Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Glasgow Anniesland Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
 |
|
| Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
|
| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Bill Butler |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Anniesland 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.
Contents |
- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The Glasgow Anniesland 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 the area's north-western boundary. It is west of the Maryhill constituency and north of the Kelvin constituency, which are also entirely within the city area.[1].
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Donald Dewar | Labour | |
| 2000 | Bill Butler | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Bill Butler | 10,483 | 47.4 | +1.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Kidd | 6,177 | 27.9 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative Party | Bill Aitken | 3,154 | 14.2 | -0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Danica Gilland | 2,325 | 10.5 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 4,306 | 19.3 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 1,766 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 22,139 | 45.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Bill Butler | 10,141 | 45.75 | −13.06 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Kidd | 3,186 | 17.56 | −2.67 | |
| Conservative Party | Cllr William Aitken | 3.032 | 10.65 | −0.81 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Charlie McCarthy | 2,620 | 11.82 | +8.31 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brown | 2,330 | 10.51 | +4.18 | |
| Majority | 6,253 | 28.21 | −9.79 | ||
| Turnout | 22,165 | 43.64 | −8.74 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Bill Butler | 9.838 | 48.68 | −10.13 | |
| Scottish National Party | Tom Chalmers | 4,462 | 22.08 | +1.87 | |
| Conservative Party | Kate Pickering | 2,138 | 10.58 | −0.07 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Rosie Kane | 1,429 | 7.07 | +2.56 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Fryer | 1,384 | 6.85 | +0.52 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Alistair Whitelaw | 662 | 3.28 | +3.28 | |
| Socialist Labour | Murdo Ritchie | 298 | 1.47 | +0.98 | |
| Majority | 5,376 | 26.60 | −12.00 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Donald Dewar | 16,749 | 58.81 | −3.03 | |
| Scottish National Party | Kaukab Stewart | 5,756 | 20.21 | +3.10 | |
| Conservative Party | Bill Aitken | 3,186 | 14.37 | +3.72 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Ann Lynch | 1,000 | 3.51 | +2.83 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brown | 1,804 | 6.33 | −0.91 | |
| Socialist Labour | Edward Boyd | 139 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
| Majority | 10,993 | 38.60 | −6.13 | ||
