West Of Scotland (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)
West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine 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 16 MSPs.
The West of Scotland region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
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