Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Eastwood
Type = County
Year = 1983
Abolition = 2005
members = One

Eastwood was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, when it partially replaced the former East Renfrewshire constituency, following changes in 1975 to local government boundaries.

The East Renfrewshire constituency was re-established for the 2005 general election, with the same boundaries as the Eastwood constituency. Despite the change of name, it is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.

In 1999, an Eastwood Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Eastwood Westminster constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency lay to the south of Glasgow and included Clarkston, Newton Mearns, Eaglesham, Barrhead and Neilston.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Murphy
votes = 20,766
percentage = 39.7
change = +15.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Cullen
votes = 17,530
percentage = 33.5
change = −13.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Douglas Yates
votes = 6,826
percentage = 13.1
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Mason
votes = 6,110
percentage = 11.7
change = −4.78Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = David Miller
votes = 497
percentage = 1.0
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = Manar Tayan
votes = 393
percentage = 0.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Douglas McPherson
votes = 130
percentage = 0.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,236
percentage = 6.2
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 52,252
percentage = 77.4
change = −3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 14.4

Elections in the 2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: EastwoodElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Murphy
votes = 23,036
percentage = 47.6
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Robertson
votes = 13,895
percentage = 28.7
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allan Steele
votes = 6,239
percentage = 12.9
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Stewart Maxwell
votes = 4,137
percentage = 8.6
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Peter Murray
votes = 814
percentage = 1.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Manar Tayan
votes = 247
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,141
percentage = 18.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 48,368
percentage = 70.7
change = -7.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 6.3% from Conservative to Labour

References

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