Glasgow Central
2005 Results:
Labour: 13518 (48.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 4987 (17.8%)
SNP: 4148 (14.8%)
Conservative: 1757 (6.3%)
Other: 3627 (12.9%)
Majority: 8531 (30.4%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election: Name of seat changed from Glasgow Shettleston.
2001 Result
Conservative: 1082 (5.3%)
Labour: 13235 (64.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 1105 (5.4%)
SNP: 3417 (16.7%)
Other: 1626 (7.9%)
Majority: 9818 (48%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 1484 (5.5%)
Labour: 19616 (73.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 1061 (4%)
SNP: 3748 (14%)
Referendum: 151 (0.6%)
Other: 753 (2.8%)
Majority: 15868 (59.2%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile: Covers the city centre itself and the main commercial and shopping areas of Glasgow, plus the two city centre university campuses, Glasgow Caledonian and the University of Strathclyde. The economic renewal of Glasgow since the 1990s has led to rapidly rising property prices and some gentrification, especially in the areas closest to the city centre and Glasgow Green, however, most of the seat remains severely deprived.
North of the Clyde the Calton area suffers severe deprivation with major problems of unemployment, crime, drug abuse and prostitution. Life expectancy here in the low 50s, below that in much of the third world. It has been troubled with sectarian and gang violence. Across the river the Gorbals have as bad a reputation, though of some of the most decayed tower blocks and worst slums were cleared in the 1990s. Further south the Pollokshields, once a Victorian garden city development, is the heart of the city`s muslim community, home to a large Pakistani population that, since 1997, has provided the constituency with its MP, Mohammed Sarwar.
Current MP: Mohammad Sarwar(Labour) born 1952, Pakistan. Wholesaler. First elected as MP for Glasgow Govan in 1997, the first Muslim member of the House of Commons. He was suspended from the Labour party for most of the first two years of his time as MP after being charged with electoral offences. He was eventually cleared and reinstated. Sarwar has strong links in Pakistani politics and has on several occasions served as a conduit with Pakistan in high profile stories such as the murder of Kriss Donald, where Sarwar was able to negotiate the extradition of suspects who had fled to Pakistan, and the case of Molly/Misbah Campbell, a schoolgirl from the Western Isles who fled the country to be with her Pakistani father. In 2007 he announced he would not stand again after receiving death threats in connection with the Kriss Donald case (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
John Bradley (Conservative) Educated at Oxford, London and Edinburgh University. Phd student.
Anas Sarwar (Labour) born 1983, son of Mohammed Sarwar, current MP for Glasgow Central. Educated at Hutchesons Grammar. Dentist. Contested Glasgow region in the 2007 Scottish elections.
Chris Young (Liberal Democrat) Educated at St Andrews University. Actor, poet and non-practising solicitor. Contested Glasgow Govan 2007 Scottish elections.
Ramsay Urquhart (UKIP) 
Osama Saeed (SNP) Tax consultant and investment advisor, Scottish representative of the Muslim Association of Britain. Contested East Renfrewshire in 2005
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 78383
Male: 49.6%
Female: 50.4%
Under 18: 18.6%
Over 60: 18.2%
Born outside UK: 12.6%
White: 85.7%
Black: 0.5%
Asian: 11.3%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 2%
Christian: 55%
Muslim: 9.3%
Sikh: 1%
Graduates 16-74: 22.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 36.7%
Owner-Occupied: 41.4%
Social Housing: 38.2% (Council: 22.5%, Housing Ass.: 15.8%)
Privately Rented: 15.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 20.1%
The Conservative vote would be lower than 7.6% in Central because the parts of Kelvin with most Tories in Glasgow North (Hyndland) or Glasgow NW (Broomhill) and the part of Govan with most Tories (Maxwell Park/ West Pollokshields) is in Glasgow South.
The gap between Labour and the SNP could result in a Lab majority of around 20% over the SNP
Look at central Glasgow on Google Maps to see the depopulation. Areas which were once densely populated tenements are now covered with car parks, grass or motorways.
Glasgow
Glasgow Blackfriers before 1918
Glasgow Central 1918 – 1955
Split between Glasgow Central and Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1955 – 1974
Glasgow Central 1974 – 1983
Split between Glasgow Central and Glasgow Hillhead from 1983 – 1997
Glasgow Kelvin 1997 – 2005
Glasgow Central since 2005
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Central till 2005 (unless you consider the New Town as Central Edinburgh, which was North till 1983, Central 1983 – 1997 and N & L since 1997)
Central Edinburgh (the old town with the castle) has been in Edinburgh East since 2005.
Aberdeen
North from 1918 – 1983
South from 1983 – 1997
Central from 1997 – 2005
Now divided between N & S.
Dundee
Traditionally it has been in East, but when the city extended to include Carnoustie/ South Angus the city centre moved into Dundee West
The above post relates to which constituency the given Scottish city centre was/ is located.
Labour: 12000
SNP: 7500
Conservative: 3000
Liberal Democrat: 2500
Other: 2500
Majority: 4500
Have you read my Rutherglen post, Peter?
The Lib Dems have selected Christopher Young here – he stood in Glasgow Govan in 2007