Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	74,527 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	SNP
MSP	Bob Doris
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Gaelic: Glaschu Cnoc Màiri agus Allt an Fhuarain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. 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.

The constituency was created in 2011 from a merger of parts of the Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Springburn and a small part of the Glasgow Anniesland constituencies. The parts of Glasgow Anniesland were Kelvindale and Kelvinside, that had previously been in Glasgow Hillhead before 1997.

The seat has been held by Bob Doris of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Pollok, 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

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies.

The electoral wards used in its creation are:

• In full: Maryhill/Kelvin, Springburn
• In part: Canal (shared with Glasgow Kelvin), Dennistoun

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bob Doris	16,428	59.0	3.5	13,158	47.1	0.5
	Scottish Labour	Keiran O'Neill	8,504	30.5	1.3	6,722	24.1	1.4
	Scottish Conservatives	Alix Mathieson	2,241	8.0	1.8	2,984	10.7	1.0
	Green					2,847	10.2	2.2
	Alba Party					529	1.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Chamberlain	688	2.5	0.4	503	1.8	0.0
	Independent Green Voice					244	0.87	New
	All for Unity					229	0.8	New
	Scottish Family Party					206	0.74	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party					66	0.24	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					63	0.23	New
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition					60	0.21	New
	Women's Equality Party					60	0.21	0.6
	Reform UK					45	0.16	New
	Scottish Libertarian Party					45	0.16	New
	Communist Party of Britain					44	0.16	New
	Independent	Craig Ross				36	0.13	New
	UKIP					32	0.11	1.8
	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)					19	0.07	New
	Reclaim Party					15	0.05	New
	Renew Party					13	0.05	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				13	0.05	New
Majority			7,924	28.5	4.8
Valid Votes			27,861			27,933
Invalid Votes			178			103
Turnout			28,039	51.9	7.6	28,036	51.9	7.5
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bob Doris	13,109	55.5	13.7	11,296	47.6	8.9
	Labour	Patricia Ferguson	7,507	31.8	16.3	6,055	25.5	12.3
	Scottish Conservatives	John Anderson	2,305	9.8	3.8	2,305	9.7	4.6
	Green					1,903	8.0	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Harrison	691	2.9	1.2	438	1.8	0.8
	UKIP					452	1.9	1.4
	Solidarity (Scotland)					283	1.2	New
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party					265	1.1	New
	RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance					199	0.8	New
	Women's Equality Party					198	0.8	New
	Animal Welfare Party					182	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian Party					150	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				25	0.1	New
Majority			5,602	23.7	N/A
Valid Votes			23,612			23,751
Invalid Votes			137			51
Turnout			23,749	44.3	7.8	23,802	44.4	7.9
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing		15.0
Notes

See also

• Politics of Glasgow