Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Kelvin | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West |
Glasgow Kelvin was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow North and Glasgow North West.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Anderston/City, Hyndland/Hillhead, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.
The constituency included Glasgow city centre.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | George Galloway | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | 2003 | Independent | |
| style="background-color: Template:RESPECT The Unity Coalition/meta/color" | | 2004 | Respect | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
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Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 12,014 | 44.8 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dr. Tamsin Mayberry | 4,754 | 17.7 | +3.5 | |
| SNP | Frances Anthony Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | −4.6 | |
| Conservative | Miss Davena Rankin | 2,388 | 8.9 | −1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mrs. Heather Ritchie | 1,847 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | Tim John Cairns Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | |||
| Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.9% Lab to LD | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 16,643 | 51.0 | N/A | |
| SNP | Sandra White | 6,978 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan | 4,629 | 14.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Duncan H. McPhie | 3,539 | 10.8 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Allan Green | 386 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Referendum | Robert J.M. Grigor | 282 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist (GB) | Victor Vanni | 102 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | George W. Stidolph | 95 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,665 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,654 | 56.1 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||