Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2005 Not to be confused with Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency).

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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

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.

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.

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	+5.7
	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

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)

"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
BBC VOTE 2001

Current

Historic

Clyde Burghs (1708–1832)
Glasgow (1832–85)
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (1885–1918)
Glasgow College (1885–1918)
Glasgow St Rollox (1885–1950)
Glasgow Camlachie (1885–1955)
Glasgow Central (1885-1997, and 2010-2024)
Glasgow Tradeston (1885–1955)
Glasgow Bridgeton (1885–1974)
Glasgow Govan (1885–2005)
Glasgow Partick (1918–50)
Glasgow Gorbals (1918–74)
Glasgow Kelvingrove (1918–83)
Glasgow Hillhead (1918–97)
Glasgow Cathcart (1918–2005)
Glasgow Maryhill (1918–2005)
Glasgow Pollok (1918–2005)
Glasgow Shettleston (1918–2005)
Glasgow Springburn (1918–2005)
Glasgow Scotstoun (1950–74)
Glasgow Woodside (1950–74)
Glasgow Craigton (1955–83)
Glasgow Queen's Park (1974–83)
Glasgow Provan (1955–97)
Glasgow Garscadden (1974–97)
Glasgow Rutherglen (1983–2005)
Glasgow Anniesland (1997–2005)
Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005)
Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005)
Glasgow North West (2005–24)

Current	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside
Historic	Glasgow Baillieston (1999–2011) Glasgow Govan (1999–2011) Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011) Glasgow Rutherglen (1999–2011) Glasgow Springburn (1999–2011)