Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Shettleston
Glasgow Shettleston
Burgh constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Glasgow Shettleston shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	79,969 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Independent
MSP	John Mason
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Shettleston 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The seat has been held by John Mason, who was elected for the Scottish National Party but has had the whip withdrawn after being elected, since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are: Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, 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 Shettleston 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 their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland had recommended a modified Glasgow Shettleston constituency. The electoral wards used to create the newly formed Shettleston are:

In full: Calton, Shettleston
In part: Baillieston (shared with Glasgow Provan)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Frank McAveety	Labour
2011	John Mason	SNP
2024	John Mason	Independent

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Mason^[a]	17,465	54.4	1.6	14,772	45.8	1.9
	Labour	Pauline McNeill^[b]	9,440	29.4	2.3	7,924	24.6	0.0
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	4,421	13.8	1.4	4,821	15.0	2.8
	Scottish Green					2,457	7.6	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Clark	774	2.4	0.2	433	1.3	0.2
	Alba					404	1.3	New
	All for Unity					400	1.2	New
	Independent Green Voice					225	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					166	0.5	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					105	0.3	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					100	0.3	New
	Women's Equality					78	0.2	0.4
	Scottish Libertarian					64	0.2	New
	UKIP					62	0.2	2.6
	TUSC					56	0.2	New
	Reform UK					55	0.2	New
	Communist					42	0.1	New
	Independent	Craig Ross				21	0.1	New
	Reclaim					15	0.0	New
	SDP					15	0.0	New
	Renew					12	0.0	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				6	0.0	New
Majority			8,025	25.0	3.9
Valid Votes			32,100			32,233
Invalid Votes			238			119
Turnout			32,338	53.7	9.7	32,352	53.7	9.7
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston^[2]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Mason^[a]	14,198	56.0	8.2	12,160	47.7	6.2
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	6,875	27.1	17.9	6,270	24.6	15.3
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	3,151	12.4	6.9	3,098	12.2	7.4
	Scottish Green					1,436	5.6	3.1
	UKIP					716	2.8	2.2
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	583	2.3	New
	Solidarity					399	1.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Giovanni Caccavello	568	2.2	0.5	392	1.5	0.2
	BUP					318	1.2	New
	RISE					213	0.8	New
	Animal Welfare					164	0.6	New
	Women's Equality					149	0.6	New
	Scottish Christian					146	0.6	0.1
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				28	0.1	New
Majority			7,323	28.9	26.1
Valid Votes			25,375			25,489
Invalid Votes			131			48
Turnout			25,506	44.0	5.9	25,537	44.0	5.9
	SNP hold		Swing		13.1
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston^[2]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Mason	10,128	47.8	N/A	8,802	41.5	N/A
	Labour	Frank McAveety^[a]	9,542	45.0	N/A	8,456	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	David Wilson	1,163	5.5	N/A	1,016	4.8	N/A
	Respect					588	2.8	N/A
	Scottish Green					529	2.5	N/A
	BNP					325	1.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ruaraidh Dobson	371	1.7	N/A	281	1.3	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					254	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour					211	1.0	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					210	1.0	N/A
	Scottish Christian					146	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					138	0.7	N/A
	UKIP					119	0.6	N/A
	Pirate					63	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					49	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone				26	0.1	N/A
Majority			586	2.8	N/A
Valid Votes			21,204			21,213
Invalid Votes			109			90
Turnout			21,313	38.1	N/A	21,303	38.1	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	7,574	51.2	−5.4
	SNP	John McLaughlin	4,693	31.7	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Renton	1,182	8.0	+3.3
	Conservative	William McNair	946	6.4	+0.5
	Scottish Christian	Bob Graham	406	2.7	New
Majority			2,881	19.5	−18.9
Rejected ballots			2,035
Turnout			14,801	33.4	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.5

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	9,365	56.6	+2.7
	SNP	Jim Byrne	3,018	18.2	−9.1
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	2,403	14.5	+6.6
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	982	5.9	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hutton	779	4.7	+0.1
Majority			6,347	38.4	+11.8
Turnout			16,547	35.4	−7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank McAveety	11,078	53.9	*N/A*
	SNP	Jim Byrne	5,611	27.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	1,640	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Bain	1,260	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Clarke	943	4.6	N/A
Majority			5,467	26.6	N/A
Turnout			20,532	42.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)