Glasgow Baillieston (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Baillieston
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow
1997–2005
Number of members One
Replaced by Glasgow East
Created from Glasgow Shettleston
Glasgow Provan

Glasgow Baillieston was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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, Crosshill, Carmyle, Muirhead, Barlanark, Queenslie, Greenfield, and Garthamlock.

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 [1] Party
1997 Jimmy Wray Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Baillieston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Wray 14,200 61.0 −4.6
SNP Lachlan McNeill 4,361 18.7 −0.4
Conservative David Comrie 1,580 6.8 −1.0
Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 1,569 6.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Charles Christopher Dundas 1,551 6.7 +2.8
Majority 9,839 42.3 −3.3
Turnout 23,261 47.2 −15.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Glasgow Baillieston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Wray 20,925 65.7 N/A
SNP Mrs. Patsy J. Thomson 6,085 19.1 N/A
Conservative Malcolm G. Kelly 2,468 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mrs. Sheila J. Rainger 1,217 3.8 N/A
Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 970 3.0 N/A
Referendum John McClafferty 188 0.6 N/A
Majority 14,840 46.6 N/A
Turnout 31,853 62.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Glasgow Baillieston, BBC News


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