Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Anniesland
Glasgow Anniesland
	burgh constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Bill Kidd
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, 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.

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Anniesland 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

Boundary review

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended alterations to the existing Anniesland constituency boundaries.

The electoral wards used to create the newly formed Anniesland are:

In full: Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Drumchapel/Anniesland
In part: Partick West (shared with neighbouring Glasgow Kelvin)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Donald Dewar	Labour
2000	Bill Butler	Labour
2011	Bill Kidd	Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Bill Kidd	15,007	51.7	+8.5
	Labour	Bill Butler	8,854	30.5	-12.7
	Conservative	Adam Tomkins	4,057	14.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1,098	3.8	-0.4
Majority			6,153	21.2	+21.2
Turnout			29,016	50.4	+7.7
	SNP hold		Swing

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2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Bill Kidd	10,329	43.19	+15.4
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,322	43.16	-5.0
	Conservative	Matthew Smith	2,011	8.4	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,000	4.2	-4.6
	Communist	Marc Livingstone	256	1.1	N/A
Majority			7	0.03	N/A
Turnout			23,918	42.7	-2.9
	SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,483	47.4	+1.7
	SNP	Bill Kidd	6,177	27.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,154	14.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Danica Gilland	2,325	10.5	0.0
Majority			4,306	19.5	-8.6
Rejected ballots			1,766	3.6
Turnout			22,139	45.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.4

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,141	45.7	−13.1
	SNP	Bill Kidd	3,186	17.6	−2.7
	Conservative	William Aitken	3,032	13.7	+3.1
	Scottish Socialist	Charlie McCarthy	2,620	11.8	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	2,330	10.5	+4.2
Majority			6,253	28.1	−10.5
Turnout			22,165	43.6	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Butler	9,838	48.7	−10.1
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	4,462	22.1	+1.9
	Conservative	Kate Pickering	2,148	10.6	0.0
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	1,429	7.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fryer	1,384	6.8	+0.5
	Scottish Green	Alistair Whitelaw	662	3.3	New
	Socialist Labour	Murdo Ritchie	298	1.5	+1.0
Majority			5,376	26.6	−12.0
Turnout			20,211	38.3	-13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Donald Dewar	16,749	58.8	*N/A*
	SNP	Kaukab Stewart	5,756	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,032	10.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	1,804	6.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Ann Lynch	1,000	3.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Edward Boyd	139	0.5	N/A
Majority			10,993	38.6	N/A
Turnout			28,480	51.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

Candidates nomination Glasgow City Council

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire