Editing Glasgow (section)

===Politics===
{{Main|Glasgow Parliamentary Constituencies}}
{{See also|Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)}}
[[File:Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Council.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|[[Susan Aitken]], current leader of [[Glasgow City Council]]]]

Glasgow is represented in both the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in [[London]], and the [[Scottish Parliament]] in Holyrood, [[Edinburgh]]. At Westminster, it is represented by seven [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs), all elected at least once every five years to represent individual constituencies, using the first-past-the-post system of voting. In Holyrood, Glasgow is represented by sixteen [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|Members of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSPs), of whom nine are elected to represent individual constituencies once every four years using first-past-the-post, and seven are elected as additional regional members, by proportional representation. Since the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]], Glasgow is represented at Holyrood by 9 [[Scottish National Party]] MSPs, 4 [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] MSPs, 2 [[Scottish Conservative Party|Conservative]] MSPs and 1 [[Scottish Green Party|Scottish Green]] MSP. In the European Parliament, the city formed part of the [[Scotland (European Parliament constituency)|Scotland constituency]], which elected six [[Member of the European Parliament|Members of the European Parliament]] (MEPs) prior to [[Brexit]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48044192| publisher=BBC | title=Who are the MEP candidates in Scotland? | date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

Since Glasgow is covered and operates under two separate central governments, the [[Scottish Government]] and the UK Government, they determine various matters that Glasgow City Council is not responsible for. The [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow electoral region of the Scottish Parliament]] covers the Glasgow City council area, a north-western part of [[South Lanarkshire]] and a small eastern portion of [[Renfrewshire]]. It elects nine of the parliament's 73 [[first past the post]] constituency members and seven of the 56 [[Mixed member proportional representation|additional members]]. Both kinds of member are known as [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)]]. The system of election is designed to produce a form of [[proportional representation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/spice/factsheets/parliamentary-business/scottish-parliament-electoral-system-12-may-2021.pdf|title=Scottish Parliament electoral system|publisher=Scottish Parliament|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>

The first past the post seats were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of then existing [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]] ([[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]) constituencies. In 2005, the number of Westminster [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) representing Scotland was cut to 59, with new constituencies being formed, while the existing number of [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSPs]] was retained at Holyrood. [[File:Glasgow City Chambers The Council Chamber.jpg|thumb|right|Debating chamber within the City Chambers]]In the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election]], the boundaries of the Glasgow region were redrawn.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/rev_rec_regions/regions_revised_recommendations_map_A2.pdf |title=First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries. Public Consultation |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland |access-date=3 July 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305122058/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/rev_rec_regions/regions_revised_recommendations_map_A2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the [[Scottish independence referendum]], Glasgow voted "Yes" by a margin of [[2014 Scottish independence referendum#By area|53.5% to 46.5%]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/scotland-decides/results |date=18 September 2014 |website=BBC News |access-date=18 September 2014 |title=Scottish independence referendum – Results}}</ref> In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|Brexit referendum]], results varied from constituency to constituency. Glasgow North recorded the biggest remain vote with 78% opting to stay in the EU whilst in Glasgow East this figure dropped to 56%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14583516.display/ |title=EU referendum: Here is how Glasgow voted |newspaper=[[Glasgow Times|The Evening Times]] |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829082354/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14583516.display/ |archive-date=29 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city as a whole voted to remain in the EU, by 66.6% to 33.3%.<ref>[https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19666 European Referendum 2016 Glasgow Results] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033021/https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19666 |date=1 December 2017}} (retrieved 29 November 2017)</ref> Following the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], in which 53.49% of the electorate of Glasgow voted in favour of Scottish independence; the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] won every seat in the city at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], including a record-breaking 39.3% swing from Labour to SNP in the [[Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow North East]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32635871 |title=Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521003643/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32635871 |archive-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=live |date=8 May 2015 |work=BBC News}}</ref> At the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 snap general election]], Glasgow was represented by 6 Scottish National Party MPs and 1 Labour MP; the Glasgow North East constituency which had a record 39.3% swing from Labour to SNP at the previous general election, was regained by [[Paul Sweeney]] of the [[Scottish Labour Party]], who narrowly defeated sitting SNP MP [[Anne McLaughlin]] by 242 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000032|title=Election 2017: Glasgow North East|work=BBC News |access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2017/06/glasgow-north-east-labour-mp-paul-sweeney-yes-badges-were-cool-2014-now|title=Glasgow North East Labour MP Paul Sweeney: "Yes badges were cool in 2014 – now it's Jeremy"|work=New Statesman |access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>