Glasgow Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Springburn
Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Glasgow Springburn shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Glasgow City
Replaced by	Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. From the 2011 election, the constituency was abolished and subsumed into a larger Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn seat.

Electoral region

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Springburn constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its northern boundary. It is west of the Baillieston constituency, north of Shettleston, northeast of Kelvin and east of Maryhill, which are also entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies. The new creation is a constituency known as Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Paul Martin	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Constituency abolished; see Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Martin	10,024	56.9	-2.1
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin	4,929	28.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Katy McCloskey	1,108	6.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Gordon Wilson	1,067	6.1	-0.5
	Scottish Christian	David Johnston	484	2.8	+2.8
Majority			5,095	28.9
Turnout			17,612	37.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Martin	10,963	59.03	+0.47
	SNP	Frank Rankin	2,956	15.92	-10.24
	Scottish Socialist	Margaret Bean	2,653	14.28	+9.60
	Conservative	Alan Rodger	1,233	6.64	+1.33
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	768	4.14	-1.15
Majority			8,007	43.11	+10.72
Turnout			18,573	37.48	-3.61%
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Martin	14,268	58.56	N/A
	SNP	John Brady	6,375	26.16	N/A
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	1,293	5.31	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Dunnigan	1,288	5.29	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	James Friel	1,141	4.68	N/A
Majority			7,893	32.40	N/A
Turnout			26,080
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Notes

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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