Glasgow Baillieston (constituency, Scotland)

Glasgow Baillieston

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Glasgow

Glasgow Baillieston was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011 and now only comprises nine constituencies. Here the constituency of Glasgow Baillieston was abolished. It included the western Glasgow boroughs, including Baillieston , Cranhill , Easterhouse , and Garthamlock, and sent one MP. Most of the areas of Glasgow Baillieston are now part of the Glasgow Provan constituency . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 66,981 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Margaret Curran	11,289	47.6
SNP	Dorothy-Grace Elder	8217	34.7
Socialist	James McVicar	1864	7.9
Conservative	Kate Pickering	1526	6.4
Liberal Democrats	Judith Fryer	813	3.4
Turnout: 23,709 (47.83%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Margaret Curran	9657	52.9	+5.3
SNP	Lachlan McNeill	3479	19.0	−15.7
Socialist	Jim McVicar	2461	13.5	+5.6
Conservative	Janette McAlpine	1472	8.1	+1.7
Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	1201	6.6	+3.2
Turnout: 18,270 (39.42%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Margaret Curran	9141	52.9	0.0
SNP	Lachlan McNeill	5207	30.2	+11.2
Conservative	Richard Sullivan	1276	7.4	−0.7
Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	1060	6.1	−0.5
Christian	George Hargreaves	588	3.4	+3.4
Turnout: 17,272 (38.93%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament