Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament}}
{{distinguish|Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Glasgow Pollok
| type = burgh
| constituency_link = Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
| parl_name = Scottish Parliament
| image = 150px
| image2 = 150px
| caption2 = Glasgow Pollok shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
| year = 1999
| abolished =
| next =
| previous =
| party_label = Party
| party = Scottish National Party
| member_label = MSP
| member = Humza Yousaf
| local_council_label = Council area
| local_council = Glasgow City
| population = 81,004 (2019)[https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area-2011-dz/spc/spc-19-tabs.xlsx Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)], National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 ([https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/2011-based-special-area-population-estimates/spc-population-estimates accompanying summary notes])
}}
Glasgow Pollok (Gaelic: Glaschu Pollaig) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the First Past the Post method of election. It is currently represented by Humza Yousaf, a member of the Scottish National Party who served as the First Minister of Scotland from March 2023 until May 2024. He has held the seat for the party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
The constituency is one of eight within the Glasgow City council area. 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.
Electoral region
{{See also|Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)}}
The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are; Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, 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
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=250|text=Map of boundaries from 2011}}
The Glasgow Pollok 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 its First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, a newly shaped Pollok was formed in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The Glasgow City Council electoral wards used in the creation of the new Glasgow Pollok seat are:
- In full: Greater Pollok, Craigton
- In part: Govan
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
= 2020s =
{{AMS election box begin | title=2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/constituencies/S16000119|title=Constituencies A-Z: Glasgow Pollok|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=27046|title=Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2021)|publisher=Glasgow City Council|access-date=24 August 2021}}
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Humza Yousaf
|votes = 18,163
|percentage = 53.7
|change ={{decrease}}1.1
|list_votes = 16,600
|list_percentage = 49.1
|list_change ={{down}}0.4
|status = incumbent
|winner=yes
|list_winner=yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Zubir Ahmed
|votes = 11,058
|percentage = 32.7
|change = {{increase}}1.1
|list_votes = 8,899
|list_percentage = 26.3
|list_change = {{up}}0.5
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Sandesh Gulhane
|votes = 1,849
|percentage = 5.5
|change = {{decrease}}4.0
|list_votes = 3,832
|list_percentage = 11.3
|list_change ={{up}}2.2
|status=list_candidate
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish Greens
|candidate = Nadia Kanyange
|votes = 1,651
|percentage = 4.9
|change =New
|list_votes = 1,975
|list_percentage = 5.8
|list_change ={{up}}0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Alba Party
|list_votes = 659
|list_percentage = 1.9
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = James Speirs
|votes = 522
|percentage = 1.5
|change = {{decrease}}0.6
|list_votes = 455
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change ={{steady}}0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = All for Unity
|list_votes = 318
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Family Party
|list_votes = 240
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Independent Green Voice
|list_votes = 180
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party
|list_votes = 105
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Daryl Gardner
|votes = 185
|percentage = 0.5
|change =New
|list_votes = 95
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change ={{down}}1.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Freedom Alliance (UK)
|list_votes = 76
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Scottish Libertarian Party
|candidate = Alan Findlay
|votes = 157
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 75
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 62
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Women's Equality Party
|list_votes = 58
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change ={{down}}0.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 51
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Reform UK
|list_votes = 50
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link|
|party = Reclaim Party
|candidate = Leo Kearse
|votes = 114
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
|list_votes = 32
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box minor party|
|party = No label
|candidate = Joseph Finnie
|votes = 94
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Craig Ross
|list_votes = 25
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|list_votes = 20
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Renew Party
|list_votes = 11
|list_percentage = 0.03
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Daniel Donaldson
|list_votes = 10
|list_percentage = 0.03
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box majority
|votes = 7,105
|percentage = 21.0
|change = {{down}}2.2
}}
{{AMS election box valid votes
|votes = 33,793
|list_votes = 33,828
}}
{{AMS election box invalid votes
|votes = 131
|list_votes = 87
}}
{{AMS election box turnout
|votes = 33,924
|percentage = 54.3
|change = {{increase}}8.5
|list_votes = 33,915
|list_percentage = 54.3
|list_change ={{increase}}8.4
}}
{{AMS election box hold|
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
=2010s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19449|title=Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2016)|publisher=Glasgow City Council|access-date=24 August 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418141317/https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19449|url-status=dead}}
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Humza Yousaf
|votes = 15,316
|percentage = 54.8
|change = {{increase}}10.1
|list_votes = 13,902
|list_percentage = 49.5
|list_change ={{increase}}7.4
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status = list incumbent
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Johann Lamont{{efn|Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only.}}
|votes = 8,834
|percentage = 31.6
|change = {{decrease}}15.8
|list_votes = 7,237
|list_percentage = 25.8
|list_change = {{decrease}}12.3
|status = incumbent
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Thomas Haddow
|votes = 2,653
|percentage = 9.5
|change = {{increase}}3.8
|list_votes = 2,545
|list_percentage = 9.1
|list_change = {{increase}}4.9
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Isabel Nelson
|votes = 585
|percentage = 2.1
|change = {{no change}}0.0
|list_votes = 375
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change ={{down}}0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with constituency party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Ian Leech
|votes = 555
|percentage = 2.0
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Greens
|list_votes = 1,363
|list_percentage = 4.9
|list_change ={{up}}2.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|list_votes = 915
|list_percentage = 3.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UKIP
|list_votes = 582
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change ={{up}}1.6
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = A Better Britain – Unionist Party
|list_votes = 341
|list_percentage = 1.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Animal Welfare Party
|list_votes = 224
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Christian Party
|list_votes = 212
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change ={{steady}}0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance
|list_votes = 185
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Women's Equality Party
|list_votes = 158
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Andrew McCullagh
|list_votes = 25
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box majority
|votes = 6,482
|percentage = 23.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box valid votes
|votes = 27,943
|list_votes =28,064
}}
{{AMS election box invalid votes
|votes = 142
|list_votes = 69
}}
{{AMS election box turnout
|votes = 28,085
|percentage = 45.8
|change = {{increase}}6.3
|list_votes = 28,133
|list_percentage = 45.9
|list_change ={{increase}}6.4
}}
{{AMS election box gain|
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Labour and Co-operative
|swing = {{increase}}13.0
}}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
{{AMS election box begin|
title=Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Pollok{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/forms/election/ResultsForScottish.aspx|title=Scottish Results|publisher=Glasgow City Council|access-date=25 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6259|title=Region Results for Glasgow Pollok (2011)|publisher=Glasgow City Council|access-date=24 August 2021}}
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Johann Lamont{{efn|Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only.}}
|votes = 10,875
|percentage = 47.5
|change = N/A
|list_votes =8,760
|list_percentage =38.1
|list_change =N/A
|winner=yes
|status=incumbent
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Chris Stephens
|votes = 10,252
|percentage = 44.7
|change = N/A
|list_votes =9,713
|list_percentage =42.2
|list_change =N/A
|list_winner=yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|candidate = Andrew Morrison
|votes = 1,298
|percentage = 5.7
|change = N/A
|list_votes =963
|list_percentage =4.2
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Respect Party
|list_votes =664
|list_percentage =2.9
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = All-Scotland Pensioners Party
|list_votes =617
|list_percentage =2.7
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Green Party
|list_votes =571
|list_percentage =2.5
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes =369
|list_percentage =1.6
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes =330
|list_percentage =1.4
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Isabel Nelson
|votes = 490
|percentage = 2.1
|change = N/A
|list_votes =325
|list_percentage =1.4
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Christian Party
|list_votes =192
|list_percentage =0.8
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Unionist Party (1986)
|list_votes =158
|list_percentage =0.7
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UKIP
|list_votes =126
|list_percentage =0.5
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|list_votes =100
|list_percentage =0.4
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Pirate Party UK
|list_votes =55
|list_percentage =0.2
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Caroline Johnstone
|list_votes = 25
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Scottish Homeland Party
|list_votes =24
|list_percentage =0.1
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box majority|
|votes = 623
|percentage = 2.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box valid votes
|votes = 22,915
|list_votes = 22,992
}}
{{AMS election box invalid votes
|votes = 154
|list_votes = 97
}}
{{AMS election box turnout|
|votes = 23,069
|percentage = 39.5
|change = N/A
|list_votes = 23,089
|list_percentage = 39.5
|list_change =N/A
}}
{{AMS election box win|
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
|reason = boundaries }}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
=2000s=
{{election box begin
|title=Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Pollok [http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/files/updatedversionJune08.xls Sub-constituency election results for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections - data] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206231556/http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/files/updatedversionJune08.xls |date=6 December 2010 }}- Scotland Office, 30 April 2008 (retrieved 5.04.11)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Johann Lamont
|votes = 10,456
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Chris Stephens
|votes = 6,063
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +12.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Gerald Michaluk
|votes = 1,460
|percentage = 7.5
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Christine Gilmore
|votes = 1,436
|percentage = 7.4
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,393
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,415
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour and Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Pollok}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Johann Lamont
|votes = 9,357
|percentage = 43.4
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Tommy Sheridan
|votes = 6,016
|percentage = 27.9
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Kenny Gibson
|votes = 4,118
|percentage = 19.1
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Ashraf Anjum
|votes = 1,012
|percentage = 4.7
|change = -0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Isabel Nelson
|votes = 962
|percentage = 4.5
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Parent Excluded
|candidate = Robert Ray
|votes = 73
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,341
|percentage = 15.5
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,538
|percentage = 45.7
|change = -6.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour and Co-operative
|loser =
|swing = -0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1990s=
{{Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Pollok}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Johann Lamont
|votes = 11,405
|percentage = 43.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Kenny Gibson
|votes = 6,763
|percentage = 25.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Tommy Sheridan
|votes = 5,611
|percentage = 21.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Rory O'Brien
|votes = 1,370
|percentage = 5.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = James King
|votes = 931
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
}},
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,642
|percentage = 17.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,080
|percentage = 52.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour and Co-operative
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Footnotes
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/Glasgow_Pollok.pdf|title=Glasgow Pollok constituency map|publisher=Boundaries Scotland|access-date=7 July 2021}}
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