Glasgow North East | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City |
Major settlements | Possilpark, Springburn |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Anne McLaughlin (SNP) |
Created from | Glasgow Springburn Glasgow Maryhill |
Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It was first contested at the 2005 general election. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Anne McLaughlin of the SNP who gained the seat from Labour's Paul Sweeney at the 2019 general election.
From the seat's creation until 2009, the constituency was represented by Michael Martin, previously MP for Glasgow Springburn from 1979. Martin was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in October 2000, but in May 2009 he announced that he would be resigning as Speaker on 21 June 2009 because of his perceived role in the MPs' expenses controversy. He was the first Speaker in 300 years to be forced out of office by a motion of no confidence. [1] He also resigned as an MP the following day, resulting in a by-election on 12 November 2009, which was won by Willie Bain of the Labour Party with 59% of the vote.
Bain retained the seat the following year at the 2010 UK general election, but was defeated by Anne McLaughlin of the SNP in 2015. The seat was regained by Labour's candidate Paul Sweeney at the 2017 snap general election, only to be regained by McLaughlin at the 2019 general election.
The constituency contains two Glasgow City Council wards in full: Dennistoun and Springburn & Robroyston; and also partially covers Canal, Calton, East Centre and North East wards.
The constituency partially overlaps with two Scottish Parliament seats: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn and Glasgow Provan.
Glasgow North East is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area.
Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, two of which straddled the boundaries of other council areas. The North East constituency includes most of the former Glasgow Springburn constituency and a small part of the former Glasgow Maryhill constituency. [2]
The population of the constituency was 88,156 at the time of the 2011 UK Census. It comprises the communities of Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Possilpark, Port Dundas, Sighthill, Lambhill, Colston, Milton, Springburn, Royston, Balornock, Barmulloch, Blackhill, Blochairn, Dennistoun, Germiston, Haghill, Carntyne, Robroyston, Provanmill, Riddrie, Hogganfield, Millerston and Ruchazie.
Glasgow North East and its predecessor constituencies had been represented by MPs from the Labour Party with large majorities from the 1935 general election until 2015, when the seat was gained by the SNP during their landslide victory on the largest swing recorded at the general election that year of 39.3% from Labour to SNP. At the following election held just two years later, the seat was regained on a 12% swing by Labour's Paul Sweeney with a narrow majority of 242 votes (0.7%). However, the SNP regained the constituency with a marginal majority of 7% in 2019.
According to the British Election Study , it is the most left-wing seat in the country. [3]
It had the lowest turnout of any seat at the 2017 United Kingdom general election.
Election | Member [4] | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Michael Martin | Speaker | Previously MP for Glasgow Springburn from 1979. Resigned the Speakership and from Parliament in 2009 | |
2009 by-election | Willie Bain | Labour | ||
2015 | Anne McLaughlin | SNP | ||
2017 | Paul Sweeney | Labour Co-op | ||
2019 | Anne McLaughlin | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Burke [5] | ||||
Scottish Green | Ewan Lewis [6] | ||||
Alba | Catherine McKernan [7] | ||||
SNP | Anne McLaughlin [8] | ||||
TUSC | Chris Sermanni [9] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Anne McLaughlin | 15,911 | 46.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Paul Sweeney | 13,363 | 39.4 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Lauren Bennie | 3,558 | 10.5 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicolas Moohan | 1,093 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,548 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,925 | 55.5 | +2.5 | ||
SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Paul Sweeney | 13,637 | 42.9 | +9.2 | |
SNP | Anne McLaughlin | 13,395 | 42.2 | −15.9 | |
Conservative | Jack Wylie | 4,106 | 12.9 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Donaldson | 637 | 2.0 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 242 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,775 | 53.0 | −3.8 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from SNP | Swing | +12.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Anne McLaughlin | 21,976 | 58.1 | +44.0 | |
Labour | Willie Bain | 12,754 | 33.7 | −34.6 | |
Conservative | Annie Wells | 1,769 | 4.7 | −0.6 | |
Scottish Green | Zara Kitson [17] | 615 | 1.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Baxendale [18] | 300 | 0.8 | −6.9 | |
CISTA | Geoff Johnson | 225 | 0.6 | New | |
TUSC | Jamie Cocozza [19] | 218 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 9,222 | 24.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,857 | 56.8 | +7.7 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +39.31 | |||
This was the largest swing of any UK constituency in the 2015 election. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Willie Bain | 20,100 | 68.3 | N/A | |
SNP | Billy McAllister | 4,158 | 14.1 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Baxendale | 2,262 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ruth Davidson | 1,569 | 5.3 | N/A | |
BNP | Walter Hamilton | 798 | 2.7 | −0.5 | |
TUSC | Graham Campbell | 187 | 0.6 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Kevin McVey | 179 | 0.6 | −4.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Jim Berrington | 156 | 0.5 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 15,942 | 54.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,409 | 49.1 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
A by-election was held in November 2009, caused by the resignation of former Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin. Labour won fairly comfortably, compared to the surprising SNP win in the neighbouring constituency of Glasgow East in the previous year. The turnout was the lowest in Scottish history. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Willie Bain | 12,231 | 59.4 | New | |
SNP | David Kerr | 4,120 | 20.0 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Ruth Davidson | 1,075 | 5.2 | New | |
BNP | Charlie Baillie | 1,013 | 4.9 | +1.7 | |
Solidarity | Tommy Sheridan | 794 | 3.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Baxendale | 474 | 2.3 | New | |
Scottish Green | David Doherty | 332 | 1.6 | New | |
Jury Team | John Smeaton | 258 | 1.2 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Kevin McVey | 152 | 0.7 | −4.2 | |
No Label | Mikey Hughes | 54 | 0.3 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 47 | 0.2 | −14.0 | |
Independent | Mev Brown | 32 | 0.2 | New | |
The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT) | Colin Campbell | 13 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,111 | 39.4 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,595 | 33.2 | −12.6 | ||
Labour gain from Speaker | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Speaker | Michael Martin 1 | 15,153 | 53.3 | −13.8 | |
SNP | John McLaughlin | 5,019 | 17.7 | −0.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Doris Kelly | 4,036 | 14.2 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Graham Campbell | 1,402 | 4.9 | −3.2 | |
Scottish Unionist | Daniel Houston | 1,266 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
BNP | Scott McLean | 920 | 3.2 | New | |
Independent | Joe Chambers | 622 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,134 | 35.6 | -13.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,418 | 45.8 | +1.9 | ||
Speaker hold | Swing | −6.6 | |||
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