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Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow Baillieston Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Baillieston shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Margaret Curran |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Baillieston 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, 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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- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, 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 Baillieston 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 eastern boundary. It is east of the Shettleston and Springburn constituencies and north of the Rutherglen constituency. Shettleston and Springburn are also entirely within the city area. Rutherglen straddles the boundary between the Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire council areas.[1].
The constituency includes the areas of Ballieston, Mount Vernon, Easterhouse, Barlanark and Gartloch. It is industrial in character and has high levels of unemployment, one-parent families and drug abuse.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Margaret Curran | Labour | |
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| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Ballieston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Margaret Curran | 9,141 | 52.9 | +0.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | Lachlan McNeill | 5,207 | 30.2 | +11.2 | |
| Conservative Party | Richard Sullivan | 1,276 | 7.4 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 1,060 | 6.1 | -0.5 | |
| Scottish Christian | George Hargreaves | 588 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 3,934 | 22.8 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 1850 | ||||
| Turnout | 17,272 | 38.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Ballieston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Maragret Curran | 9,657 | 52.9% | +5.2% | |
| Scottish National Party | Lachlan McNeill | 3,479 | 19.0% | -15.6% | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Jim McVicar | 2,461 | 13.5% | +5.6% | |
| Conservative Party | Janette McAlpine | 1,472 | 8.1% | +1.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 1,201 | 6.6% | +3.1% | |
| Majority | 6,178 | 33.8% | +20.85% | ||
| Turnout | 18,270 | 39.4% | |||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | +5.2% | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Ballieston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Margaret Curran | 11,289 | 47.61% | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Dorothy Grace Elder | 8,217 | 34.66% | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | James McVicar | 1,864 | 7.86% | N/A | |
| Conservative Party | Dr Kate Pickering | 1,526 | 6.44% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Fryer | 813 | 3.43% | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,072 | 12.95% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,709 | ||||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
