Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency).

Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Greenock and Inverclyde
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Greenock and Inverclyde shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	72,866 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	SNP
MSP	Stuart McMillan
Council area	Inverclyde

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

Electoral region

See also: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

The constituency covers most of Inverclyde, including the main population centres of Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow. The eastern part of Inverclyde, around the village of Kilmacolm being covered by the Renfrewshire North and West constituency.

The Greenock and Inverclyde 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, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was merged into a new Inverclyde constituency.^[2]

The constituency boundaries were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The electoral wards used to form Greenock and Inverclyde are listed below:^[3]

• In full: Inverclyde Central, Inverclyde East Central, Inverclyde North, Inverclyde South, Inverclyde South West, Inverclyde West
• In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Duncan McNeil	Labour
	2016	Stuart McMillan	SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McMillan[a]	19,713	54.2	0.5	17,618	48.3	1.0
	Labour	Francesca Brennan	11,539	31.7	4.0	8,569	23.5	1.1
	Conservative	Caroline Hollins	3,313	9.1	5.0	5,211	14.3	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jacci Stoyle	1,033	2.8	1.6	965	2.6	0.7
	Independent	John Burleigh	776	2.1	New
	Scottish Green					2,291	6.3	2.5
	Alba					728	2.0	New
	All for Unity					245	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					216	0.6	New
	Independent Green Voice					184	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					101	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					61	0.2	New
	UKIP					51	0.1	1.7
	Scottish Libertarian					47	0.1	0.0
	Reform UK					46	0.1	New
	TUSC					45	0.1	New
	Independent	Maurice Campbell				24	0.1	New
	Scotia Future					22	0.1	New
	Independent	James Morrison				20	0.1	New
	Renew					4	0.0	New
Majority			8,174	22.5	3.5
Valid Votes			36,374			36,448
Invalid Votes			116			90
Turnout			36,490	63.6	5.9	36,538	63.7	5.9
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McMillan[a]	17,032	53.7	11.6	15,677	49.3	6.4
	Labour	Siobhan McCready	8,802	27.7	16.2	7,822	24.6	12.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	4,487	14.1	7.0	4,731	14.9	8.0
	Scottish Green					1,209	3.8	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	1,404	4.4	2.5	1,057	3.3	1.1
	UKIP					561	1.8	1.2
	Solidarity					338	1.1	1.0
	Scottish Christian					259	0.8	0.1
	RISE					118	0.4	New
	Scottish Libertarian					46	0.1	New
Majority			8,230	26.0	N/A
Valid Votes			31,725			31,818
Invalid Votes			113			63
Turnout			31,838	57.7	8.0	31,881	57.8	8.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing		13.9
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan McNeil[a]	12,387	43.9	N/A	10,344	36.7	N/A
	SNP	Stuart McMillan[b]	11,876	42.1	N/A	12,079	42.9	N/A
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	2,011	7.1	N/A	1,955	6.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Finnie[b]	1,934	6.9	N/A	1,244	4.4	N/A
	Scottish Green					551	2.0	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					483	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour					416	1.5	N/A
	Scottish Christian					266	0.9	N/A
	BNP					208	0.7	N/A
	UKIP					174	0.6	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					166	0.6	N/A
	Solidarity					38	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Richard Vassie				12	0.0	N/A
	Others					233	0.8	N/A
Majority			511	1.8	N/A
Valid Votes			28,208			28,169
Invalid Votes			132			134
Turnout			28,340	49.7	N/A	28,303	49.7	N/A
	Labour win (new boundaries)
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan McNeil	10,035	43.4	+2.7
	SNP	Stuart McMillan	7,011	30.3	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Finnie	3,893	16.8	−11.2
	Conservative	Charles Ferguson	2,166	9.4	+2.8
Majority			3,024	13.1	+0.4
Turnout			23,105	51.8	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan McNeil	9,674	40.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Finnie	6,665	28.0	+1.8
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	3,532	14.9	−8.7
	Scottish Socialist	Tricia McCafferty	2,338	9.8	+6.8
	Conservative	Charles Dunlop	1,572	6.6	+0.7
Majority			3,009	12.7	−2.4
Turnout			23,781	51.7	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Greenock and Inverclyde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan McNeil	11,817	41.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Finnie	7,504	26.2	N/A
	SNP	Ian Hamilton	6,762	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Wilkinson	1,699	5.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	857	3.0	N/A
Majority			4,313	15.1	N/A
Turnout			28,639	59.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)