Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Glasgow Pollok
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Pollok shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	81,004 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Humza Yousaf
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Pollok (in Gaelic: Glaschu Pollaig) is a special area in Scotland that chooses one person to represent it in the Scottish Parliament (also known as Holyrood). This person is called a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). They are chosen using a system called "First Past the Post", which means the candidate with the most votes wins.

Currently, the MSP for Glasgow Pollok is Humza Yousaf. He has been the MSP for this area since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Since March 2023, he has also been the First Minister of Scotland, which is like being the leader of the Scottish Government.

Glasgow Pollok is one of eight areas within the Glasgow City local council area. It is also one of nine areas in the wider Glasgow electoral region. This region also elects seven extra MSPs, called "additional members," to help make sure that the number of MSPs for each party roughly matches the total votes they received. This system helps create a fairer way of representing everyone.

Glasgow's Electoral Region

The Glasgow electoral region includes Glasgow Pollok and eight other areas. These are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside, and Rutherglen.

This region covers the entire Glasgow City council area. It also includes a small part of the South Lanarkshire council area in the north-west.

Constituency Boundaries

The Glasgow Pollok area was first created in 1999. This was when the Scottish Parliament itself was set up. At first, its borders were the same as an existing area for the UK Parliament, called Westminster constituency. However, in 2005, most of the Scottish areas for the UK Parliament were changed.

How the Boundaries Changed

After a review of the Scottish Parliament areas, Glasgow Pollok got new borders. These new borders were used for the first time in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The new Glasgow Pollok area is made up of parts of Glasgow City Council's local areas, called "wards."

• The full areas of: Greater Pollok and Craigton.
• Part of the area called: Govan.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Here's a list of the people who have represented Glasgow Pollok in the Scottish Parliament:

Recent Election Results

In the most recent election for Glasgow Pollok, which was the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Humza Yousaf from the Scottish National Party (SNP) won. He received 18,163 votes, which was 53.7% of all the votes. The second place went to Zubir Ahmed from the Scottish Labour party, who got 11,058 votes (32.7%).

The total number of people who voted in this election was 33,924. This means about 54.3% of the people who could vote actually did.

See also

• Politics of Glasgow