Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Inverclyde County constituency
Inverclyde shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	David Cairns
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Inverclyde
EP 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2005 - David Cairns

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for General Election 2010: Inverclyde [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hutton
	Conservative	David Wilson

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 55°54′08″N 4°45′10″W / 55.90222°N 4.75278°W / 55.90222; -4.75278

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