Glasgow Baillieston (UK Parliament constituency)
| Glasgow Baillieston | |
|---|---|
| Former Glasgow City council area | |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Provan |
| Replaced by | Glasgow East |
Glasgow Baillieston was a
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.
Boundaries
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston/Mount Vernon, Garthamlock/Easterhouse, and Greenfield/Barlanark.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jimmy Wray | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| 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 | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| 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) | |||||
References
- ^ Housing the key to city's eastern fringe, The Herald, 29 March 1997
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Glasgow Baillieston, BBC News
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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