Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency) facts for kids
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Glasgow Kelvin was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow North and Glasgow North West.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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Boundaries
The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Anderston/City, Hyndland/Hillhead, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.
The constituency included Glasgow city centre.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | George Galloway | Labour | |
| 2003 | Independent | ||
| 2004 | Respect | ||
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| General election 2001: Glasgow Kelvin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | New | |
| Green | Tim Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | New | |
| Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | -2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| General election 1997: Glasgow Kelvin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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