Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow North
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Glasgow North in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Glasgow City
Major settlements Gilshochill, Hillhead, Kelvindale, Maryhill, Summerston
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Martin Rhodes (Scottish Labour)
Created from Glasgow Maryhill
Glasgow Kelvin
Glasgow Anniesland

Glasgow North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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It was first contested at the 2005 general election, and the incumbent MP is Martin Rhodes who was elected for Scottish Labour in 2024.

At the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the constituency voted overwhelmingly in favour of "Remain" with 78.4%. This was the fourth-highest support for a Remain vote in any constituency in the United Kingdom. [1]

Boundaries

Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The Glasgow wards of Firhill, Hillhead, Hyndland, Kelvindale, Maryhill, North Kelvin, Partick, Summerston, Woodlands, and Wyndford.

Glasgow North 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 North constituency includes most of the former Glasgow Maryhill constituency, central sections of the former Glasgow Kelvin constituency and a Kelvindale area from the former Glasgow Anniesland constituency. [2] Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

The Glasgow North constituency has Glasgow University within its boundaries, and stretches out through Kelvindale to the large Summerston housing development. The largest element of the seat, in terms of former constituency boundaries, comes from the Maryhill constituency, which was a mainly working class seat. The North seat also includes the more middle class areas of Hillhead, Hyndland and Kelvindale.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] PartyNotes
2005 Ann McKechin Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill until 2005
2015 Patrick Grady SNP
2022 Independent
2023 SNP
2024 Martin Rhodes Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Glasgow North [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Rhodes 14,655 42.2 +8.1
SNP Alison Thewliss 11,11632.0−15.6
Scottish Green Iris Duane4,23312.2+8.5
Reform UK Helen Burns1,6554.8+4.2
Conservative Naveed Asghar1,3663.9−4.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel O'Malley1,1423.3−1.9
Alba Nick Durie5721.6New
Majority3,53910.2N/A
Turnout 34,73951.4−5.3
Registered electors 67,579
Labour gain from SNP Swing +11.8

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow North [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Patrick Grady 16,982 46.9 +9.3
Labour Pam Duncan-Glancy 11,38131.4−3.1
Conservative Tony Curtis3,80610.5−4.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Chamberlain2,3946.6+3.2
Scottish Green Cass McGregor1,3083.6−6.1
Brexit Party Dionne Cocozza3200.9New
Majority5,60115.5+12.4
Turnout 36,19163.3+1.2
SNP hold Swing +6.2
General election 2017: Glasgow North [9] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Patrick Grady 12,597 37.6 −15.5
Labour Pam Duncan-Glancy 11,53734.5+6.6
Conservative Stuart Cullen4,93514.7+6.8
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie 3,2519.7+3.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Chamberlain1,1533.4+0.7
Majority1,0603.1−22.1
Turnout 33,47362.1−0.7
SNP hold Swing -11.0
General election 2015: Glasgow North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Patrick Grady [13] 19,610 53.1 +41.2
Labour Ann McKechin 10,31527.9−16.6
Conservative Lauren Hankinson2,9017.9+0.8
Scottish Green Martin Bartos [14] 2,2846.2+3.0
Liberal Democrats Jade O'Neil1,0122.7−28.6
UKIP Jamie Robertson4861.3New
TUSC Angela McCormick1600.4−0.6
CISTA Russell Benson1540.4New
Majority9,29525.2N/A
Turnout 36,92261.4+3.8
SNP gain from Labour Swing +28.9
General election 2010: Glasgow North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann McKechin 13,181 44.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Katy Gordon9,28331.3+3.9
SNP Patrick Grady 3,53011.9−1.0
Conservative Erin Boyle2,0897.1−1.6
Scottish Green Martin Bartos9473.2−4.4
BNP Thomas Main2961.0New
TUSC Angela McCormick2871.0New
Majority3,89813.2+1.2
Turnout 29,61357.6+7.2
Labour hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Glasgow North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann McKechin 11,001 39.4 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Amy Rodger7,66327.4+8.4
SNP Kenneth McLean3,61412.9−3.5
Conservative Brian Pope2,4418.7+0.5
Scottish Green Martin Bartos2,1357.6New
Scottish Socialist Nick Tarlton1,0673.8−2.6
Majority3,33812.0−18.4
Turnout 27,92150.4
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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