Glasgow Anniesland | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
1997–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glasgow Garscadden |
Replaced by | Glasgow North West Glasgow North |
Glasgow Anniesland 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 larger Glasgow North West, with the exception of Kelvindale which joined Glasgow North.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and was represented by Donald Dewar until his death in 2000.
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Drumchapel/Blairdardie, Jordanhill/Kelvindale, and Yoker/Knightswood.
Anniesland was situated on the north western outskirts of the city of Glasgow, stretching from Drumchapel on the boundaries with Clydebank to the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow's West End.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1997 | Donald Dewar | Labour | First Minister of Scotland 1999–2000. Died October 2000 | |
2000 by-election | John Robertson | Labour | ||
2005 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Robertson | 15,102 | 56.5 | −5.3 | |
SNP | Grant Thoms | 4,048 | 15.1 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher McGinty | 3,244 | 12.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Stewart Connell | 2,651 | 9.9 | −1.6 | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,486 | 5.6 | +4.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Katherine McGavigan | 191 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,054 | 41.4 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,722 | 50.1 | −13.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Robertson | 10,359 | 51.7 | −10.1 | |
SNP | Grant Thoms | 4,202 | 21.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Dorothy A. Luckhurst | 2,188 | 10.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher McGinty | 1,630 | 8.1 | +0.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,441 | 7.2 | +6.5 | |
Independent | William Lyden | 212 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,337 | 30.7 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,212 | 38.4 | −25.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donald Dewar | 20,951 | 61.8 | ||
SNP | Bill Wilson | 5,797 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Robert A.P. Brocklehurst | 3,881 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher McGinty | 2,453 | 7.2 | ||
ProLife Alliance | Akhtar Majid | 374 | 1.1 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 229 | 0.7 | ||
UKIP | Alan H. Milligan | 86 | 0.3 | ||
Referendum | Gillian McKay | 84 | 0.2 | ||
Natural Law | Thomas J. Pringle | 24 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 15,154 | 44.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,879 | 63.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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