Glasgow North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow North West
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Glasgow North West in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
Current constituency
Created	2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament	John Robertson (Labour)
Created from	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Kelvin
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Glasgow North West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It was first used in the 2005 general election.

Boundaries

Glasgow North West is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the city area.

Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area of the North West constituency was covered by most of the Glasgow Anniesland constituency and part of the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.

Constituency profile

This safe Labour seat lies on the north bank of the River Clyde and takes in affluent areas of the City of Glasgow such as Scotstoun and Jordanhill as well as more deprived areas such as the Drumchapel housing estate.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2005	John Robertson	Labour	MP for Glasgow Anniesland until 2005

Election results

General Election 2010: Glasgow North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robertson	19,233	54.1	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Natalie McKee	5,622	15.8	–3.7
	SNP	Margaret Park	5,430	15.3	+1.5
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	3,537	9.9	+0.4
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	882	2.5	–1.4
	BNP	Scott McLean	699	2.0	+2.0
	Communist	Marc Livingstone	179	0.5	+0.5
Majority			13,611	38.3
Turnout			35,582	58.4	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election 2005: Glasgow North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robertson	16,748	49.2	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Graham	6,655	19.5	+7.8
	SNP	Graeme Hendry	4,676	13.7	-2.4
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	3,262	9.6	+0.2
	Scottish Green	Martha Wardrop	1,333	3.9
	Scottish Socialist	Anthea Irwin	1,108	3.3	-2.9
	Socialist Labour	Colin Muir	279	0.8
Majority			10,093	29.6
Turnout			34,061	55.0	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

See also

• Politics of Glasgow