Glasgow Provan | |
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Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 76,859 (2019) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Ivan McKee |
Council area | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Provan (Gaelic: Glaschu Provan) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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, comprising much of the old Glasgow Baillieston seat which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
The seat has been held by Ivan McKee of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are: Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, 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.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Provan are:
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Paul Martin | Labour | |
2016 | Ivan McKee | SNP | |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ivan McKee [lower-alpha 1] | 15,913 | 52.9 | 1.7 | 14,967 | 49.5 | 0.4 | |
Labour | Martin McElroy | 8,683 | 28.9 | 5.8 | 7,437 | 24.6 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Annie Wells [lower-alpha 2] | 2,687 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 3,243 | 10.7 | 2.5 | |
Scottish Green | Kim Long | 2,366 | 7.9 | New | 2,521 | 8.3 | 1.6 | |
Alba | 547 | 1.8 | New | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Moohan | 421 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 359 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
All for Unity | 238 | 0.8 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 181 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 160 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 85 | 0.3 | New | |||||
TUSC | 78 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 74 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 72 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||
UKIP | 55 | 0.2 | 2.2 | |||||
Reform UK | 54 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 46 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 43 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Reclaim | 24 | 0.1 | New | |||||
SDP | 21 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Renew | 9 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Independent | Daniel Donaldson | 4 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Independent | Craig Ross | 1 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 7,230 | 24.0 | 4.1 | |||||
Valid Votes | 30,070 | 30,219 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 150 | 92 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,220 | 52.6 | 9.5 | 30,311 | 52.8 | 9.6 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ivan McKee | 13,140 | 54.6 | 13.1 | 11,890 | 49.1 | 10.2 | |
Labour | Paul Martin [lower-alpha 1] | 8,357 | 34.7 | 17.6 | 6,534 | 27.0 | 15.4 | |
Conservative | Annie Wells [lower-alpha 2] | 2,062 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 1,975 | 8.2 | 4.9 | |
Scottish Green | 1,624 | 6.7 | 3.3 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Coleman | 518 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 253 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
UKIP | 574 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |||||
Solidarity | 358 | 1.5 | New | |||||
A Better Britain – Unionist Party | 301 | 1.2 | New | |||||
RISE | 205 | 0.8 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 188 | 0.8 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 148 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Christian | 113 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||
Independent | Andrew McCullagh | 47 | 0.2 | New | ||||
Majority | 4,783 | 19.9 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 24,077 | 24,210 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 171 | 61 | ||||||
Turnout | 24,248 | 43.1 | 8.1 | 24,271 | 43.2 | 8.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 15.4 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Paul Martin [lower-alpha 1] | 10,037 | 52.3 | N/A | 8,130 | 42.4 | N/A | |
SNP | Anne McLaughlin [lower-alpha 2] | 7,958 | 41.5 | N/A | 7,456 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 658 | 3.4 | N/A | |||||
Conservative | Majid Hussain | 777 | 4.1 | N/A | 626 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Respect | 466 | 2.4 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 384 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 318 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 316 | 1.6 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Michael O'Donnell | 413 | 2.2 | N/A | 230 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Scottish Unionist | 201 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 134 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 103 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 100 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Homeland Party | 61 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Pirate | 1 | 0.0 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Caroline Johnstone | 1 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 2,079 | 10.8 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 19,185 | 19,185 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 134 | 120 | ||||||
Turnout | 19,319 | 35.0 | N/A | 19,305 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes
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