Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Inverclyde
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
InverclydeConstituency.svg
Boundary of Inverclyde in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Inverclyde
Major settlements Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Port Glasgow, Wemyss Bay
2005–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Greenock and Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Replaced by Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

Inverclyde was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.

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Iain McKenzie of the Labour Party won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of the previous Labour MP, David Cairns. At the 2015 general election, the seat was gained by Ronnie Cowan of the Scottish National Party, with a majority of 11,063 votes. At the 2017 snap election, Cowan was re-elected, but with a greatly reduced majority of just 384 votes. However, at the 2019 general election he was re-elected with a significantly increased majority of 7,512 votes, making this a safe seat for the SNP.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be expanded to include western areas of Renfrewshire, including Bridge of Weir, Houston and Crosslee. As a consequence, the constituency of Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West was contested at the 2024 general election. [1]

Constituency profile

Most of the population live along the Clyde in the north of the seat, and there is a more rural area to the south in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Residents are slightly less affluent than the Scottish and UK averages. [2]

Boundaries

Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2005-2024

The constituency was coterminous with the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns and villages of Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow, Quarriers Village and Wemyss Bay.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] Party
2005 David Cairns Labour
2011 by-election Iain McKenzie Labour
2015 Ronnie Cowan Scottish National Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Inverclyde [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 19,295 48.4 +9.9
Labour Martin McCluskey 11,78329.5−8.0
Conservative Haroun Malik6,26515.7−5.8
Liberal Democrats Jacci Stoyle2,5606.4+3.9
Majority7,51218.9+17.9
Turnout 39,90365.8−0.6
SNP hold Swing +9.0
General election 2017: Inverclyde
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 15,050 38.5 −16.6
Labour Martin McCluskey [5] 14,66637.5+7.2
Conservative David Wilson8,39921.5+11.5
Liberal Democrats David Stevens9782.50.0
Majority3841.0−23.8
Turnout 39,09366.4−8.8
SNP hold Swing -11.9
General election 2015: Inverclyde
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 24,585 55.1 +37.6
Labour Iain McKenzie 13,52230.3−25.7
Conservative George Jabbour4,44610.0−2.0
Liberal Democrats John Watson1,1062.5−10.8
UKIP Michael Burrows7151.6+0.4
CISTA Craig Hamilton2330.5New
Majority11,06324.8N/A1
Turnout 44,60775.2+11.8
SNP gain from Labour Swing +31.7

1 Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands.

By-Election 2011: Inverclyde
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iain McKenzie [6] 15,118 53.8 –2.2
SNP Anne McLaughlin [6] [7] 9,28033.0+15.5
Conservative David Wilson [8] 2,7849.9–2.1
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bridger6272.2–11.1
UKIP Mitch Sorbie [9] 2881.0–0.2
Majority5,83820.8−17.7
Turnout 28,09745.4–18.0
Labour hold Swing -15.5
General election 2010: Inverclyde [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Cairns 20,993 56.0 +5.3
SNP Innes Nelson6,57717.5−2.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Hutton5,00713.3−3.7
Conservative David Wilson4,50212.0+1.8
UKIP Peter Campbell4331.2New
Majority14,41638.5+7.4
Turnout 37,51263.4+2.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Inverclyde [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Cairns 18,318 50.7 +0.5
SNP Stuart McMillan 7,05919.6+5.6
Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison6,12317.0−4.2
Conservative Gordon Fraser3,69210.2−0.6
Scottish Socialist Davy Landels9062.5−1.3
Majority11,25931.1
Turnout 36,09860.9
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
  2. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Inverclyde
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
  4. ↑ "Inverclyde parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Scottish Labour chief named in new wave of parliamentary candidates - LabourList". labourlist.org. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Labour chooses candidate for Inverclyde by-election". BBC News. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "SNP selects by-election candidate". The Independent. London. 3 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Inverclyde Westminster by-election date set", BBC News , 8 June 2011
  9. ↑ "Inverclyde can make political history". UKIP. 5 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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