Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Greenock and Inverclyde
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Greenock and Inverclyde in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1997–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Greenock & Port Glasgow Renfrew West & Inverclyde
Replaced by	Inverclyde

Greenock and Inverclyde was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005, when it was replaced by the Inverclyde constituency. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The Inverclyde District electoral divisions of Greenock Central East, Greenock South West, and Inverclyde West.

The constituency included all of the council area of Inverclyde except the wards covering Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm, which were in the West Renfrewshire constituency.

The unusual choice of name (since the town of Greenock is in Inverclyde) reflects the fact that the constituency was created from parts of two predecessor constituencies, Greenock and Port Glasgow and Renfrew West and Inverclyde.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Norman Godman	Labour
	2001	David Cairns	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Inverclyde

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Greenock and Inverclyde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cairns	14,929	52.5	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chic Brodie	5,039	17.7	+3.9
	SNP	Andrew Murie	4,248	14.9	−3.7
	Conservative	Alistair Haw	3,000	10.6	−0.9
	Scottish Socialist	David Landels	1,203	4.2	New
Majority			9,890	34.8	−2.8
Turnout			28,419	59.3	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Greenock and Inverclyde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Godman	19,480	56.2	+8.4
	SNP	Brian J. Goodall	6,440	18.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	4,791	13.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Hugo Swire	3,976	11.5	−9.6
Majority			13,040	37.6
Turnout			34,687	70.8
	Labour win (new seat)

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)