Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Glasgow Pollok (Gaelic: Glaschu Pollaig) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the First Past the Post method of election. It is currently represented by Humza Yousaf, a member of the Scottish National Party who served as the First Minister of Scotland from March 2023 until May 2024. He has held the seat for the party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

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)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Humza Yousaf
Council area	Glasgow City

The constituency is one of eight within the Glasgow City council area. 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.

Electoral region

See also: Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are; Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, 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 Pollok 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

Following its First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, a newly shaped Pollok was formed in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The Glasgow City Council electoral wards used in the creation of the new Glasgow Pollok seat are:

• In full: Greater Pollok, Craigton
• In part: Govan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Johann Lamont	Labour
	2016	Humza Yousaf	SNP

Election results

2020s

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

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf[a]	18,163	53.7	1.1	16,600	49.1	0.4
	Labour	Zubir Ahmed	11,058	32.7	1.1	8,899	26.3	0.5
	Conservative	Sandesh Gulhane[b]	1,849	5.5	4.0	3,832	11.3	2.2
	Scottish Green	Nadia Kanyange	1,651	4.9	New	1,975	5.8	0.9
	Alba					659	1.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	522	1.5	0.6	455	1.3	0.0
	All for Unity					318	0.9	New
	Scottish Family					240	0.7	New
	Independent Green Voice					180	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					105	0.3	New
	UKIP	Daryl Gardner	185	0.5	New	95	0.3	1.8
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					76	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian	Alan Findlay	157	0.5	New	75	0.2	New
	TUSC					62	0.2	New
	Women's Equality					58	0.2	0.4
	Communist					51	0.2	New
	Reform UK					50	0.1	New
	Reclaim	Leo Kearse	114	0.3	New	32	0.1	New
	No label	Joseph Finnie	94	0.3	New
	Independent	Craig Ross				25	0.1	New
	SDP					20	0.1	New
	Renew					11	0.03	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				10	0.03	New
Majority			7,105	21.0	2.2
Valid Votes			33,793			33,828
Invalid Votes			131			87
Turnout			33,924	54.3	8.5	33,915	54.3	8.4
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok^[2][5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf[a]	15,316	54.8	10.1	13,902	49.5	7.4
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont[b][c]	8,834	31.6	15.8	7,237	25.8	12.3
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	2,653	9.5	3.8	2,545	9.1	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	585	2.1	0.0	375	1.3	0.1
	TUSC	Ian Leech	555	2.0	New
	Scottish Green					1,363	4.9	2.4
	Solidarity					915	3.3	New
	UKIP					582	2.1	1.6
	BUP					341	1.2	New
	Animal Welfare					224	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian					212	0.8	0.0
	RISE					185	0.7	New
	Women's Equality					158	0.6	New
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				25	0.1	New
Majority			6,482	23.2	N/A
Valid Votes			27,943			28,064
Invalid Votes			142			69
Turnout			28,085	45.8	6.3	28,133	45.9	6.4
	SNP gain from Labour Co-op		Swing		13.0
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency Lamont 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. Incumbent member for this constituency

Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Glasgow Pollok^[2][6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont[a][b]	10,875	47.5	N/A	8,760	38.1	N/A
	SNP	Chris Stephens	10,252	44.7	N/A	9,713	42.2	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	1,298	5.7	N/A	963	4.2	N/A
	Respect					664	2.9	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					617	2.7	N/A
	Scottish Green					571	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour					369	1.6	N/A
	BNP					330	1.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	490	2.1	N/A	325	1.4	N/A
	Scottish Christian					192	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					158	0.7	N/A
	UKIP					126	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					100	0.4	N/A
	Pirate					55	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone				25	0.1	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					24	0.1	N/A
Majority			623	2.8	N/A
Valid Votes			22,915			22,992
Invalid Votes			154			97
Turnout			23,069	39.5	N/A	23,089	39.5	N/A
	Labour win (new boundaries)
Notes Lamont 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. Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

Scottish Parliament Election 2007: Glasgow Pollok ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	10,456	53.9	+10.5
	SNP	Chris Stephens	6,063	31.2	+12.1
	Conservative	Gerald Michaluk	1,460	7.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Gilmore	1,436	7.4	+2.9
Majority			4,393	22.7	+7.2
Turnout			19,415
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Glasgow Pollok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	9,357	43.4	−0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	6,016	27.9	+6.4
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	4,118	19.1	−6.8
	Conservative	Ashraf Anjum	1,012	4.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	962	4.5	+0.9
	Parent Excluded	Robert Ray	73	0.3	New
Majority			3,341	15.5	−2.3
Turnout			21,538	45.7	−6.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-0.3

1990s

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Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Glasgow Pollok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont	11,405	43.7	N/A
	SNP	Kenny Gibson	6,763	25.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	5,611	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	1,370	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James King	931	3.6	N/A
Majority			4,642	17.8	N/A
Turnout			26,080	52.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Glasgow