Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Otheruses2 Inverclyde is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It mostly replaced Greenock and Inverclyde for the 2005 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area.

Member of Parliament

Election results

General Election 2005: Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Cairns 18,318 50.7% +0.5%
Conservative Gordon Fraser 3,692 10.2% −0.6%
Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 6,123 17.0% −4.2%
Scottish Socialist Davy Landels 906 2.5% −1.3%
SNP Stuart McMillan 7,059 19.6% +5.6%
Majority 11,259 31.2%
Turnout 36,098 60.9% +1.4%
General Election 2001: Greenock & Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Cairns 14,929 52.5 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Chick Brodie 5,039 17.7 +3.9
SNP Andrew Murie 4,248 14.9 −3.6
Conservative Alistair Haw 3,000 10.6 −0.9
Scottish Socialist David Landels 1,203 4.2 N/A
Majority 9,890 34.8
Turnout 28,419 59.3 −11.5
Labour hold Swing

Politics and history of the constituency