Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverclyde | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Inverclyde in Scotland.
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Inverclyde |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of parliament | Ronnie Cowan (SNP) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Greenock and Inverclyde |
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European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Inverclyde is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.
The previous MP, Labour's Iain McKenzie won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of David Cairns also of the Labour Party. In the 2015 General Election, the constituency was taken by SNP's Ronnie Cowan
Boundaries
The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns of Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow and Wemyss Bay.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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2005 | David Cairns | Labour | |
2011 by-election | Iain McKenzie | Labour | |
2015 | Ronnie Cowan | Scottish National Party |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Ronnie Cowan | 24,585 | 55.1 | +22.1 | |
Labour | Iain McKenzie[3] | 13,522 | 30.3 | -23.5 | |
Conservative | George Jabbour[4] | 4,446 | 10.0 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Watson | 1,106 | 2.5 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Burrows[5] | 715 | 1.6 | +0.6 | |
CISTA | Craig Hamilton | 233 | 0.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 11,063 | 24.8 | n/a1 | ||
Turnout | 44,607 | 75.2 | +11.8 2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 22.8 |
1 Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands. 2 Comparison of turnout with General Election in 2010, all other comparisons, including swing, with by-election in 2011.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iain McKenzie[6] | 15,118 | 53.8 | –2.2 | |
SNP | Anne McLaughlin[6][7] | 9,280 | 33.0 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | David Wilson[8] | 2,784 | 9.9 | –2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sophie Bridger | 627 | 2.2 | –11.1 | |
UKIP | Mitch Sorbie[9] | 288 | 1.0 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 5,838 | 20.8 | -17.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,097 | 45.4 | –18.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Cairns | 20,933 | 56.0 | +5.2 | |
SNP | Innes Nelson | 6,577 | 17.5 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon Hutton | 5,007 | 13.3 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | David Wilson | 4,502 | 12.0 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Campbell | 433 | 1.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,416 | 38.4 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,512 | 63.4 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Cairns | 18,318 | 50.7 | n/a | |
SNP | Stuart McMillan | 7,059 | 19.6 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 6,123 | 17.0 | n/a | |
Conservative | Gordon Fraser | 3,692 | 10.2 | n/a | |
Scottish Socialist | Davy Landels | 906 | 2.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 11,259 | 31.2% | n/a | ||
Turnout | 36,098 | 60.9% | n/a | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I" [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ election result https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/law-and-licensing/democracy-and-elections/2015-uk-parliamentary-election 9Aug15
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/inverclyde-2015.html
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- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/inverclyde/
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- ↑ Inverclyde UKPolling
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