Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)

{{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.

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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.See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921124603/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ |date=21 September 2007 }}

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 and Eaglesham
• Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood
• In part:
• Newton Mearns North and Neilston (shared with Renfrewshire South)

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/DataAnalysis/SPconstituencyprofile/Eastwood|title=Eastwood|last=Scottish Government|date=11 July 2013|website=www.gov.scot}}

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,{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-analyser/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml|title=Standard Outputs - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census - Log in|website=www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-date=13 June 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160613183517/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-analyser/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml|url-status=dead}} with large portion of the seat's working population being employed in managerial, administrative and professional occupations.

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.

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

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Kenneth Macintosh

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Jackson Carlaw

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|percentage = 33.64

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Stewart Maxwell

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|change = +6.73

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|party change =

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|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

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{{MMP election box party only|

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

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{{MMP election box party only|

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{{MMP election box historic party only|

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{{MMP election box party only|

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 990

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Scottish Labour Party

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|candidate = Steve Oram

|votes = 1,504

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Peoples Alliance

|candidate = Martyn Greene

|votes = 240

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|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,702

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,889

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{{Election box hold with party link|

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Kenneth Macintosh

|votes = 16,970

|percentage = 37.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = John Young

|votes = 14,845

|percentage = 32.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Rachel Findlay

|votes = 8,760

|percentage = 19.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Anna McCurley

|votes = 4,472

|percentage = 9.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Manar Tayan

|votes = 349

|percentage = 0.8

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 2,125

|percentage = 4.68

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 45,396

|percentage = 59.5

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Scottish Labour

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{{Election box end}}

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