Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Baillieston
Type = burgh


Region = Glasgow
Year = 1999
MSP = Margaret Curran
Party = Labour
Council = Glasgow City

Glasgow Baillieston 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, 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 Anniesland, 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 Baillieston 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 eastern boundary. It is east of the Shettleston and Springburn constituencies and north of the Rutherglen constituency. Shettleston and Springburn are also entirely within the city area. Rutherglen straddles the boundary between the Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire council areas. [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "]

Description of the constituency

The constituency includes the areas of Ballieston, Mount Vernon, Easterhouse, Barlanark and Gartloch. It is industrial in character and has high levels of unemployment, one-parent families and drug abuse.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret Curran
votes = 9,141
percentage = 52.9
change = +0.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Lachlan McNeill
votes = 5,207
percentage = 30.2
change = +11.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Richard Sullivan
votes = 1,276
percentage = 7.4
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Jackson
votes = 1,060
percentage = 6.1
change = -0.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Christian Party
candidate = George Hargreaves
votes = 588
percentage = 3.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,934
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box rejected
votes = 1850
percentage =Election box turnout
votes = 17,272
percentage = 38.9
change = -0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Maragret Curran
votes = 9,657
percentage = 52.9%
change = +5.2% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Lachlan McNeill
votes = 3,479
percentage = 19.0%
change = -15.6% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Jim McVicar
votes = 2,461
percentage = 13.5%
change = +5.6% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Janette McAlpine
votes = 1,472
percentage = 8.1%
change = +1.6% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Jackson
votes = 1,201
percentage = 6.6%
change = +3.1% Election box majority
votes = 6,178
percentage = 33.8%
change = +20.85%Election box turnout
votes = 18,270
percentage = 39.4%
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing = +5.2%

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret Curran
votes = 11,289
percentage = 47.61%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Dorothy Grace Elder
votes = 8,217
percentage = 34.66%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = James McVicar
votes = 1,864
percentage = 7.86%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Dr Kate Pickering
votes = 1,526
percentage = 6.44%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Judith Fryer
votes = 813
percentage = 3.43%
change = N/A,Election box majority
votes = 3,072
percentage = 12.95%
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 23,709
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser = N/A
swing = N/A

Notes

ee also

* Politics of Glasgow