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Glasgow Kelvin | |
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Former
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
1997– 2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead |
Replaced by |
Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West |
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.
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Anderston/City, Hyndland/ Hillhead, and Scotstoun/ Broomhill.
The constituency included Glasgow city centre.
Year | Member | Party | |
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1997 | George Galloway | Labour | |
2003 | Independent | ||
2004 | Respect | ||
2005 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Galloway | 12,014 | 44.8 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tamsin Mayberry | 4,754 | 17.7 | +3.5 | |
SNP | Frances Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Davena Rankin | 2,388 | 8.9 | −1.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Heather Ritchie | 1,847 | 6.9 | New | |
Scottish Green | Tim Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Galloway | 16,643 | 51.0 | ||
SNP | Sandra White | 6,978 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 4,629 | 14.2 | ||
Conservative | Duncan H. McPhie | 3,539 | 10.8 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Allan Green | 386 | 1.2 | ||
Referendum | Robert J.M. Grigor | 282 | 0.9 | ||
Socialist (GB) | Victor Vanni | 102 | 0.3 | ||
Natural Law | George W. Stidolph | 95 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 9,665 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 32,654 | 56.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |