Glasgow North West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow North West
Burgh constituency
Glasgow North West shown within Scotland
Created: 2005
MP: John Robertson
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Council areas: City of Glasgow
EP constituency: Scotland

Glasgow North West 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.

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

Glasgow North West is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the city 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 North West constituency was covered by most of the Glasgow Anniesland constituency and part of the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.[1]

The North West constituency includes Hayburn, Victoria Park and Scotstoun areas which were previously within the Kelvin constituency. The large Drumchapel council estate sits on the northern boundary of the seat, adjoining Bearsden in the East Dunbartonshire council area.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Glasgow North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 16,748 49.2 -5.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham 6,655 19.5 +7.8
Scottish National Party Graeme Hendry 4,676 13.7 -2.4
Conservative Murray Roxburgh 3,262 9.6 +0.2
Scottish Green Martha Wardrop 1,333 3.9
Scottish Socialist Anthea Irwin 1,108 3.3% -2.9
Socialist Labour Colin Muir 279 0.8
Majority 10,093 29.6
Turnout 34,061 55.0 +4.2
Labour hold Swing -6.8

[edit] Predecessor seat

General Election 2001: Glasgow Anniesland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 15,102 56.5 -5.3
Scottish National Party Grant Thoms 4,048 15.1 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Chris McGinty 3,244 12.1 +4.9
Conservative Stewart Connell 2,651 9.9 -1.5
Scottish Socialist Charlie McCarthy 1,486 5.6 N/A
Socialist Labour Katherine McGavigan 191 0.7 N/A
Majority 11,054 41.4
Turnout 26,722 50.1 -13.6
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland

[edit] See also

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour

Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire

Liberal Democrat

Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

SNP

Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire

Conservative and Unionist

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Speaker

Glasgow North East

Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (2) | Liberal Democrats (1)