Glasgow Govan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Govan
Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Govan shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Glasgow City (part) Renfrewshire (part)

Glasgow City (part)

Glasgow Govan was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the constituency was abolished. The Govan electoral ward was divided between Glasgow Pollok and Glasgow Southside

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

The Glasgow Govan 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.

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Glasgow City council and small western portion of Renfrewshire Council.

Glasgow Govan is south of the Kelvin constituency, west of Shettleston and north of Cathcart and Pollok, which are all entirely within the city area.

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective abolition of the Glasgow Govan constituency. The new creation was to be known as Glasgow Southside formed by the combination of Southside Central, and Pollokshields wards with the addition of the eastern half of the Govan division.