Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow North East Burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow North East shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Michael Martin |
| Party: | Speaker |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | City of Glasgow |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Glasgow North East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It was first used in the general election of 2005.
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[edit] Boundaries
Glasgow North East is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area.
Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The North East constituency includes most of the former Glasgow Springburn constituency and a small part of the former Glasgow Maryhill constituency.[1]
Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.
[edit] Member of Parliament
2005 to present: Michael Martin
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2005
As is conventional, as Michael Martin, Labour, stood as Speaker of the House of Commons in the general election of 2005, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats did not stand against him. Other parties did, including the Scottish National Party.
The most notable feature of the result was the large vote for Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party, where they had very little base. This appears to be a result of voter confusion (and not the first recorded example of its kind). A large number of traditional Labour voters may have voted for them because there was no Labour candidate on the ballot paper.
| General Election 2005: Glasgow North East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Speaker | Michael Martin | 15,153 | 53.3 | -13.8 | |
| Scottish National Party | John McLaughlin | 5,019 | 17.7 | -0.5 | |
| Socialist Labour | Doris Kelly | 4,036 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Graham Campbell | 1,402 | 4.9 | -3.2 | |
| Scottish Unionist | Daniel Houston | 1,266 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
| British National | Scott McLean | 920 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Independent (politician) | Joe Chambers | 622 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 10,134 | 35.7 | |||
| Turnout | 28,418 | 45.8 | +1.9 | ||
| Speaker hold | Swing | -6.6 | |||
