Greenock and Port Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)
Greenock and Port Glasgow | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Greenock, Port Glasgow |
1974–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Greenock West Renfrewshire |
Replaced by | Greenock & Inverclyde West Renfrewshire |
Greenock and Port Glasgow was a
Boundaries
1974–1983: The burghs of Greenock and Port Glasgow.
1983–1997: The Inverclyde District electoral divisions of Cartsdyke, Clune Brae, Greenock South West, Greenock West Central, Greenock West End, Port Glasgow East, Port Glasgow South, and Port Glasgow West.
As first used, in the
Prior to the February 1974 election, the county had been covered by East Renfrewshire, West Renfrewshire, Greenock, and Paisley, with the Greenock constituency covering the burgh of Greenock, and the burgh of Port Glasgow within the West Renfrewshire constituency.[1]
February 1974 boundaries were used also in the
In 1975, under the
1983 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1987 and 1992.
In 1996, under the
For the 1997 general election, the Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency was divided between the Greenock and Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West constituencies.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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February 1974 | Dickson Mabon | Labour Co-operative
| |
1981 | Social Democrat | ||
1983 | Dr Norman Godman |
Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections of the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Dickson Mabon | 20,565 | 48.3 | ||
Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 8,789 | 20.6 | ||
Conservative | John Scott Younger | 7,892 | 18.5 | ||
SNP | John Kenneth Wright | 4,881 | 11.5 | ||
Communist | Alexander Cameron Murray | 483 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 11,776 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,610 | 71.1 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Dickson Mabon | 21,279 | 48.2 | −0.1 | |
SNP | John Kenneth Wright | 9,324 | 21.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 8,580 | 19.4 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Alexander Kinnear Foote | 4,969 | 11.3 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 11,955 | 27.1 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,152 | 73.9 | +2.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op
|
Dickson Mabon | 24,071 | 53.0 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | James Boyd | 12,789 | 28.2 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Ronald Glasgow | 4,926 | 10.9 | −0.4 | |
SNP | John Kenneth Wright | 3,435 | 7.6 | −13.5 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Isabella Mathieson | 176 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,282 | 24.8 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,397 | 73.4 | −0.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Godman | 20,650 | 46.8 | −7.6 | |
Liberal | Alan Blair | 16,025 | 36.3 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Crichton | 4,314 | 9.8 | −0.5 | |
SNP | Alan Clayton | 2,989 | 6.8 | −1.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | George McKinlay | 114 | 0.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 4,625 | 10.5 | -14.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,092 | 74.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Godman | 27,848 | 63.9 | +17.1 | |
Liberal | John Moody | 7,793 | 17.9 | −18.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Pearson | 4,119 | 9.6 | −0.2 | |
SNP | Thomas Lenehan | 3,721 | 8.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 20,055 | 46.0 | +35.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,481 | 75.4 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.7 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Godman | 22,258 | 58.0 | −5.9 | |
SNP | Ian Black | 7,279 | 19.0 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | John McCullough | 4,779 | 11.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lambert | 4,359 | 11.4 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 14,979 | 39.0 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,675 | 73.7 | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Notes and references
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.