Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2005}}
{{About||the Scottish Parliament constituency|Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)|the former district of Strathclyde|Eastwood (district)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Eastwood
|parliament = uk
|map1 = Eastwood1997
|map_size = 260px
|map_year = 2001
|map_entity = Scotland
|year = 1983
|abolished = 2005
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = East Renfrewshire
|next = East Renfrewshire
|region = Scotland
|county = Strathclyde
|towns = Newton Mearns and Giffnock
}}
Eastwood was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
History
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, when it partially replaced the former East Renfrewshire constituency, following changes in 1975 to local government boundaries.
The East Renfrewshire constituency was re-established for the 2005 general election, with the same boundaries as the Eastwood constituency. Despite the change of name, it is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.
In 1999, an Eastwood Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Eastwood Westminster constituency. However, while this constituency still exists, its boundaries are now different from the East Renfrewshire UK Parliament seat.
Boundaries
The constituency lay to the south of Glasgow and included Clarkston, Newton Mearns, Eaglesham, Barrhead and Neilston. It has the exact same boundary as the modern East Renfrewshire constituency.
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Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|e|1|date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" |
| 1983 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1997 | Labour | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 2005
|colspan="2"| constituency renamed: see East Renfrewshire |
Election results
=Elections of the 1980s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1983: Eastwood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan Stewart
|votes = 21,072
|percentage = 46.5
|change = -2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = James Pickett
|votes = 12,477
|percentage = 27.6
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James McGuire
|votes = 9,083
|percentage = 20.1
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Jenny Herriot
|votes = 2,618
|percentage = 5.8
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,595
|percentage = 18.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,250
|percentage = 72.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1987: Eastwood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan Stewart
|votes = 19,388
|percentage = 39.5
|change = −7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Ralph Leishman
|votes = 13,374
|percentage = 27.2
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Grant-Hutchinson
|votes = 12,305
|percentage = 25.1
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = James Findlay
|votes = 4,033
|percentage = 8.2
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,014
|percentage = 12.3
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,100
|percentage = 79.4
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections of the 1990s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1992: Eastwood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan Stewart
|votes = 24,124
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Alexander Grant-Hutchinson
|votes = 12,436
|percentage = 24.1
|change = −1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Miss Moira Craig
|votes = 8,493
|percentage = 16.5
|change = −10.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Paul Henderson Scott
|votes = 6,372
|percentage = 12.4
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Dr. Lee Fergusson
|votes = 146
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,688
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +10.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,571
|percentage = 81.0
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Eastwood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Murphy
|votes = 20,766
|percentage = 39.7
|change = +15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Cullen
|votes = 17,530
|percentage = 33.5
|change = −13.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Douglas Arthur Yates
|votes = 6,826
|percentage = 13.1
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Michael Mason
|votes = 6,110
|percentage = 11.7
|change = −4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = David Ian Miller
|votes = 497
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = ProLife Alliance
|candidate = Dr. Manar Tayan
|votes = 393
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Douglas McPherson
|votes = 130
|percentage = 0.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,236
|percentage = 6.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 52,252
|percentage = 77.4
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +14.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections of the 2000s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2001: Eastwood{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Murphy
|votes = 23,036
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Robertson
|votes = 13,895
|percentage = 28.7
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Allan Richard Morison Steele
|votes = 6,239
|percentage = 12.9
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Stewart Maxwell
|votes = 4,137
|percentage = 8.6
|change = −4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Peter Joseph Murray
|votes = 814
|percentage = 1.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dr. Manar Tayan
|votes = 247
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,141
|percentage = 18.9
|change = +12.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,368
|percentage = 70.7
|change = −7.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +6.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005
Category:Politics of East Renfrewshire
Category:Clarkston, East Renfrewshire