Glasgow North West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow North West Burgh constituency |
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| 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.
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[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
- Seat created 2005
- 2005-present John Robertson, (Labour)
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Glasgow North West | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
