Glasgow West (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main|name=Glasgow West|parliament=uk|image={{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Glasgow West (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}|caption=Interactive map of current boundaries|map_entity=Scotland|map_year=2024|year=2024|abolished=|type=Burgh|previous=Glasgow North West & Glasgow North|next=|electorate=72,499 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}|mp=Patricia Ferguson|party=Scottish Labour Party|region=Scotland|county=Glasgow|european=|elects_howmany=One|towns=Anniesland, Kelvindale|image2=258px|caption2=Boundary of Glasgow West in Scotland}}Glasgow West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. The constituency was created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Patricia Ferguson of Scottish Labour.{{Cite web |title=BCS 2023 Review Revised |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/BCS_2023_Review_Revised_News_Release_081122.pdf}}
Boundaries
The constituency consists of the following Glasgow City Council wards or part wards:
- The whole of Victoria Park ward;
- the bulk of Garscadden/Scotstounhill - excluding a small area to the west which is included in West Dunbartonshire;
- the whole of Drumchapel/Anniesland ward; and
- the majority of Partick East/Kelvindale ward - mostly to the south of the A82 Great Western Road.[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies] Boundary Commission for Scotland{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}
It was formed primarily from the abolished Glasgow North West constituency, excluding the part transferred to West Dunbartonshire, with the addition of the Partick and Hyndland districts from Glasgow North.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Glasgow West |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Glasgow%20West |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}{{Cite news |date=2022-11-08 |title=How might Scotland's electoral map be changing? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63554479 |access-date=2023-07-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2024 |
Election results
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 2024: Glasgow West{{cite news |title=Glasgow West results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000089 |access-date=17 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Westminster Elections 2024 - Glasgow West |url=https://onlineservices.glasgow.gov.uk/forms/election/ResultsForWestminster.aspx |website=Glasgow City Council |access-date=17 July 2024}} }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Patricia Ferguson|votes=18,621|percentage=46.7|change=+18.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish National Party|candidate=Carol Monaghan|votes=12,175|percentage=30.5|change=-18.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Green Party|candidate=Nick Quail|votes=3,662|percentage=9.2|change=+8.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Dionne Moore|votes=2,098|percentage=5.3|change=+5.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Conservatives|candidate=Faten Hameed|votes=1,720|percentage=4.3|change=-11.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish Liberal Democrats|candidate=James Calder|votes=1,316|percentage=3.3|change=-4.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Scottish Christian Party|candidate=John Cormack|votes=310|percentage=0.8|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,446|percentage= 16.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=40,088|percentage=58.1|change=-7.4}}
{{Election box registered electors| reg. electors =69,028}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Scottish National Party
|swing = +18.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result {{efn|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web |date= |title=Glasgow West notional election - December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2215 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}} | align=right| 22,964 | align=right| 48.6 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align="right" | 13,236 | align="right" | 28.0 |
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 7,254 | align=right| 15.3 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 3,554 | align=right| 7.5 |
| {{party color cell|Scottish Greens}} | align="right" | 180 | align="right" | 0.4 |
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | align=right| 74 | align=right| 0.2 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2" |Majority
| align="right" |9,728 |align="right" |20.6 | ||
| colspan="2" |Turnout
| align="right" |47,262 |align="right" |65.2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|72,499 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168981.html Glasgow West UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
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