Glasgow Baillieston (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Baillieston
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1997–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow East
Created from	Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Provan

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.

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, Crosshill, Carmyle, Muirhead, Barlanark, Queenslie, Greenfield, and Garthamlock.

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.

Boundaries

The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston/Mount Vernon, Garthamlock/Easterhouse, and Greenfield/Barlanark.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1997	Jimmy Wray	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Glasgow Baillieston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	20,925	65.7	N/A
	SNP	Mrs. Patsy J. Thomson	6,085	19.1	N/A
	Conservative	Malcolm G. Kelly	2,468	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Sheila J. Rainger	1,217	3.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McVicar	970	3.0	N/A
	Referendum	John McClafferty	188	0.6	N/A
Majority			14,840	46.6	N/A
Turnout			31,853	62.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Baillieston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	14,200	61.0	−4.6
	SNP	Lachlan McNeill	4,361	18.7	−0.4
	Conservative	David Comrie	1,580	6.8	−1.0
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McVicar	1,569	6.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Christopher Dundas	1,551	6.7	+2.8
Majority			9,839	42.3	−3.3
Turnout			23,261	47.2	−15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Glasgow Constituencies

Current	Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West

Historic	Clyde Burghs (1708–1832) Glasgow (1832–85) Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (1885–1918) Glasgow College (1885–1918) Glasgow St Rollox (1885–1950) Glasgow Camlachie (1885–1955) Glasgow Tradeston (1885–1955) Glasgow Bridgeton (1885–1974) Glasgow Govan (1885–2005) Glasgow Gorbals (1918–74) Glasgow Kelvingrove (1918–83) Rutherglen (1918–83) Glasgow Hillhead (1918–97) Glasgow Cathcart (1918–2005) Glasgow Maryhill (1918–2005) Glasgow Pollok (1918–2005) Glasgow Shettleston (1918–2005) Glasgow Springburn (1918–2005) Glasgow Scotstoun (1950–74) Glasgow Woodside (1950–74) Glasgow Craigton (1955–83) Glasgow Queen's Park (1974–83) Glasgow Provan (1955–97) Glasgow Garscadden (1974–97) Glasgow Rutherglen (1983–2005) Glasgow Anniesland (1997–2005) Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005) Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005)

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

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