Glasgow Maryhill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Maryhill
Type = burgh


Region = Glasgow
Year = 1999
MSP = Patricia Ferguson
Party = Labour
Council = Glasgow City

Glasgow Maryhill 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 Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, 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 Maryhill 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 its northern boundary. It is west of the Springburn constituency, north of Kelvin and east of Anniesland, 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 = Patricia Ferguson
votes = 7,955
percentage = 48.0
change = -1.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bob Doris
votes = 5,645
percentage = 34.1
change = +14.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Kenneth Elder
votes = 1,936
percentage = 11.7
change = +1.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Heather MacLeod
votes = 1,028
percentage = 6.2
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 2,310
percentage = 13.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 16,564
percentage = 36
change = -1.2 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Patricia Ferguson
votes = 8,997
percentage = 49.32%
change = -0.46% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Wilson
votes = 3,629
percentage = 19.89%
change = -11.09% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Donnie Nicolson
votes = 2,945
percentage = 16.14%
change = +9.89% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Arthur Sanderson
votes = 1,789
percentage = 9.78%
change = +1.88% Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Robert Erskine
votes = 887
percentage = 4.86%
change = -0.33%Election box majority
votes = 5,368
percentage = 29.42%
change = +10.62%Election box turnout
votes = 18,243
percentage = 37.14%
change = - 3.61% Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Patricia Ferguson
votes = 11,455
percentage = 49.78%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Wilson
votes = 7,129
percentage = 30.98%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Clare Hamblen
votes = 1,793
percentage = 7.79%
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Gordon Scott
votes = 1,439
percentage = 6.25%
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Michael Fry
votes = 1,194
percentage = 5.19%
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,326
percentage = 18.80%
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 26,080
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser = N/A
swing = N/A

Notes

ee also

* Politics of Glasgow