Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Eastwood 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.

For the former Westminster constituency, see Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency).

Eastwood
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Eastwood shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
MSP	Jackson Carlaw
Council area	East Renfrewshire

Electoral region

See also: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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

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.[1]

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:

• In full: Giffnock and Thornliebank, Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood, Newton Mearns South, Busby, Clarkston and Eaglesham
• In part: Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North (shared with Renfrewshire South)

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.[2]

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,[3] with large portion of the seat's working population being employed in managerial, administrative and professional occupations.[4]

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 MSP for the West Scotland electoral region, following which he was elected as the Scottish Parliament's fifth Presiding Officer.

Election		Member	Party	Image
	1999	Ken Macintosh	Labour
	2003
	2007
	2011
	2016	Jackson Carlaw	Conservative

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood[5][6]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackson Carlaw		12,932	35.7	+2.3	13,929	38.3	+11.4
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell		11,322	31.2	+6.8	10,680	29.3	+4.9
	Labour	N Ken Macintosh		11,081	30.6	-9.1	7,263	19.9	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan		921	2.5	-0.1	999	2.7	-0.1
	Scottish Green						2,390	6.6	+2.9
	UKIP						458	1.3	+0.7
	Scottish Christian						286	0.8	+0.1
	Solidarity						135	0.4	+0.3
	RISE						129	0.4	New
	Libertarian						60	0.2	New
Informal votes				116			58
Total Valid votes				36,256			36,329
	Conservative gain from Labour		Majority	1,611	4.5	N/A

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood[7][8]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Ken Macintosh		12,662	39.66	+9.73	8,708	27.32
	Conservative	Jackson Carlaw		10,650	33.36	-7.74	8,584	26.93
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell		7,777	24.36	+8.62	10,967	34.41
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Cochrane		835	2.62	-7.45	906	2.84
	Scottish Green						1,170	3.67
	All Scotland Pensioners Party						365	1.15
	Scottish Christian						234	0.73
	BNP						195	0.61
	UKIP						194	0.61
	Socialist Labour						189	0.59
	Ban Bankers Bonuses						119	0.37
	Scottish Socialist						95	0.30
	Pirate						82	0.26
	Solidarity						41	0.13
	Richard Vassie (Independent)						24	0.08
Informal votes				98			100
Total Valid votes				31,924			31,873
	Labour gain from Conservative		Majority	2,012	6.30

2000s

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		12,825	41.1
	Labour		9,337	29.9
	SNP		4,912	15.7
	Liberal Democrats		3,141	10.1
	Others		986	3.2
Majority			3,488	11.2
Turnout			31,201
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2007 Scottish Parliament election: 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Kenneth Macintosh		15,077	35.76	-0.10	12,365	29.41
	Conservative	Jackson Carlaw		14,186	33.64	+7.30	11,470	27.28
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell		7,972	18.91	+6.73	9,460	22.50
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon MacDonald		3,603	8.55	-4.45	3,332	7.92
	Independent	Frank McGee		1,327	3.15	+3.15
	Scottish Green						1,515	3.60
	Scottish Senior Citizens						737	1.75
	Solidarity						631	1.50
	BNP						505	1.20
	Christian Peoples Alliance						502	1.19
	Scottish Christian						500	1.19
	Save Our NHS Group						376	0.89
	Scottish Unionist						156	0.37
	Scottish Socialist						143	0.34
	Socialist Labour						126	0.30
	UKIP						112	0.27
	Scottish Voice						56	0.13
	Scottish Jacobite						50	0.12
	Socialist Equality						12	0.03
Informal votes				990			1,107
Total Valid votes				42,165			42,048
Turnout				43,155
	Labour hold		Majority	891	2.11	-7.41

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Macintosh	13,946	35.86	-1.52
	Conservative	Jackson Carlaw	10,244	26.34	-6.36
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Steele	5,056	13.00	+3.15
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell	4,736	12.18	-7.12
	Independent	Margaret Hinds	3,163	8.13	New
	Scottish Socialist	Steve Oram	1,504	3.87	New
	Scottish Peoples Alliance	Martyn Greene	240	0.62	New
Majority			3,702	9.52	+4.84
Turnout			38,889	58.00	-9.51
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Macintosh	16,970	37.38	N/A
	Conservative	John Young	14,845	32.70	N/A
	SNP	Rachel Findlay	8,760	19.30	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McCurley	4,472	9.85	N/A
	Independent	Manar Tayan	349	0.77	N/A
Majority			2,125	4.68	N/A
Turnout			45,396	59.51	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. [e-mail], Scottish Government, St. Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG Tel:[phone] (11 July 2013). "Eastwood". www.gov.scot.
3. "Standard Outputs - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census - Log in". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk.
4. "Standard Outputs - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census - Log in". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk.
5. 'Scottish Parliament election Eastwood declaration of constituency result', retrieved 6 May 2016
6. 'Scottish Parliament election declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency', retrieved 25 September 2011
7. Declaration of Constituency result, East Renfrewshire Council, retrieved 25 September 2011
8. Declaration of regional vote, Easy Renfrewshire Council, retrieved 25 September 2011
9. Sub-constituency election results for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections - data Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine- Scotland Office; 30 April 2008; retrieved 5 April 2011