Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Shettleston Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Shettleston shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Frank McAveety |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Shettleston is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen and Glasgow Springburn.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow Shettleston constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its south-eastern boundary. It is south of the Springburn constituency, west of Baillieston, north of Rutherglen and Cathcart and east of Govan and Kelvin.[1].
The Springburn, Baillieston, Cathcart, Govan and Kelvin constituencies are also entirely within the city area.
The Rutherglen constituency is mostly in the South Lanarkshire council area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Frank McAveety | Labour | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Shettleston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McAveety | 7,574 | 51.2 | -5.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | John McLaughlin | 4,693 | 1.7 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Renton | 1,182 | 8.0 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | William McNair | 946 | +6.4 | +0.5 | |
| Scottish Christian | Bob Graham | 406 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 2,881 | 19.5 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 2,035 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,801 | 33.4 | -2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 9.5 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Shettleston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McAveety | 9,365 | 56.60 | +2.65 | |
| Scottish National Party | Jim Byrne | 3,018 | 18.24 | -9.09 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 2,403 | 14.52 | +6.53 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 982 | 5.93 | -0.21 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 779 | 4.71 | +0.12 | |
| Majority | 6,347 | 38.36 | +11.73 | ||
| Turnout | 16,547 | 35.41 | -5.17 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Shettleston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McAveety | 11,078 | 53.95 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Jim Byrne | 5,611 | 27.33 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,640 | 7.99 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Colin Bain | 1,260 | 6.14 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laurence Clarke | 943 | 4.59 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,467 | 26.62 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,532 | 42.78 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
