Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Eastwood
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Eastwood shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population71,066 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyConservative
MSPJackson Carlaw
Council areaEast Renfrewshire

Eastwood (Gaelic: A' Choille Shear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Jackson Carlaw of the Scottish Conservatives since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.


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