Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow East | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Glasgow East in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Natalie McGarry (Independent; elected as SNP) |
Created from | Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Shettleston |
Glasgow East is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Once one of the safest seats for the Labour Party, the constituency had voted Labour since the 1930s until achieving national prominence in 2008, when a by-election saw the Scottish National Party overturn a majority of over 13,000 votes to take the seat. At the 2010 general election, Labour's Margaret Curran won the seat back from the SNP, with a renewed majority of over 11,000 votes.
In the 2015 General Election, Curran was defeated by the SNP's Natalie McGarry, who won Glasgow East with a swing of almost 31% and a majority of over 10,000.
The seat is entirely within the Glasgow City Council area, taking in the areas of Baillieston, Carmyle, Easterhouse, Parkhead, Shettleston and Tollcross.
Boundaries
The Glasgow City wards of Baillieston, Barlanark, Braidfauld, Easterhouse, Garrowhill, Garthamlock, Greenfield, Mount Vernon, Parkhead, Queenslie, Shettleston, and Tollcross Park.
Glasgow East is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council 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 East constituency includes the area of the former Glasgow Baillieston constituency and parts of the former Glasgow Shettleston constituency.[1] Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.
Baillieston has always been represented by the Labour Party, as was its predecessor Glasgow Provan from its creation in 1955. Shettleston was won by the Labour Party at every election from 1950 onwards (in 1945 it was won by the Independent Labour Party). In 2008, the Scottish National Party succeeded in winning the seat from Labour in a by-election on a very large swing. Prior to the by-election, it had been one of the safest Labour seats in the United Kingdom. At the 2010 General Election, the constituency was re-gained by Labour from the SNP's by-election victor John Mason by more than 11,000 votes by Margaret Curran.
The Glasgow East constituency contains part of the M8 motorway and main railway lines into the city centre; the home ground of Glasgow Celtic football club is within the constituency.
It is one of the most deprived constituencies in Britain. Nearly 40% of adults smoke, and on average there are 25 drug-related deaths a year.[2] Average male life expectancy is 68, five years less than the Scottish average, while in the Shettleston area it is 63.[3] A 2008 World Health Organisation report gave the average male life expectancy in Calton as 54.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | David Marshall | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2008 by-election | John Mason | SNP |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Margaret Curran | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2015 | Natalie McGarry | SNP |
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" | | 2015 | Independent |
2008 by-election
On 28 June 2008, David Marshall MP announced he would step down because of a stress-related illness and was appointed Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 30 June 2008, thus effectively resigning from the Commons.[6] Although the seat represented Labour's third highest majority in Scotland, they faced a strong challenge from the SNP, hot on the heels of Labour's disastrous performance in the 2008 Henley by-election.[7] Nominations for candidates closed at 4pm on 9 July, and the election took place on 24 July.[8]
On 25 July 2008, and after a recount, the SNP candidate John Mason won the seat with a majority of 365 votes over the Labour Party candidate Margaret Curran.[9]
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Natalie McGarry | 24,116 | 56.9 | +32.2 | |
Labour | Margaret Curran | 13,729 | 32.4 | −29.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Morrison | 2,544 | 6.0 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Arthur Thackeray[12] | 1,105 | 2.6 | +2.0 | |
Scottish Green | Kim Long[13] | 381 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary McLelland[14] | 318 | 0.7 | −4.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Liam McLaughlan | 224 | 0.5 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 10,387 | 24.5 | |||
Turnout | 42,417 | 60.3 | +8.3 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +30.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Curran | 19,797 | 61.6 | +19.9 | |
SNP | John Mason | 7,957 | 24.7 | −17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Ward | 1,617 | 5.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Hamira Khan | 1,453 | 4.5 | −1.8 | |
BNP | Joe T Finnie | 677 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 454 | 1.4 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Arthur Thackeray | 209 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 11,840 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 32,164 | 52.0 | +3.81 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 |
1 Turnout compared with previous General Election in 2005, but other changes compared with the by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | John Mason | 11,277 | 43.1 | +26.1 | |
Labour | Margaret Curran | 10,912 | 41.7 | −19.0 | |
Conservative | Davena Rankin | 1,639 | 6.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Robertson | 915 | 3.5 | −8.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 555 | 2.1 | −1.4 | |
Solidarity | Tricia McLeish | 512 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | Eileen Duke | 232 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Chris Creighton | 67 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Freedom-4-Choice | Hamish Howitt | 65 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 365 | 1.4 | +45.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,219 | 42.25 | −5.95 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 22.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 18,775 | 60.7 | N/A | |
SNP | Lachlan McNeill | 5,268 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 3,665 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Carl Thomson | 2,135 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | George Savage | 1,096 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,507 | 43.7 | |||
Turnout | 30,939 | 48.2 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland".
- ^ McSmith, Andy (12 June 2008). "Struggle for survival in Labour heartland". London: The Independent. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Simon (2 July 2008). "Glasgow as bad as the Gaza Strip, says SNP leader". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "BBC News". 28 August 2008.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ "Manor of Northstead". hm-treasury.gov.uk. 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ "Gordon Brown faces by-election test as veteran Scots MP David Marshal quits over illness". The Daily Record. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Notice of By-election for the UK Parliament". Retrieved 12 July 2008.
- ^ BBC Scotland election coverage, Friday 25 July 2008
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ election result♯ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10527 25Aug15
- ^ http://www.myukip.com/parliamentary-candidates-f-k.html
- ^ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/seven-greens-bid-for-city-seats-196304n.117673520
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/list_of_selected_candidates
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Glasgow East: Constituency". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Press Association (2 July 2008). "By-election candidates selected". Deeside Piper and Herald. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "In full: Glasgow East candidates". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Freedom-4-Choice party registration". Register of political parties. Electoral Commission. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow East". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Election 2005 Result: Glasgow East". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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