Glasgow Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox constituency Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. From the 2011 election, the constituency was abolished and subsumed into a larger Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn seat.

Electoral region

The region covered the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

Template:Maplink The Glasgow Springburn 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 was entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on its northern boundary. It was west of the Baillieston constituency, north of Shettleston, northeast of Kelvin and east of Maryhill, which were also entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the effective merger of the Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Maryhill constituencies. The new creation is a constituency known as Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1999	Paul Martin	Labour
	2011	Constituency abolished; see Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Election results

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Springburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anne McLaughlin	4,929	28.0
		Katy McCloskey	1,108	6.3
		Gordon Wilson	1,067	6.1
		David Johnston	484	2.8
Majority			5,095	28.9
Turnout			17,612	37.5
	hold		Swing	-7.1

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2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Springburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Rankin	2,956	15.9
		Margaret Bean	2,653	14.3
		Alan Rodger	1,233	6.6
		Charles Dundas	768	4.1
Majority			8,007	43.1
Turnout			18,573	37.5
	hold		Swing

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Springburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Brady	6,375	26.2
		Murray Roxburgh	1,293	5.3
		Matthew Dunnigan	1,288	5.3
		James Friel	1,141	4.7
Majority			7,893	32.4
Turnout			26,080	43.5
	win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Glasgow