East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Dunbartonshire County constituency

East Dunbartonshire shown within Scotland
Created:	1950, 2005
MP:	Jo Swinson
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	East Dunbartonshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

East Dunbartonshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Strathkelvin and Bearsden and some of Clydebank and Milngavie and Coatbridge and Chryston (note that these boundaries still exist for Scottish Parliament elections).

A constituency of the same name existed from 1950 until 1983, details of which can be found at Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency).

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, excluding the parts covered by Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.

[edit] Members of Parliament

2005 — present: Jo Swinson

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: East Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Swinson	19,533	41.8%	+14.7
	Labour	John Lyons	15,472	33.1%	-0.2
	Conservative	David Jack	7,708	16.5%	-6.0
	Scottish National Party	Chris Sagan	2,716	5.8%	-8.9
	Scottish Green	Stuart Callison	876	1.9%	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Pamela Page	419	0.9%	-1.5
Majority			4,061	8.7%
Turnout			46,724	72,1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+7.4

General Election 2001: Strathkelvin & Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lyons	19,250	46.4	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon McDonald	7,533	18.2	+8.4
	Scottish National Party	Calum Smith	6,675	16.1	-0.2
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	6,635	16.0	-4.1
	Scottish Socialist	Willie Telfer	1,393	3.4	N/A
Majority			11,717	28.2
Turnout			41,486	66.0	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

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 (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)