Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow South West Burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow South West shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Ian Davidson |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | City of Glasgow |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
- For other things called Glasgow South West see Glasgow South West.
Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was first used in the general election of 2005.
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[edit] Boundaries
Glasgow South West 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 area of the South West constituency was covered by most of the Glasgow Pollok constituency and part of the Glasgow Govan constituency.[1]
Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 2005-present: Ian Davidson, Labour Co-operative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Glasgow South West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 18,653 | 60.2 | -1.7 | |
| Scottish National Party | James Dornan | 4,757 | 15.4 | -2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon | 3,593 | 11.6 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Scott Brady | 1,786 | 5.8 | +0.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Keith Baldassara | 1,666 | 5.4 | -4.1 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Alistair McConnachie | 379 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Violet Shaw | 143 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,896 | 44.9 | |||
| Turnout | 30,977 | 50.0 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Glasgow Pollok | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 15,497 | 61.3 | +1.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | David Ritchie | 4,229 | 16.7 | -1.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Keith Baldassara | 2,522 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 1,612 | 6.4 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Rory O’Brien | 1,417 | 5.6 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 11,268 | 44.6 | |||
| Turnout | 25,277 | 51.4 | -15.1 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
