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 | Chris Stephens (SNP) |
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 wards of Cardonald, Crookston, Darnley, Drumoyne, Govan, Ibrox, Mosspark, Nitshill, North Cardonald, Penilee, and Pollok.
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 | |
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2005 | Ian Davidson | Labour | |
2015 | Chris Stephens | SNP |
Election campaign
There was a hustings meeting with several of the candidates organised by Sunny Govan Radio at Kinning Park Church on Thursday 23rd 2015, later broadcast on radio.[3]
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SNP | Chris Stephens | 14,386 | 40.7 | ||
Labour Co-op | Matt Kerr | 14,326 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 5,524 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Ben Denton-Cardew | 661 | 1.9 | ||
UKIP | Sarah Hemy | 481 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 60 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 35,378 | 56.2 | |||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SNP | Chris Stephens | 23,388 | 57.2 | +40.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 13,438 | 32.8 | -29.7 | |
Conservative | Gordon McCaskill | 2,036 | 5.0 | -1.6 | |
UKIP | Sarah Hemy | 970 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | Sean Templeton[8] | 507 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Isabel Nelson[9] | 406 | 1.0 | -8.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 176 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,950 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,921 | 61.8 | +7.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | 35.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Notes and references
- ↑ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ "Hustings 2015 - Sunny G 103.5fm - Glasgow's community radio". www.sunnyg.com.
- ↑ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (11 May 2017). "General Election 2017 - Glasgow candidates announced". Glasgow City Council.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "SNP and Tory candidates revealed". Evening Times.
- ↑ "statement of persons nominated and party affiliations". Glasgow City Council.
- ↑ "Seven Greens bid for city seats". Evening Times.
- ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Glasgow City Council
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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