Eastwood (constituency, Scotland)

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Eastwood
Eastwood

West Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Jackson Carlaw ( Conservative )

Jackson Carlaw

Regions
East Renfrewshire

Eastwood is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland constituency , which was redesigned and renamed West Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . The boundaries of the constituency of Eastwood were redrawn. The constituency includes areas of the East Renfrewshire Council Area with the town of Newton Mearns and the southern suburbs of Glasgow . Before the borders were revised, the city of Barrhead was also within the constituency. A representative is sent.

The constituency covers an area of ​​121.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 66,511 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Kenneth Macintosh 16,970 37.7
Conservative John Young 14,845 33.0
SNP Rachel Findlay 8760 19.4
Liberal Democrats Anna McCurley 4472 9.9
Turnout: 45,047 (67.51%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Kenneth Macintosh 13,946 35.9 −1.8
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 10,244 26.3 −6.7
Liberal Democrats Allan Steele 5056 13.0 +3.1
SNP Stewart Maxwell 4736 12.2 −7.2
Non-party Margaret Hinds 3163 8.1 +8.1
Socialist Steve Oram 1504 3.9 +3.9
Scottish Peoples Alliance Martyn Greene 240 0.6 +0.6
Turnout: 38,889 (58.00%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Kenneth McIntosh 15,077 35.8 −0.1
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 14,186 33.6 +7.3
SNP Stewart Maxwell 7872 18.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 3603 8.6 −4.4
Non-party Frank McGee 1327 3.2 +3.2
Turnout: 42,187 (63.38%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Kenneth Macintosh 12,662 39.7 +3.9
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 10,650 33.4 −0.2
SNP Stewart Maxwell 7777 24.4 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Cochrane 835 2.6 −6.0
Turnout: 31,924 (63.25%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 12,932 35.7 +2.3
SNP Stewart Maxwell 11,322 31.2 +6.9
Labor Ken Macintosh 11,081 30.6 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Cochrane 921 2.5 −0.1
Turnout: 36,256

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament