Glasgow Baillieston | |
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Former
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
1997– 2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Provan |
Replaced by | Glasgow East |
Glasgow Baillieston was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Created for the 1997 general election, it took 54% of its voters from the previous Glasgow Shettleston constituency and 46% from the Glasgow Provan constituency. It included the areas of Easterhouse, Carmyle, Swinton, Baillieston, Garrowhill, Barlanark, Queenslie, Greenfield, and Garthamlock. [1]
In 1997, the addition of much of the Shettleston constituency increased the notional majority of the previous Provan MP, Jimmy Wray, to 14,165 (40.7%) over the SNP.
The seat was succeeded by Glasgow East in 2005.
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston/Mount Vernon, Garthamlock/Easterhouse, and Greenfield/Barlanark.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1997 | Jimmy Wray | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Wray | 14,200 | 61.0 | −4.7 | |
SNP | Lachlan McNeill | 4,361 | 18.7 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | David Comrie | 1,580 | 6.8 | −0.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jim McVicar | 1,569 | 6.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,551 | 6.7 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 9,839 | 42.3 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 23,261 | 47.2 | −15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Wray | 20,925 | 65.7 | ||
SNP | Patsy J. Thomson | 6,085 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm G. Kelly | 2,468 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila J. Rainger | 1,217 | 3.8 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Jim McVicar | 970 | 3.0 | ||
Referendum | John McClafferty | 188 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 14,840 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 31,853 | 62.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Glasgow Baillieston | |
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Former
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
1997– 2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Provan |
Replaced by | Glasgow East |
Glasgow Baillieston was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Created for the 1997 general election, it took 54% of its voters from the previous Glasgow Shettleston constituency and 46% from the Glasgow Provan constituency. It included the areas of Easterhouse, Carmyle, Swinton, Baillieston, Garrowhill, Barlanark, Queenslie, Greenfield, and Garthamlock. [1]
In 1997, the addition of much of the Shettleston constituency increased the notional majority of the previous Provan MP, Jimmy Wray, to 14,165 (40.7%) over the SNP.
The seat was succeeded by Glasgow East in 2005.
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston/Mount Vernon, Garthamlock/Easterhouse, and Greenfield/Barlanark.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Jimmy Wray | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jimmy Wray | 14,200 | 61.0 | −4.7 | |
SNP | Lachlan McNeill | 4,361 | 18.7 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | David Comrie | 1,580 | 6.8 | −0.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jim McVicar | 1,569 | 6.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,551 | 6.7 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 9,839 | 42.3 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 23,261 | 47.2 | −15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jimmy Wray | 20,925 | 65.7 | ||
SNP | Patsy J. Thomson | 6,085 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm G. Kelly | 2,468 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila J. Rainger | 1,217 | 3.8 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Jim McVicar | 970 | 3.0 | ||
Referendum | John McClafferty | 188 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 14,840 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 31,853 | 62.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |