Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Clydesdale
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Clydesdale shown within the 2011 version of the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate61,011 (2022)
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPMàiri McAllan
Council areaSouth Lanarkshire

Clydesdale (Gaelic: Dail Chluaidh) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Màiri McAllan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

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