Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)
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Glasgow Kelvin | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1997–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West |
Created from | Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead |
Glasgow Kelvin was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow North and Glasgow North West.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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Boundaries
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Anderston/City, Hyndland/Hillhead, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1997 | George Galloway | Labour | |
2003 | Independent | ||
2004 | Respect | ||
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections
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Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Galloway | 12,014 | 44.8 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dr. Tamsin Mayberry | 4,754 | 17.7 | +3.5 | |
SNP | Frances Anthony Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Miss Davena Rankin | 2,388 | 8.9 | −1.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mrs. Heather Ritchie | 1,847 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | Tim John Cairns Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.9% Lab to LD |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Galloway | 16,643 | 51.0 | N/A | |
SNP | Sandra White | 6,978 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan | 4,629 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Duncan H. McPhie | 3,539 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Allan Green | 386 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Robert J.M. Grigor | 282 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Victor Vanni | 102 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | George W. Stidolph | 95 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,665 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,654 | 56.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
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- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2005
- Politics of Glasgow