Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Kelvin
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1997–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West
Created from	Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead

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.

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

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Kelvin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Galloway	12,014	44.8	−6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Tamsin Mayberry	4,754	17.7	+3.5
	SNP	Frances Anthony Rankin	4,513	16.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Miss Davena Rankin	2,388	8.9	−1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Mrs. Heather Ritchie	1,847	6.9	N/A
	Scottish Green	Tim John Cairns Shand	1,286	4.8	N/A
Majority			7,260	27.1
Turnout			26,802	43.6	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9% Lab to LD

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Glasgow Kelvin^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Galloway	16,643	51.0	N/A
	SNP	Sandra White	6,978	21.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan	4,629	14.2	N/A
	Conservative	Duncan H. McPhie	3,539	10.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Allan Green	386	1.2	N/A
	Referendum	Robert J.M. Grigor	282	0.9	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Victor Vanni	102	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	George W. Stidolph	95	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,665	29.6	N/A
Turnout			32,654	56.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. BBC VOTE 2001

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)