Glasgow Maryhill (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Maryhill shown within the Glasgow electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Patricia Ferguson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City (part) |
Glasgow Maryhill is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow Maryhill constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its northern boundary. It is west of the Springburn constituency, north of Kelvin and east of Anniesland, which are also entirely within the city area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by Labour MSP Patricia Ferguson.
[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Glasgow Maryhill | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Johann Lamont | 8,997 | 49.32% | -0.46% | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Wilson | 3,629 | 19.89% | -11.09% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Donnie Nicolson | 2,945 | 16.14% | +9.89% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Sanderson | 1,789 | 9.78% | +1.88% | |
| Conservative | Robert Erskine | 887 | 4.86% | -0.33% | |
| Majority | 5,368 | 29.42% | +10.62% | ||
| Turnout | 18,243 | 37.14% | - 3.61% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Glasgow Maryhill | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Patricia Ferguson | 11,455 | 49.78% | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Wilson | 7,129 | 30.98% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Hamblen | 1,793 | 7.79% | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Gordon Scott | 1,439 | 6.25% | N/A | |
| Conservative | Michael Fry | 1,194 | 5.19% | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,326 | 18.80% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,080 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
