Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverclyde
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Inverclyde in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Inverclyde
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Ronnie Cowan (SNP)
Number of members	One
Created from	Greenock and Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Inverclyde is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.

The previous MP, Labour's Iain McKenzie won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of David Cairns also of the Labour Party. In the 2015 General Election, the constituency was taken by SNP's Ronnie Cowan

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns of Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow and Wemyss Bay.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	2005	David Cairns	Labour
	2011 by-election	Iain McKenzie	Labour
	2015	Ronnie Cowan	Scottish National Party

Election results

General Election 2015: Inverclyde [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ronnie Cowan	24,585	55.1	+22.1
	Labour	Iain McKenzie[3]	13,522	30.3	-23.5
	Conservative	George Jabbour[4]	4,446	10.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Watson	1,106	2.5	+0.3
	UKIP	Michael Burrows[5]	715	1.6	+0.6
	CISTA	Craig Hamilton	233	0.5	n/a
Majority			11,063	24.8	n/a^1
Turnout			44,607	75.2	+11.8 ^2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	22.8

¹ Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands. ² Comparison of turnout with General Election in 2010, all other comparisons, including swing, with by-election in 2011.

By-Election 2011: Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iain McKenzie[6]	15,118	53.8	–2.2
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin[6][7]	9,280	33.0	+15.5
	Conservative	David Wilson[8]	2,784	9.9	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Bridger	627	2.2	–11.1
	UKIP	Mitch Sorbie[9]	288	1.0	–0.2
Majority			5,838	20.8	-17.6
Turnout			28,097	45.4	–18.0
	Labour hold		Swing	15.5

General Election 2010: Inverclyde[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns	20,933	56.0	+5.2
	SNP	Innes Nelson	6,577	17.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Hutton	5,007	13.3	-3.6
	Conservative	David Wilson	4,502	12.0	+1.8
	UKIP	Peter Campbell	433	1.2	n/a
Majority			14,416	38.4	+7.2
Turnout			37,512	63.4	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns	18,318	50.7	n/a
	SNP	Stuart McMillan	7,059	19.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	6,123	17.0	n/a
	Conservative	Gordon Fraser	3,692	10.2	n/a
	Scottish Socialist	Davy Landels	906	2.5	n/a
Majority			11,259	31.2%	n/a
Turnout			36,098	60.9%	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
2. election result https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/law-and-licensing/democracy-and-elections/2015-uk-parliamentary-election 9Aug15
3. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/inverclyde-2015.html
4. "George Jabbour PPC page". Conservative Party (UK). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
5. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/inverclyde/
6. "Labour chooses candidate for Inverclyde by-election". BBC News. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
7. "SNP selects by-election candidate". The Independent (London). 3 June 2011.
8. "Inverclyde Westminster by-election date set", BBC News, 8 June 2011
9. "Inverclyde can make political history". UKIP. 5 June 2011.
10. Inverclyde UKPolling

Coordinates: 55°54′08″N 4°45′10″W / 55.90222°N 4.75278°W