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Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency) 

Glasgow East
Burgh constituency
Glasgow East shown within Scotland
Created: 2005
MP: John Mason
Party: Scottish National Party
Type: House of Commons
Council areas: City of Glasgow
EP constituency: Scotland

Glasgow East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It was created for the 2005 general election.

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Boundaries

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 was always won 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.

The 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 areas in the UK: average male life expectancy is 68, five years less than the Scottish average, while in the Shettleston area it is 63.[2]

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (2005)
Election Member Party
2005 David Marshall Labour
2008 John Mason SNP

2008 by-election

Main article: Glasgow East by-election, 2008

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.[3] 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.[4] Nominations for candidates closed at 4pm on 9 July, and the election took place on 24 July.[5]

At around 0230 hours on 25 July 2008, and after a recount, the SNP candidate John Mason won the seat by a plurality of 365 votes over the Labour Party candidate Margaret Curran.[6]

Elections

Glasgow East by-election, 2008[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party 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
Scottish National Party gain from Labour Swing 22.54
General Election, 2005: Glasgow East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Marshall 18,775 60.7 N/A
Scottish National Party 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

Predecessor seats

General Election 2001: Glasgow Baillieston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Wray 14,200 61.0 -4.6
Scottish National Party Lachlan McNeill 4,361 18.7 -0.4
Conservative David Comrie 1,580 6.8 -1.0
Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 1,569 6.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas 1,551 6.7 +2.8
Majority 9,839 42.3
Turnout 23,261 47.2 -15.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Glasgow Shettleston[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Marshall 13,235 64.7 -8.5
Scottish National Party Jim Byrne 3,417 16.7 +2.7
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 1,396 6.8 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hutton 1,105 5.4 +1.4
Conservative Campbell Murdoch 1,082 5.3 -0.2
Socialist Labour Murdo Ritchie 230 1.1 N/A
Majority 9,818 48.0 -3.3
Turnout 20,465 39.7 -16.0
Labour hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland".
  2. ^ "Glasgow as bad as the Gaza Strip, says SNP leader". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
  3. ^ "Manor of Northstead". hm-treasury.gov.uk (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
  4. ^ "Gordon Brown faces by-election test as veteran Scots MP David Marshal quits over illness". The Daily Record (2008-06-28). Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
  5. ^ "Notice of By-election for the UK Parliament". Retrieved on 2008-07-12.
  6. ^ BBC Scotland election coverage, Friday 25th July 2008
  7. ^ Press Association (2008-07-02). "By-election candidates selected", Deeside Piper and Herald, Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved on 2008-07-05. 
  8. ^ "In full: Glasgow East candidates", BBC News, British Broadcasting Corporation (2008-07-04). Retrieved on 2008-07-05. 
  9. ^ "Freedom-4-Choice party registration". Register of political parties. Electoral Commission (2006-09-06). Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
  10. ^ Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Glasgow Shettleston, BBC News

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