Uk Parliament Constituency Glasgow North East

Glasgow North East
Glasgow North East
Burgh constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Glasgow North East in Scotland
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

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.

History

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. 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.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

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.

Constituency profile

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.

Voting pattern

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.

It had the lowest turnout of any seat at the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party	Notes
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

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Maureen Burke
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 2017: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 2015: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	615	1.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	300	0.8	−6.9
	CISTA	Geoff Johnson	225	0.6	New
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	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.

General election 2010: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 2000s

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.

**2009 Glasgow North East by-election**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 2005: Glasgow North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

¹ Michael Martin stood as 'the Speaker seeking re-election'. The Speaker is elected by the House of Commons after each General Election.

As is conventional, Michael Martin (a member of the Labour Party when first elected Speaker) stood as Speaker of the House of Commons in the general election of 2005. The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats did not stand against him. Other parties did, including the Scottish National Party (the Constitution of which requires that the party fight every seat in Scotland).

The most notable feature of the result was the relatively large vote for Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party, in an area where it had very little base. This was considered to be a result of voter confusion (and not the first recorded example of its kind). A large number of traditional Labour Party voters may have voted for the Socialist Labour Party in the absence of a named Labour Party candidate on the ballot paper.

References

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Preceded by Glasgow Springburn	Constituency represented by the speaker 2005–2009	Succeeded by Buckingham

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