West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

West Scotland
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
West Scotland shown within Scotland
Population	709,716 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created	2011
MSPs	Scottish National Party 8 Labour 4 Conservative 4 Scottish Green 1
Council areas	Argyll and Bute (part) East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire
Constituencies	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

West Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.

The West Scotland electoral region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the West of Scotland region.^[2]