Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenock and Inverclyde
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
GreenockInverclyde1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Greenock and Inverclyde in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
19972005
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Inverclyde
Created from Greenock & Port Glasgow
Renfrew West & 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.

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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

ElectionMemberParty
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 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Cairns 14,929 52.5 3.7
Liberal Democrats Chic Brodie 5,03917.7+3.9
SNP Andrew Murie4,24814.93.7
Conservative Alistair Haw3,00010.60.9
Scottish Socialist David Landels1,2034.2New
Majority9,89034.8-2.8
Turnout 28,41959.311.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Greenock and Inverclyde [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Godman 19,480 56.2 +8.4
SNP Brian J. Goodall6,44018.6+1.3
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland4,79113.8-0.1
Conservative Hugo Swire 3,97611.5-9.6
Majority13,04037.6
Turnout 34,68770.8
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.