Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency).

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.

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

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
	Scottish 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)

References

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