Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Anniesland
Type = burgh


Region = Glasgow
Year = 1999
MSP = Bill Butler
Party = Labour
Council = Glasgow City

Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Glasgow Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.

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

Constituency boundaries

The Glasgow Anniesland 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 the area's north-western boundary. It is west of the Maryhill constituency and north of the Kelvin constituency, which are also entirely within the city area. [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bill Butler
votes = 10,483
percentage = 47.4
change = +1.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Kidd
votes = 6,177
percentage = 27.9
change = +10.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Bill Aitken
votes = 3,154
percentage = 14.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Danica Gilland
votes = 2,325
percentage = 10.5
change = +0.0 Election box majority
votes = 4,306
percentage = 19.3
change = Election box rejected
votes = 1,766
percentage = 3.6Election box turnout
votes = 22,139
percentage = 45.8
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing = -4.4

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bill Butler
votes = 10,141
percentage = 45.75
change = −13.06 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Kidd
votes = 3,186
percentage = 17.56
change = −2.67 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Cllr William Aitken
votes = 3.032
percentage = 10.65
change = −0.81Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Charlie McCarthy
votes = 2,620
percentage = 11.82
change = +8.31Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Iain Brown
votes = 2,330
percentage = 10.51
change = +4.18Election box majority
votes = 6,253
percentage = 28.21
change = −9.79Election box turnout
votes = 22,165
percentage = 43.64
change = −8.74 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bill Butler
votes = 9.838
percentage = 48.68
change = −10.13 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Chalmers
votes = 4,462
percentage = 22.08
change = +1.87 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Kate Pickering
votes = 2,138
percentage = 10.58
change = −0.07Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Rosie Kane
votes = 1,429
percentage = 7.07
change = +2.56Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Judith Fryer
votes = 1,384
percentage = 6.85
change = +0.52Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Alistair Whitelaw
votes = 662
percentage = 3.28
change = +3.28Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Murdo Ritchie
votes = 298
percentage = 1.47
change = +0.98Election box majority
votes = 5,376
percentage = 26.60
change = −12.00 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Donald Dewar
votes = 16,749
percentage = 58.81
change = −3.03 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Kaukab Stewart
votes = 5,756
percentage = 20.21
change = +3.10 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Bill Aitken
votes = 3,186
percentage = 14.37
change = +3.72Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Ann Lynch
votes = 1,000
percentage = 3.51
change = +2.83Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Iain Brown
votes = 1,804
percentage = 6.33
change = −0.91Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Boyd
votes = 139
percentage = 0.49
change = +0.49Election box majority
votes = 10,993
percentage = 38.60
change = −6.13

Notes

ee also

* Politics of Glasgow