Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow South West | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Glasgow South West in Scotland. | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of parliament | Ian Davidson (Labour Co-op) |
Created from |
Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Govan |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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.
Boundaries
The Glasgow City Council wards of Drumoyne, Govan, Ibrox, Mosspark, North Cardonald, Penilee, Cardonald, Pollok, Crookston, Nitshill, and Darnley.
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Ian Davidson | Labour Co-operative | previously MP for Glasgow Pollok |
Election campaign
There was a hustings meeting with several of the candidates organized by Sunny Govan Radio at Kinning Park Church on Thursday 23rd, it will be broadcast on radio later. [3]
Election results
General Election 2015: Glasgow South West[4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | ||||
Labour | Ian Davidson | ||||
UKIP | Sarah Hemy | ||||
Conservative | Gordon McCaskill | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Isabel Nelson[6] | ||||
SNP | Chris Stephens | ||||
Scottish Green | Sean Templeton[7] | ||||
General Election 2010: Glasgow South West[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 19,863 | 62.5 | +2.3 | |
SNP | Chris Stephens | 5,192 | 16.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Isabel Nelson | 2,870 | 9.0 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Maya Forrest | 2,084 | 6.6 | +0.8 | |
Solidarity (TUSC) | Tommy Sheridan | 931 | 2.9 | N/A | |
BNP | David Orr | 841 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,671 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 31,781 | 54.6 | +4.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
General Election 2005: Glasgow South West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 18,653 | 60.2 | -1.7 | |
SNP | James Dornan | 4,757 | 15.4 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
See also
- Politics of Glasgow
Notes and references
- ↑ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ http://www.sunnyg.com/hustings-2015.html
- ↑ https://sspglasgowsouth.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/socialist-party-chairperson-bill-bonnar-selected-to-contest-glasgow-south-west/
- ↑ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/mobile/news/snp-and-tory-candidates-revealed-196012n.117398789
- ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/seven-greens-bid-for-city-seats-196304n.117673520
- ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Glasgow City Council
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