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| Glasgow Anniesland Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow Anniesland shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Bill Butler |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Glasgow City |
Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
- See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.
The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries
The Glasgow Anniesland constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on the area's north-western boundary. It is west of the Maryhill constituency and north of the Kelvin constituency, which are also entirely within the city area.1.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Donald Dewar | Labour | |
| 2000 | Bill Butler | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Butler | 10,483 | 47.4 | +1.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Kidd | 6,177 | 27.9 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Bill Aitken | 3,154 | 14.2 | -0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Danica Gilland | 2,325 | 10.5 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 4,306 | 19.3 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 1,766 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 22,139 | 45.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Butler | 10,141 | 45.75 | −13.06 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Kidd | 3,186 | 17.56 | −2.67 | |
| Conservative | Cllr William Aitken | 3.032 | 10.65 | −0.81 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 2,620 | 11.82 | +8.31 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brown | 2,330 | 10.51 | +4.18 | |
| Majority | 6,253 | 28.21 | −9.79 | ||
| Turnout | 22,165 | 43.64 | −8.74 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Butler | 9.838 | 48.68 | −10.13 | |
| Scottish National Party | Tom Chalmers | 4,462 | 22.08 | +1.87 | |
| Conservative | Kate Pickering | 2,138 | 10.58 | −0.07 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,429 | 7.07 | +2.56 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Fryer | 1,384 | 6.85 | +0.52 | |
| Scottish Green | Alistair Whitelaw | 662 | 3.28 | +3.28 | |
| Socialist Labour | Murdo Ritchie | 298 | 1.47 | +0.98 | |
| Majority | 5,376 | 26.60 | −12.00 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Dewar | 16,749 | 58.81 | −3.03 | |
| Scottish National Party | Kaukab Stewart | 5,756 | 20.21 | +3.10 | |
| Conservative | Bill Aitken | 3,186 | 14.37 | +3.72 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Ann Lynch | 1,000 | 3.51 | +2.83 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brown | 1,804 | 6.33 | −0.91 | |
| Socialist Labour | Edward Boyd | 139 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
| Majority | 10,993 | 38.60 | −6.13 | ||
Notes
See also
| Preceded by None |
Constituency represented by the First Minister 1999 - 2000 |
Succeeded by Central Fife |
