Glasgow South West
2005 Results:
Labour: 18653 (60.2%)
SNP: 4757 (15.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 3593 (11.6%)
Conservative: 1786 (5.8%)
Other: 2188 (7.1%)
Majority: 13896 (44.9%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election: Name of seat changed from Glasgow Pollok.
2001 Result
Conservative: 1417 (5.6%)
Labour: 15497 (61.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 1612 (6.4%)
SNP: 4229 (16.7%)
Other: 2522 (10%)
Majority: 11268 (44.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 1979 (6%)
Labour: 19653 (59.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 1137 (3.5%)
SNP: 5862 (17.9%)
Referendum: 152 (0.5%)
Other: 4019 (12.3%)
Majority: 13791 (42%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: Ian Davidson(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: Heather MacLeod (Conservative) Ian Davidson(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Isabel Nelson (Liberal Democrat) Chris Stephens (SNP)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 83068
Male: 46.3%
Female: 53.7%
Under 18: 25.2%
Over 60: 21.9%
Born outside UK: 2.9%
White: 97.5%
Asian: 1.6%
Mixed: 0.2%
Other: 0.5%
Christian: 69.3%
Muslim: 1.3%
Graduates 16-74: 9.9%
No Qualifications 16-74: 47.2%
Owner-Occupied: 48.9%
Social Housing: 42.7% (Council: 28.8%, Housing Ass.: 13.9%)
Privately Rented: 3.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 18.5%
Given the calibre of most Glasgow Labour MPs (then perhaps more than now), we should be grateful that he was able to string a sentence together long enough to last 10 seconds
Maybe a little cruel, but not entirely without a grain of truth. There certainly were some not very bright ones in those days. John Maxton who won Cathcart however was quite intelligent and so was/is Bruce Millan, and of course Donald Dewar who was returned to Parliament the year before. The current crop is clearly improved in quality by the absence of George Galloway but of course he rarely has much trouble in putting sentences together.
Your average “sleb” couldn’t even string that much together, but they still have lots to say.
I did here about someone who lost their seat in some election and just walked off after the result, but not sure who that was.
Guess who is standing here for TUSC? None other than Tommy Sheridan!
Ian Davidson saw Sheridan off here back in 1992 under older boundaries if I recall correctly, and that we when Sheridan was more…well..sellable frankly…I don;t see any problems for Labour here just due to that old has been.