Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Baillieston Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Baillieston shown within the Glasgow electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Margaret Curran |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Baillieston 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 Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, 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 Baillieston 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 the area's eastern boundary. It is east of the Shettleston and Springburn constituencies and north of the Rutherglen constituency. Shettleston and Springburn are also entirely within the city area. Rutherglen straddles the boundary between the Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire council areas.
[edit] Description of the constituency
The constituency includes the areas of Ballieston, Mount Vernon, Easterhouse, Barlanark and Gartloch. It is industrial in character and has high levels of unemployment, one-parent families and drug abuse.
[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Glasgow Ballieston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maragret Curran | 9,657 | 52.9% | +5.2% | |
| Scottish National Party | Lachlan McNeill | 3,479 | 19.0% | -15.6% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim McVicar | 2,461 | 13.5% | +5.6% | |
| Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 1,472 | 8.1% | +1.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 1,201 | 6.6% | +3.1% | |
| Majority | 6,178 | 33.8% | +20.85% | ||
| Turnout | 18,270 | 39.4% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.2% | |||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Glasgow Ballieston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Margaret Curran | 11,289 | 47.61% | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Dorothy Grace Elder | 8,217 | 34.66% | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | James McVicar | 1,864 | 7.86% | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dr Kate Pickering | 1,526 | 6.44% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Fryer | 813 | 3.43% | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,072 | 12.95% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,709 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
