West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
| West Scotland | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
West Scotland shown within Scotland (2011 boundaries) | |
| Electorate | 591,614 (2022) |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2011 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Conservative 3 Scottish Green 1 Liberal Democrat 1 |
| Council areas | Argyll and Bute (part) Glasgow (part) East Ayrshire (part) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire |
| Constituencies | Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden |
West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.
The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow.