Glasgow Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Springburn Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Springburn shown within the Glasgow electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Paul Martin (Scottish politician) |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Springburn 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 nine 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 Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen and Glasgow Shettleston.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow Springburn 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 Baillieston constituency, north of Shettleston, northeast of Kelvin and east of Maryhill, which are also entirely within the city area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by Labour MSP Paul Martin.
[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Glasgow Springburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Martin | 10,963 | 59.03 | +0.47 | |
| Scottish National Party | Frank Rankin | 2,956 | 15.92 | -10.24 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Margaret Bean | 2,653 | 14.28 | +9.60 | |
| Conservative | Alan Rodger | 1,233 | 6.64 | +1.33 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 768 | 4.14 | -1.15 | |
| Majority | 8,007 | 43.11 | +10.72 | ||
| Turnout | 18,573 | 37.48 | -3.61% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Glasgow Springburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Martin | 14,268 | 58.56 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | John Brady | 6,375 | 26.16 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Murray Roxburgh | 1,293 | 5.31 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Dunnigan | 1,288 | 5.29 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | James Friel | 1,141 | 4.68 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,893 | 32.40 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,080 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
