nicola sturgeon by Colin Mearns Glasgow’s SNP MSPs have all said they will be pushing ahead for a second independence referendum. The city re-elected thenationalists in all eight seats once again as the party won another election in Glasgow and across Scotland. After two days of counting at the Emirates Arena, the election map in Glasgow is exactly the same as it was in 2016. While there are four new MSPs representing the city, the results for each party were the same as five years ago. The SNP once again won all eight constituency seats. In the regional list the arithmetic to decide who get the seats based on proportionality produced the same result as it did at the last election.
The SNP has held all four Glasgow constituencies which were declared on Friday.
Along with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf, Bill Kidd and Bob Doris will return to Holyrood for the SNP.
Another four constituencies in the Glasgow region are due to declare results on Saturday, along with the regional list.
Ms Sturgeon was re-elected in Glasgow Southside, where she went up against Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
The First Minister won 19,735 votes, compared to Mr Sarwar’s 10,279 – a majority of 9,456.
Afterwards, she said: “At this stage I am extremely happy that the SNP appears to be on course for a fourth consecutive election victory and to be on course to have the privilege of forming a government again.
I was caught, rather delightfully, by a reader of this column in the middle of that sunny afternoon last week. She found me in the back of the U-Haul outside th
Scottish Election 2021: Simple guide to the Glasgow regional list
There will be a number of issues for the candidates to consider in the Glasgow region.
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Glasgow s regional list could go a long way to who ends up finishing as the biggest opposition party to the SNP in the Scottish Parliament.