Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Anniesland (Gaelic: Glaschu Fearann Anna) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It is 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 nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Glasgow Anniesland
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	75,114 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Bill Kidd
Council area	Glasgow City

In the first election to the Scottish Parliament the seat was won for Labour by Donald Dewar who subsequently became the first First Minister of Scotland. Since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the MSP has been Bill Kidd of the Scottish National Party.

Electoral region

See also: Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are: Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, 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

Map of boundaries from 2011

The Glasgow Anniesland 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.

Boundary review

See also: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended alterations to the existing Anniesland constituency boundaries.

The electoral wards used to create the newly formed Anniesland are:

• In full: Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Drumchapel/Anniesland
• In part: Partick West (shared with neighbouring Glasgow Kelvin)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Donald Dewar	Labour
	2000	Bill Butler
	2011	Bill Kidd	SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bill Kidd[a]	17,501	52.8	1.1	13,904	41.74	1.3
	Labour Co-op	Eva Murray[b]	10,913	32.9	2.4	8,167	24.52	0.3
	Conservative	Ade Aibinu	3,688	11.1	2.9	4,618	13.86	0.2
	Scottish Green					3,691	11.08	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Simons	1,063	3.2	0.6	903	2.71	0.1
	Alba					634	1.90	New
	All for Unity					280	0.84	New
	Independent Green Voice					242	0.73	New
	Scottish Family					218	0.65	New
	Women's Equality					115	0.35	0.5
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					103	0.31	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					82	0.25	New
	Scottish Libertarian					62	0.19	New
	Reform UK					61	0.18	New
	Communist					52	0.16	New
	TUSC					47	0.14	New
	UKIP					40	0.12	1.7
	Independent	Craig Ross				27	0.08	New
	SDP					19	0.06	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				16	0.05	New
	Renew					16	0.05	New
	Reclaim					15	0.05	New
Majority			6,588	19.9	1.3
Valid Votes			33,165			33,312
Invalid Votes			218			106
Turnout			33,383	58.6	8.2	33,418	58.7	8.2
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Murray stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bill Kidd[a]	15,007	51.7	8.5	12,548	43.0	3.3
	Labour	Bill Butler	8,854	30.5	12.7	7,079	24.3	9.5
	Conservative	Adam Tomkins[b]	4,057	14.0	5.6	4,107	14.1	6.4
	Scottish Green					2,778	9.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1,098	3.8	0.4	748	2.6	0.3
	UKIP					523	1.8	1.4
	BUP					279	1.0	New
	Solidarity					265	0.9	New
	Women's Equality					233	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian					230	0.8	0.2
	Animal Welfare					191	0.7	New
	RISE					172	0.6	New
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				29	0.1	New
Majority			6,153	21.2	21.2
Valid Votes			29,016			29,182
Invalid Votes			185			58
Turnout			29,201	50.4	7.0	29,240	50.5	7.0
	SNP hold		Swing		10.4
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland^[7][4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bill Kidd[a]	10,329	43.19	N/A	9,513	39.7	N/A
	Labour	Bill Butler[b]	10,322	43.16	N/A	8,109	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Smith	2,011	8.4	N/A	1,850	7.7	N/A
	Scottish Green					1,489	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,000	4.2	N/A	701	2.9	N/A
	Respect					697	2.9	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					386	1.6	N/A
	BNP					257	1.1	N/A
	Communist	Marc Livingstone	256	1.1	N/A
	Scottish Christian					246	1.0	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					223	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					173	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					136	0.6	N/A
	UKIP					91	0.4	N/A
	Pirate					68	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					23	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone				27	0.1	N/A
Majority			7	0.03	N/A
Valid Votes			23,918			23,989
Invalid Votes			105			91
Turnout			24,023	43.4	N/A	24,080	43.5	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,483	47.4	+1.7
	SNP	Bill Kidd	6,177	27.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,154	14.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Danica Gilland	2,325	10.5	±0.0
Majority			4,306	19.5	−8.6
Rejected ballots			1,766	3.6
Turnout			22,139	45.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.4

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	10,141	45.7	−13.1
	SNP	Bill Kidd	3,186	17.6	−2.6
	Conservative	William Aitken	3,032	13.7	+3.1
	Scottish Socialist	Charlie McCarthy	2,620	11.8	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	2,330	10.5	+4.2
Majority			6,253	28.1	−10.5
Turnout			22,165	43.6	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Butler	9,838	48.7	−10.1
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	4,462	22.1	+1.9
	Conservative	Kate Pickering	2,148	10.6	±0.0
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	1,429	7.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fryer	1,384	6.8	+0.5
	Scottish Green	Alistair Whitelaw	662	3.3	New
	Socialist Labour	Murdo Ritchie	298	1.5	+1.0
Majority			5,376	26.6	−12.0
Turnout			20,211	38.3	−13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Anniesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Dewar	16,749	58.8
	SNP	Kaukab Stewart	5,756	20.2
	Conservative	Bill Aitken	3,032	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	1,804	6.3
	Scottish Socialist	Ann Lynch	1,000	3.5
	Socialist Labour	Edward Boyd	139	0.5
Majority			10,993	38.6
Turnout			28,480	51.9
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Glasgow