Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Glasgow Anniesland | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1997–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Glasgow North West Glasgow North |
Created from | Glasgow Garscadden |
Glasgow Anniesland was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005, when it was replaced by the larger Glasgow North West, with the exception of Kelvindale which joined Glasgow North.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and was represented by Donald Dewar until his death in 2000.
Boundaries
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Drumchapel/Blairdardie, Jordanhill/Kelvindale, and Yoker/Knightswood.
Anniesland was situated on the north western outskirts of the city of Glasgow, stretching from Drumchapel on the boundaries with Clydebank to the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow’s West End.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1997 | Donald Dewar | Labour | First Minister of Scotland 1999-2000. Died 2000 | |
2000 by-election | John Robertson | Labour | ||
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections of the 2000s
General Election 2001: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Robertson | 15,102 | 56.5 | −5.3 | |
SNP | Grant Robert Thoms | 4,048 | 15.1 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Paul McGinty | 3,244 | 12.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Stewart McNulty Connell | 2,651 | 9.9 | −1.6 | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,486 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Miss Katherine McGavigan | 191 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,054 | 41.4 | |||
Turnout | 26,722 | 50.1 | −13.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
By-election 2000: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Robertson | 10,359 | 51.7 | −10.1 | |
SNP | Grant Robert Thoms | 4,202 | 21.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Dorothy A. Luckhurst | 2,188 | 10.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Paul McGinty | 1,630 | 8.1 | +0.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,441 | 7.2 | +6.5 | |
Independent | William Lyden | 212 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,337 | 31.3 | |||
Turnout | 20,212 | 38.4 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
General Election 1997: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Donald Dewar | 20,951 | 61.8 | N/A | |
SNP | Bill Wilson | 5,797 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert A.P. Brocklehurst | 3,881 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Paul McGinty | 2,453 | 7.2 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Akhtar Majid | 374 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 229 | 0.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Alan H. Milligan | 86 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Referendum | Mrs. Gillian McKay | 84 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Thomas J. Pringle | 24 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,154 | 44.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,879 | 63.8 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
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