Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverclyde
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Inverclyde in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Inverclyde
Current constituency
Created	2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament	Iain McKenzie (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Inverclyde is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.

The previous MP, David Cairns of the Labour Party, died on 9 May 2011, after suffering from acute pancreatitis. The ensuing Inverclyde by-election was called for 30 June 2011, and was won by Labour's Iain McKenzie.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns of Inverkip, Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow, Kilmacolm and Wemyss Bay.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	David Cairns	Labour
	2011 by-election	Iain McKenzie	Labour

Election results

By-Election 2011: Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iain McKenzie	15,118	53.8	–2.2
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin	9,280	33.0	+15.5
	Conservative	David Wilson	2,784	9.9	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Bridger	627	2.2	–11.1
	UKIP	Mitch Sorbie	288	1.0	–0.2
Majority			5,838	20.8	-17.6
Turnout			28,097	45.4	–18.0

General Election 2010: Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns	20,933	56.0	+5.2
	SNP	Innes Nelson	6,577	17.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Hutton	5,007	13.3	-3.6
	Conservative	David Wilson	4,502	12.0	+1.8
	UKIP	Peter Campbell	433	1.2	n/a
Majority			14,416	38.4	+7.2
Turnout			37,512	63.4	+2.5

General Election 2005: Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns	18,318	50.7	n/a
	SNP	Stuart McMillan	7,059	19.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	6,123	17.0	n/a
	Conservative	Gordon Fraser	3,692	10.2	n/a
	Scottish Socialist	Davy Landels	906	2.5	n/a
Majority			11,259	31.2%	n/a
Turnout			36,098	60.9%	n/a