West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.
The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow.
Constituencies and local government areas
Constituencies and council areas 2026–present As a result of the Second Periodic Review in 2025, the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The West Scotland gained a small portion of the East Ayrshire council area from the South Scotland region due to boundary changes of the Cunninghame South constituency, and an area from the Glasgow region due to the new constituency of Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, which covers part of the city of Glasgow and Renfrewshire, being included within the region.
RegionConstituencies from 2026 Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Constituencies and council areas 2011–2026 As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covered: RegionConstituencies (2011-2026) Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire South Renfrewshire North and West Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs as West of Scotland Term ElectionStrathkelvin and BearsdenClydebank and MilngavieDumbartonEastwoodPaisley SouthPaisley NorthWest RenfrewshireGreenock and InverclydeCunninghame Northarea formerly within the South of Scotland region prior to 20111st1999(Labour) Des McNulty(Labour) Jackie Baillie(Labour) Ken Macintosh(Labour) Hugh Henry(Labour) Wendy Alexander(Labour) Trish Godman(Labour) Duncan McNeil(Labour)Allan Wilson(Labour)Brian Fitzpatrick(Labour) 2nd2003Jean TurnerIndependent 3rd2007David Whitton(Labour)Kenneth Gibson(SNP)as West Scotland Term ElectionStrathkelvin and BearsdenClydebank and MilngavieDumbartonEastwoodRenfrewshire SouthPaisleyRenfrewshire North and WestGreenock and InverclydeCunninghame NorthCunninghame South4th2011 Fiona McLeod(SNP) Gil Paterson(SNP)Jackie Baillie(Labour)Ken Macintosh(Labour) Hugh Henry(Labour)George Adam(SNP)Derek Mackay(SNP) Duncan McNeil(Labour)Kenneth Gibson(SNP)Margaret Burgess(SNP)5th2016 Rona Mackay(SNP)Jackson Carlaw(Conservative)Tom Arthur(SNP)Stuart McMillan(SNP)Ruth Maguire(SNP)6th2021Marie McNair (SNP)Natalie Don (SNP) Term ElectionStrathkelvin and BearsdenClydebank and MilngavieDumbartonEastwoodRenfrewshire West and Levern ValleyPaisleyRenfrewshire North and CardonaldInverclydeCunninghame NorthCunninghame South7th2026Adam Harley (Lib Dem)Marie McNair (SNP)Jackie Baillie(Labour)Kirsten Oswald (SNP)Tom Arthur (SNP)George Adam(SNP)Michelle Campbell(SNP)Stuart McMillan(SNP)Kenneth Gibson(SNP)Patricia Gibson(SNP)
Regional list MSPs N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
as West of Scotland Parliament MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP 1st (1999–2003)Colin Campbell(SNP)Kay Ullrich(SNP)Lloyd Quinan(SNP)Fiona McLeod (SNP)Ross Finnie(Lib Dem)Annabel Goldie(Conservative)John Young(Conservative)2nd (2003–07)Stewart Maxwell (SNP)Campbell Martin(SNP)Bruce McFee(SNP)Frances Curran(Socialist)Murray Tosh(Conservative)3rd (2007–11)Stuart McMillan(SNP)Bill Wilson(SNP)Gil Paterson(SNP)Jackson Carlaw(Conservative) as West Scotland4th (2011–16)Stewart Maxwell(SNP)Stuart McMillan(SNP)Mary Fee(Labour)Neil Bibby(Labour)Margaret McDougall(Labour)Annabel Goldie(Conservative)Jackson Carlaw(Conservative)5th (2016–21) Ross Greer(Green)Ken Macintosh(Labour) Jamie Greene(Conservative) (later Lib Dem)Maurice Golden(Conservative)Maurice Corry(Conservative)6th (2021–26)Paul O'Kane(Labour)Katy Clark(Labour)Pam Gosal(Conservative)Russell Findlay(Conservative) 20257th (2026–)Cara McKee(Green)David Smith(Reform)Malcolm Offord(Reform)
Election results 2026 Scottish Parliament election
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Additional Member results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
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Additional member results
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members) 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members) 4 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member and three additional members) 1 Scottish Greens MSP (a regional member)
Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2016 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results Elected regional list MSPs are shown in bold; elected constituency MSPs, who stood on a party list, are shown in italics.
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members) 7 Labour MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members) 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
Constituency results {| class=wikitable !colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results {| class=wikitable !colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: West Scotland |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
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