Glasgow North West
2010 Results:
Conservative: 3537 (9.94%)
Labour: 19233 (54.05%)
Liberal Democrat: 5622 (15.8%)
SNP: 5430 (15.26%)
BNP: 699 (1.96%)
Green: 882 (2.48%)
Others: 179 (0.5%)
Majority: 13611 (38.25%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 16748 (49.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6655 (19.5%)
SNP: 4676 (13.7%)
Conservative: 3262 (9.6%)
Other: 2720 (8%)
Majority: 10093 (29.6%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election: Name of seat changed from Glasgow Anniesland.
2001 Result
Conservative: 2651 (9.9%)
Labour: 15102 (56.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 3244 (12.1%)
SNP: 4048 (15.1%)
Other: 1677 (6.3%)
Majority: 11054 (41.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 3881 (11.5%)
Labour: 20951 (61.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 2453 (7.2%)
SNP: 5797 (17.1%)
Referendum: 84 (0.2%)
Other: 713 (2.1%)
Majority: 15154 (44.7%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: John Robertson(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Richard Sullivan (Conservative) John Robertson(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Natalie McKee (Liberal Democrat)Margaret Park (SNP)Moira Crawford (Green)Scott McLean (BNP) Marc Livingstone (Communist) Office assistant.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 81246
Male: 46.2%
Female: 53.8%
Under 18: 22.4%
Over 60: 22.9%
Born outside UK: 4.1%
White: 97.2%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 1.6%
Mixed: 0.4%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 64.8%
Muslim: 1.1%
Graduates 16-74: 21.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 37.5%
Owner-Occupied: 51.3%
Social Housing: 39.2% (Council: 27.8%, Housing Ass.: 11.5%)
Privately Rented: 5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 18.9%
I thought there werent any more constituencies left which had no comments on them. I wonder if Scotstoun is in this seat now in which case it would be a good name for it. The name here seems to change at almost every review having been Anniesland briefly and Garscadden before that.
Surely this is /the/ final constituency on here with no comments?!
As rock solid Labour as any other of the Glasgow seats, there’s not a lot more to see here I guess!
I think I may have stayed in this constituency when I stayed in Glasgow – im not sure with all the boundary changes that have taken place and it could have been Kelvin at that time – it was the Kelvindale area anyway around the university and an extremely pleasant area. Anniesland is a bit further out and seems to be the point at which this seat deteriorates from the west end style grandeur to the council estate slums that I suppose still dominate this seat, like Drumchapel
Richard Sullivan has been selected as the Conservative candidate here. He stood in Glasgow Central in the 2005 election.
My prediction for this seat;
Labour 15000
SNP 7500
Lib Dem 5000
Cons 4000
Others 3000
Hyndland, Broomhill and Jordanhill are all in this constituency, with decent patches of Conservative support. I agree that as you go west from Anniesland the seat turns red, although there are some polling districts in North Knightswood (where I live) which are quite Conservative. I was distributing literature in this constituency recently – the Conservatives are getting more organised here. I think we will still be in 4th place, but could see a fair rise in our vote.
Labour – 14000
SNP – 8000
LibDem – 5000
Conservative – 4500
Neil,
The houses in Old Drumchaple are similar to Bearsden. This was a very affluent village prior to the constuction of Drumchaple. With parts of Knightswood, this one formed Blairdardie Ward which perhaps was the more Conservative of all the 6 old Garscadden wards.
Are there still Tories in Old Drumchaple?
Peter,
I couldn’t say about Drumchapel, I don’t frequent it, it is really a no-go area. To be honest I would be very surprised if any of Drumchapel was remotely Conservative, but I have not been involved in any political activity in that part of the constituency.
The part I was meaning was a bit nearer the city, the northern part of Knightswood, around the Knightscliffe area and towards Bearsden Road. Apparently this is quite a Conservative area, which surprised me, considering the demographics.
Old Drumchaple is really part of Knightswood. It borders Drumchaple, but is located North of Great Western Road and Drumchaple further North.
Old Drumchaple looks posher than Knightswood , with Bearsden styled bungalows and villas, as opposed to the more upmarket ex-council semi (so characteristic of Knightswood).
Council bye-election here today – in the Drumchapel and Anniesland ward. SNP councillor resigned in order to force a bye-election which he intended to be a referendum on the schools fiasco, caused by Labour councillors. The system is STV, so I took the liberty of casting my second vote for the SNP candidate in the hope that they will beat Labour. It is a very strongly Labour ward though – I would imagine that the only area of Conservative support would be in North Knightswood. Labour fought a pretty good campaign here too.
Glasgow- Drumchapel/Anniesland
DOCHERTY, Martin J Scottish National Party (SNP) 1509
DUKE, Eillen Scottish Green Party 270
MCKEE, Nathalie Scottish Liberal Democrats 349
MCTAGGART, Anne Scottish Labour Party Candidate Elected 2584
ROBERTSON, John Scottish British National Party 177
SULLIVAN, Richard Alan Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 316
TROLLAND, James Independent 129
Elected at stage 5 after the elimination of Sullivan.
Turnout: 26.9%
Percentages and changes on 2007 in Drumchapel:
Lab 48.4 (-12.0)
SNP 28.3 (+6.8)
L Dem 6.5 (+2.5)
C 5.9 (+1.2)
SGP 5.1 (+2.1)
BNP 3.3
Ind 2.4
Thanks to Vote2009 site.
Bit of a blow for the Tory PPC (I assume), getting overtaken by the LDs.
If you’re wondering why the +/- percentages don’t add up, its because the SSP, Solidarity and the Scottish Unionist Party didn’t stand this time.
Not a very good result for us! I gave my first vote to Conservative (of course) and second vote to SNP, to try and keep the Labour candidate out.
The Lib Dems have selected Ann Laird here
Of all of the 5 seats lost to Labour in the 1959 General Election (Ayrshire Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Scotstoun, Lanark and Oldham East), it was this one (the boundaries are almost identical to the 1955 – 1974 Glasgow Scotstoun) by the largest margin of over 3000.
The main reason was rising unemployment, from the decline of ship building on the Clyde and this one stretched along the north bank of the Clyde from the city boundary at Clydebank to the edge of central Glasgow.
In 1955, Glasgow had 8 Labour MP’s and 7 Tory MP’s (8 if you include Rutherglen, which carried a Glasgow constituency prefix from 1983 – 2005).
In 1959, Glasgow had 10 Labour MP’s and 5 Tory MP’s, meaning that the representation of the city was identical to what it had been in 1945.
As a constituent living in the Drumchapel (please note correct spelling) area for 30 years, I find it highly offensive that in this day and age we are still politically graded by the type of housing we own or live in, and the area in which we live. The people of Drumchapel should not all be tarnished with the same stereotype, as some actually believe in the party/candidate to which we place our vote. Unfortunately due to the FPTP system that works within Britain, we do not always have the candidate that we would like in place. Education, as we are always being advised of, is the only way any party can change the seat in Glasgow North West. The fact that people can in this forum even declare an area as ‘no go’ disgusts me. How else do you plan to exact change in the behaviour of the constituents if you are not even willing to speak with them. The people of Drumchapel have become as disillusioned with our current representative as many others like us across the UK. The size and type of ‘bungalow’ in which others dwell does not give them any more right to feel disappointed with the representation they have politically.
The Lib Dems have a new candidate here – Natalie McKee who is an optometrist
The Communist Party of Britain are standing Marc Livingstone here – http://www.communist-party.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=823:general-election-cps-marc-livingstone-contests-in-glasgow-nw&catid=123:election-2010&Itemid=165
He is apparently a member of a hip hop group named “Stupid Idiots”.
How come Erin Boyle as the Conservative candidate both here and in Glasgow N – I thought Richard Sullivan was the Conservative candidate here
BNP have selected Scott McLean here
The Green candidate is Moira Crawford now
Lab Hold= 8,000 maj
SNP 2nd
The SNP candidate for Glasgow North West will be Margaret Park.
Margaret has been politically active since her teens and a member of the SNP since 1989.
Margaret was brought up in Glasgow and now lives in South Lanarkshire with her husband and son.
Following a career within the voluntary sector, Margaret is now a Management Training Consultant working with organisations and companies across the sectors.
An experienced candidate and activist Margaret was the Westminster candidate for Rutherglen/Hamilton West in 2005; has stood as a council candidate on two occasions; was the candidate for Glasgow Rutherglen and on the Glasgow List for the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2007.
Labour
SNP
Libdem
Conservative
Majority – 8000
Labour leaflet dropped through the door saying its a 2 horse race between Labour and the Tories – hilarious.
Tory candidate here is Richard Sullivan, not Erin Boyle.
Lab Hold
Maj 11 300
Full List
Moria CRAWFORD (Green)
Marc LIVINGSTONE (Communist Party)
Natalie McKEE (Lib Dem)
Scott McLEAN (BNP)
Mags PARK (SNP)
John ROBERTSON (Labour)
Richard SULLIVAN (Conservative)
i got the lab leaflet as well not a thing about local areas or what hes done for the area well to be honest hes done nothing were i stay (yes im in the seat).
This is a big area from partick in west end to scotstoun/anniesland and out to drumchapel.
I will be the donkey with the lab badge will win he dos nothing for anyone but himself at last election he didnt even know the gha wanted to cut back consierge servives in the area USELESS!
Lab maj 9,000
Somebody I know who lives in this constituency wants to vote against the incumbent, but not Conservative.
Who has the best chance of taking the seat, LibDem or SNP?
The LibDems are on the way up UK wide and the SNP are doing well too, but which would disaffected Labour voters go for?
There isn’t much chance of a change is there?
well look at the last holyrood result 2nd second the euros lab only won by 500!
the lib dems cant be trusted anywhere in scotland look at what happend in 2007 they were heavily booted out of inverclyde council andstrathkelvin council due to incompetance!
John B Dick:
Since I assume your question is about who is best placed to defeat Labour then – being objective – it is hard to know whether the LibDems or SNP will come second. According to the latest opinion polls (in Scotland) the LibDems are at about the same level that they were in 2005, which would suggest that they will get about 20% of the vote in this seat. But the SNP are also up a bit, and would probably poll around 17%.
At the moment my guess is that the LibDems will come second (but it will be close between LibDem and SNP). However, Labour is way out in front. I can’t imagine circumstances in which this seat will change hands.
It does look as though realistically it’s a coin toss between Lib Dem and SNP as to who finishes second in this seat. In terms of John B Dick’s question on tactical voting, those kind of considerations are pretty meaningless in a seat as safe as this. Any non-Labour voter might as well just vote in line with their beliefs, recognising that it matters very little under such circumstances whether a candidate losing by a distance comes second, third, fourth or whatever.
LAB HOLD
Glasgow Anniesland 2011
Lab 15000 (+8.6)
SNP 7000 (-1.4)
Con 2750 (-1.8)
LD 1750 (-2.2)
A Brown, What is your prediction for Glasgow Kelvin and Glasgow Southside?
I reckon Labour will win Southside by about 2500. Sturgeon probably still has a reasonable personal vote.
Glasgow Kelvin, (tricky because a green stood last time) but……..
Lab 11000
SNP 9000
LD 2500
Con 2000