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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| West Scotland (Scottish Parliament) | 1 |
| West Scotland electoral region | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish Parliament electoral region ⓘ |
| appliesElectoralFormula | D’Hondt method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| coversArea |
coastal areas of western Scotland
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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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region)
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borders
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West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
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this entity surface form:
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament)
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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region
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West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
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this entity surface form:
West Scotland electoral region