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Glasgow Govan (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Govan Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Govan shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Govan 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 ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The Glasgow Govan 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.
The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Glasgow City council.[1].
Glasgow Govan is south of the Kelvin constituency, west of Shettleston and north of Cathcart and Pollok, which are all entirely within the city area.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Gordon Jackson | Labour | |
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| 2007 | Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | |
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Govan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | 9,010 | 41.9 | +10.7 | |
| Labour Party | Gordon Jackson | 8,266 | 38.4 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Young | 1,891 | 8.8 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative Party | Martyn McIntyre | 1,680 | 7.8 | -1.1 | |
| Independent | Asif Nasir | 423 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Communist | Elinor McKenzie | 251 | 1.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 744 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 22,741 | 45.4 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 1,220 | 5.36 | |||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party | Swing | 4.7 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Govan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Gordon Jackson | 7,834 | 37.06 | −6.25 | |
| Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,599 | 31.22 | −5.43 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Jimmy Scott | 2,369 | 11.21 | +6.38 | |
| Conservative Party | Faisal Butt | 1,878 | 8.89 | +0.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham | 1,807 | 8.55 | +2.94 | |
| Majority | 1,235 | 5.84 | −0.82 | ||
| Turnout | 21,136 | 43.46 | −6.06 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Govan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Gordon Jackson | 11,421 | 43.31 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | 9,665 | 36.65 | N/A | |
| Conservative Party | Tasmina Ahmed-Seikh | 2,343 | 8.88 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Aslam Khan | 1,479 | 5.61 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Charlie McCarthy | 1,275 | 4.83 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,756 | 6.66 | N/A | ||
- Rejected ballots for 2007 election from the BBC news page [1]
