270.1New
TUSC 260.1New
Scotia Future 120.0New
Renew 100.0New
Majority2,2165.1Increase2.svg0.6
Valid Votes42,70342,840
Invalid Votes14185
Turnout 42,84476.4Increase2.svg7.942,92576.6Increase2.svg8.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.8
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

This was the smallest Conservative majority at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood [7]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Jackson Carlaw [lower-alpha 1] 12,93235.7Increase2.svg2.313,92938.3Increase2.svg11.4
SNP Stewart Maxwell [lower-alpha 1] 11,32231.2Increase2.svg6.910,68029.4Decrease2.svg5.0
Labour Ken Macintosh [lower-alpha 2] 11,08130.6Decrease2.svg9.17,26320.0Decrease2.svg7.3
Scottish Green 2,3906.6Increase2.svg2.9
Liberal Democrats John Duncan9212.5Decrease2.svg0.19992.7Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP 4581.3Increase2.svg0.7
Scottish Christian 2860.1Increase2.svg0.1
Solidarity 1350.4Increase2.svg0.2
RISE 1290.4New
Libertarian 600.2New
Majority1,6104.5N/A
Valid Votes36,25636,329
Invalid Votes11658
Turnout 36,37268.5Increase2.svg5.136,38768.5Increase2.svg5.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Notes
  1. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Ken Macintosh [lower-alpha 1] 12,66239.7+9.88,70827.3N/A
SNP Stewart Maxwell [lower-alpha 2] 7,77724.3+8.610,96734.4N/A
Conservative Jackson Carlaw [lower-alpha 2] 10,65033.4-8.38,58426.9N/A
Scottish Green 1,1703.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Gordon Cochrane8352.6' -8.59062.8N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 3651.1N/A
Scottish Christian 2340.7N/A
BNP 1950.6N/A
UKIP 1940.6N/A
Socialist Labour 1890.6N/A
Scottish Socialist 950.3N/A
Solidarity 410.1N/A
Independent Richard Vassie240.1N/A
Others2010.6N/A
Majority2,0126.4N/A
Valid Votes31,92431,873
Invalid Votes98100
Turnout 31,92463.4N/A31,97363.3N/A
Labour win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2000s

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Eastwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 12,825 41.1
Labour 9,33729.9
SNP 4,91215.7
Liberal Democrats 3,14110.1
Others9863.2
Majority3,48811.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Eastwood [9]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Kenneth Macintosh 15,07735.76−0.1012,36529.41
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 14,18633.64+7.3011,47027.28
SNP Stewart Maxwell 7,97218.91+6.739,46022.50
Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald3,6038.55−4.453,3327.92
Independent Frank McGee1,3273.15+3.15
Scottish Green  1,5153.60
Scottish Senior Citizens  7371.75
Solidarity  6311.50
BNP  5051.20
CPA  5021.19
Scottish Christian  5001.19
Save Our NHS Group3760.89
Scottish Unionist Party (modern)  1560.37
Scottish Socialist  1430.34
Socialist Labour  1260.30
UKIP  1120.27
Scottish Voice  560.13
Scottish Jacobite  500.12
Socialist Equality  120.03
Informal votes9901,107
Total Valid votes42,16542,048
Turnout 43,155
Labour holdMajority8912.11−7.5
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Macintosh 13,946 35.9 −1.5
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 10,24426.3−6.4
Liberal Democrats Allan Steele5,05613.0+3.2
SNP Stewart Maxwell 4,73612.2−7.1
Independent Margaret Hinds3,1638.1New
Scottish Socialist Steve Oram1,5043.8New
Scottish People's Martyn Greene2400.6New
Majority3,7029.6+4.9
Turnout 38,88958.0−9.5
Labour hold Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kenneth Macintosh 16,970 37.4
Conservative John Young 14,84532.7
SNP Rachel Findlay8,76019.3
Liberal Democrats Anna McCurley 4,4729.9
Independent Manar Tayan3490.8
Majority2,1254.68
Turnout 45,39659.5
Labour win (new seat)

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