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| Glasgow Kelvin | |
|---|---|
| Formerburgh constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West |
Glasgow Kelvin was aparliamentary constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered byGlasgow Central,Glasgow North andGlasgow North West.
It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) using thefirst-past-the-post voting system.
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions ofAnderston/City,Hyndland/Hillhead, andScotstoun/Broomhill.
The constituency includedGlasgow city centre.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | George Galloway | Labour | |
| 2003 | Independent | ||
| 2004 | Respect | ||
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 12,014 | 44.8 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tamsin Mayberry | 4,754 | 17.7 | +3.5 | |
| SNP | Frances Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | −4.6 | |
| Conservative | Davena Rankin | 2,388 | 8.9 | −1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Heather Ritchie | 1,847 | 6.9 | +5.7 | |
| Green | Tim Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | New | |
| Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | −2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 16,643 | 51.0 | ||
| SNP | Sandra White | 6,978 | 21.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 4,629 | 14.2 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan H. McPhie | 3,539 | 10.8 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Allan Green | 386 | 1.2 | ||
| Referendum | Robert J.M. Grigor | 282 | 0.9 | ||
| Socialist (GB) | Victor Vanni | 102 | 0.3 | ||
| Natural Law | George W. Stidolph | 95 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 9,665 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 32,654 | 56.1 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||