In 1997, the addition of much of the Shettleston constituency increased the notional majority of the previous Provan MP, Jimmy Wray, to 14,165 (40.7%) over the SNP.
glasgow, baillieston, parliament, constituency, confused, with, glasgow, baillieston, scottish, parliament, constituency, glasgow, baillieston, burgh, constituency, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, member, parliament, using, first, past, p. Not to be confused with Glasgow Baillieston Scottish Parliament constituency Glasgow Baillieston was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom It elected one Member of Parliament MP using the first past the post voting system Glasgow BailliestonFormer Burgh constituencyfor the House of CommonsSubdivisions of ScotlandGlasgow City council area1997 2005SeatsOneCreated fromGlasgow ShettlestonGlasgow ProvanReplaced byGlasgow East Created for the 1997 general election it took 54 of its voters from the previous Glasgow Shettleston constituency and 46 from the Glasgow Provan constituency It included the areas of Easterhouse Carmyle Swinton Baillieston Garrowhill Barlanark Queenslie Greenfield and Garthamlock 1 In 1997 the addition of much of the Shettleston constituency increased the notional majority of the previous Provan MP Jimmy Wray to 14 165 40 7 over the SNP The seat was succeeded by Glasgow East in 2005 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections of the 2000s 3 2 Elections of the 1990s 4 ReferencesBoundaries editThe City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston Mount Vernon Garthamlock Easterhouse and Greenfield Barlanark Members of Parliament editElection Member 2 Party 1997 Jimmy Wray Labour 2005 constituency abolishedElection results editElections of the 2000s edit General election 2001 Glasgow Baillieston 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jimmy Wray 14 200 61 0 4 7 SNP Lachlan McNeill 4 361 18 7 0 4 Conservative David Comrie 1 580 6 8 0 9 Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 1 569 6 7 3 7 Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas 1 551 6 7 2 9 Majority 9 839 42 3 3 3 Turnout 23 261 47 2 15 0 Labour hold Swing Elections of the 1990s edit General election 1997 Glasgow Baillieston 5 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jimmy Wray 20 925 65 7 SNP Patsy J Thomson 6 085 19 1 Conservative Malcolm G Kelly 2 468 7 7 Liberal Democrats Sheila J Rainger 1 217 3 8 Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 970 3 0 Referendum John McClafferty 188 0 6 Majority 14 840 46 6 Turnout 31 853 62 2 Labour win new seat References edit Housing the key to city s eastern fringe The Herald 29 March 1997 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 1 Election Data 2001 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2017 a b Vote 2001 Results amp Constituencies Glasgow Baillieston BBC News Election Data 1997 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2017 nbsp This article related to the politics of Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or its predecessors is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to Glasgow Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Glasgow Baillieston UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1172371351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
