West of Scotland was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament that were created in 1999.

Nine of the Parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies were sub-divisions of the region and it elected seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).

Following the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries it was eventually replaced by the West Scotland region.

[1] In terms of local government areas the region covered: The Boundary Commission recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament.

The "West Scotland" region consists of the constituencies of Clydebank and Milngavie; Cunninghame North; Cunninghame South; Dumbarton; Eastwood; Greenock and Inverclyde; Paisley; Renfrewshire North and West; Renfrewshire South; and Starthkelvin and Bearsden.