West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)

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West Scotland is an electoral region of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the country’s western central belt and coastal areas, used to elect additional members under Scotland’s proportional representation system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish Parliament electoral region
appliesElectoralFormula D’Hondt method NERFINISHED
country Scotland
coversArea coastal areas of western Scotland
parts of the western central belt of Scotland
created 1999
electoralPurpose to provide proportional representation for parties in the region
electoralSystem Additional Member System NERFINISHED
electsTo Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
governingLaw Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED
hasConstituencies constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
hasElectoralTier constituency members
regional additional members
hasGovernment devolved government of Scotland NERFINISHED
language English
Scottish Gaelic
legislativeBody Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
locatedIn west coast of Scotland
western central belt of Scotland
partOf Scottish Parliament electoral regions NERFINISHED
devolved parliamentary system of the United Kingdom
regionType electoral region
representationMethod proportional representation
status active electoral region
usedFor election of additional members

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Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) borders West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
Inverclyde council area electoralRegion West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
this entity surface form: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament)
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) region West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
this entity surface form: West Scotland electoral region