Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Eastwood | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Eastwood in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Strathclyde |
Major settlements | Renfrewshire |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Renfrewshire |
Replaced by | East Renfrewshire |
Eastwood was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, when it partially replaced the former East Renfrewshire constituency, following changes in 1975 to local government boundaries.
The East Renfrewshire constituency was re-established for the 2005 general election, with the same boundaries as the Eastwood constituency. Despite the change of name, it is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.
In 1999, an Eastwood Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Eastwood Westminster constituency. However, while this constituency still exists, its boundaries are now different from the East Renfrewshire UK Parliament seat.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency lay to the south of Glasgow and included Clarkston, Newton Mearns, Eaglesham, Barrhead and Neilston. It has the exact same boundary as the modern East Renfrewshire constituency.
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Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Allan Stewart | Conservative | |
1997 | Jim Murphy | Labour | |
2005 | constituency renamed: see East Renfrewshire |
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Allan Stewart | 21,072 | 46.5 | −2.8 | |
SDP | James Pickett | 12,477 | 27.6 | +9.0 | |
Labour | James McGuire | 9,083 | 20.1 | −3.9 | |
SNP | Jenny Herriot | 2,618 | 5.8 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 8,595 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 45,250 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Allan Stewart | 19,388 | 39.5 | −7.0 | |
SDP | Ralph Leishman | 13,374 | 27.2 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Peter Grant-Hutchinson | 12,305 | 25.1 | +5.0 | |
SNP | James Findlay | 4,033 | 8.2 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 6,014 | 12.3 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,100 | 79.4 | +6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Elections of the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Allan Stewart | 24,124 | 46.8 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Peter Alexander Grant-Hutchinson | 12,436 | 24.1 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miss Moira Craig | 8,493 | 16.5 | −10.7 | |
SNP | Paul Henderson Scott | 6,372 | 12.4 | +4.2 | |
Natural Law | Dr. Lee Fergusson | 146 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,688 | 22.7 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,571 | 81.0 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Murphy | 20,766 | 39.7 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Cullen | 17,530 | 33.5 | −13.1 | |
SNP | Douglas Arthur Yates | 6,826 | 13.1 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Michael Mason | 6,110 | 11.7 | −4.7 | |
Referendum | David Ian Miller | 497 | 1.0 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Dr. Manar Tayan | 393 | 0.8 | New | |
UKIP | Douglas McPherson | 130 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,236 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,252 | 77.4 | −3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.4 |
Elections of the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Murphy | 23,036 | 47.6 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Raymond Robertson | 13,895 | 28.7 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Richard Morison Steele | 6,239 | 12.9 | +1.2 | |
SNP | Stewart Maxwell | 4,137 | 8.6 | −4.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Peter Joseph Murray | 814 | 1.7 | New | |
Independent | Dr. Manar Tayan | 247 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,141 | 18.9 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,368 | 70.7 | −7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005
- Politics of East Renfrewshire
- Clarkston, East Renfrewshire
- Giffnock
- Politics of Renfrewshire
- Newton Mearns
- Eaglesham