Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Inverclyde County constituency |
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| Inverclyde shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | David Cairns |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Inverclyde |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Inverclyde is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It mostly replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and part of West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area.
[edit] Members of Parliament
2005 - David Cairns
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Inverclyde | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Cairns | 18,318 | 50.7% | +0.5% | |
| Scottish National Party | Stuart McMillan | 7,059 | 19.6% | +5.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 6,123 | 17.0% | -4.2% | |
| Conservative | Gordon Fraser | 3,692 | 10.2% | -0.6% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Davy Landels | 906 | 2.5% | -1.3% | |
| Majority | 11,259 | 31.2% | |||
| Turnout | 36,098 | 60.9% | +1.4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Greenock & Inverclyde | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Cairns | 14,929 | 52.5 | -3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chick Brodie | 5,039 | 17.7 | +3.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | ||||
