Glasgow North West is a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

of the House of Commons of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...

(

Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...

). It was first used at the 2005 general election.

Boundaries

The Glasgow City wards of Anniesland, Blairdardie, Drumry, Hayburn, Jordanhill, Knightswood Park, Knightswood South, Scotstoun, Summerhill, Victoria Park, and Yoker. Glasgow North West is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the city area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area of the North West constituency was covered by most of the Glasgow Anniesland constituency and part of the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.

Constituency profile

Glasgow North West lies on the north bank of the

River Clyde The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...

. It is a seat of contrasts, taking in affluent areas of Glasgow, such as

Jordanhill Jordanhill ( sco, Jordanhull, gd, Cnoc Iòrdain)
is an ...

and Scotstoun, as well as more deprived areas, such as the Drumchapel housing estate. The constituency was formerly a

safe seat A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combina ...

for the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

References

^♯ This reference gives all recent Glasgow City Westminster election results. You select the year and then the constituency to view the result. {{Authority control Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2005 Politics of Glasgow Partick Drumchapel