West of Scotland
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West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament through which 7 of the 56 Additional Members System MSPs are elected.
It covers an area including all of the local authority areas of West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, as well as parts of Argyll and Bute and North Ayrshire.
Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999
| Political Party | Votes | Share of Vote (%) | % Change | List Seats Won |
| Labour | 119,663 | 38.5 | N/A | 0 |
| SNP | 80,417 | 25.9 | N/A | 4 |
| Conservative | 48,666 | 15.7 | N/A | 2 |
| Lib Dems | 34,095 | 11.0 | N/A | 1 |
| Greens | 8,174 | 2.6 | N/A | 0 |
| SSP | 5,944 | 1.9 | N/A | 0 |
| SLP | 4,472 | 1.4 | N/A | 0 |
| PA | 3,227 | 1.0 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent | 2,761 | 0.9 | N/A | 0 |
| SUP | 1,840 | 0.6 | N/A | 0 |
| NLP | 589 | 0.2 | N/A | 0 |
| Independent | 565 | 0.2 | N/A | 0 |
MSPs Elected:
- SNP - Colin Campbell, Kay Ullrich, Lloyd Quinan, Fiona McLeod
- Conservatives - Annabel Goldie, John Young
- Lib Dem - Ross Finnie
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Scottish Parliament Vote, 2003
| Political Party | Votes | Share of Vote (%) | % Change | List Seats Won |
| Labour | 83,931 | 32.6 | -5.9 | 0 |
| SNP | 50,387 | 19.6 | -6.3 | 3 |
| Conservative | 40,261 | 15.7 | - | 2 |
| Lib Dems | 31,580 | 12.3 | +1.3 | 1 |
| SSP | 18,591 | 7.2 | +5.3 | 1 |
| Greens | 14,544 | 5.7 | +3.1 | 0 |
| SSCUP | 7,100 | 2.8 | N/A | 0 |
| PLP | 3,674 | 1.4 | N/A | 0 |
| SLP | 3,155 | 1.2 | -0.2 | 0 |
| UKIP | 1,662 | 0.6 | N/A | 0 |
| SUP | 1,617 | 0.6 | - | 0 |
| SPA | 674 | 0.3 | N/A | 0 |
MSPs Elected:
- SNP - Campbell Martin, Bruce McFee, Stewart Maxwell
- Conservatives - Annabel Goldie, Murray Tosh
- Lib-Dem - Ross Finnie
- SSP - Frances Curran
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There is also a West of Scotland Rugby Football Club and a West of Scotland Cricket Club.