Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency). For the former district of Strathclyde, see Eastwood (district).

Eastwood was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Eastwood
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Eastwood in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland	Strathclyde
Major settlements	Newton Mearns and Giffnock
1983–2005
Seats	One
Created from	East Renfrewshire
Replaced by	East Renfrewshire

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, when it partially replaced the former East Renfrewshire constituency, following changes in 1975 to local government boundaries.

The East Renfrewshire constituency was re-established for the 2005 general election, with the same boundaries as the Eastwood constituency. Despite the change of name, it is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.

In 1999, an Eastwood Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Eastwood Westminster constituency. However, while this constituency still exists, its boundaries are now different from the East Renfrewshire UK Parliament seat.

Boundaries

The constituency lay to the south of Glasgow and included Clarkston, Newton Mearns, Eaglesham, Barrhead and Neilston. It has the exact same boundary as the modern East Renfrewshire constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Allan Stewart	Conservative
	1997	Jim Murphy	Labour
2005		constituency renamed: see East Renfrewshire

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Eastwood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Stewart	21,072	46.5	−2.8
	SDP	James Pickett	12,477	27.6	+9.0
	Labour	James McGuire	9,083	20.1	−3.9
	SNP	Jenny Herriot	2,618	5.8	−2.2
Majority			8,595	18.9
Turnout			45,250	72.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Eastwood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Stewart	19,388	39.5	−7.0
	SDP	Ralph Leishman	13,374	27.2	−0.4
	Labour	Peter Grant-Hutchinson	12,305	25.1	+5.0
	SNP	James Findlay	4,033	8.2	+2.4
Majority			6,014	12.3	−6.6
Turnout			49,100	79.4	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Eastwood^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Stewart	24,124	46.8	+7.3
	Labour	Peter Alexander Grant-Hutchinson	12,436	24.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Miss Moira Craig	8,493	16.5	−10.7
	SNP	Paul Henderson Scott	6,372	12.4	+4.2
	Natural Law	Dr. Lee Fergusson	146	0.3	New
Majority			11,688	22.7	+10.4
Turnout			51,571	81.0	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 1997: Eastwood^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Murphy	20,766	39.7	+15.6
	Conservative	Paul Cullen	17,530	33.5	−13.1
	SNP	Douglas Arthur Yates	6,826	13.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Michael Mason	6,110	11.7	−4.7
	Referendum	David Ian Miller	497	1.0	New
	ProLife Alliance	Dr. Manar Tayan	393	0.8	New
	UKIP	Douglas McPherson	130	0.2	New
Majority			3,236	6.2	N/A
Turnout			52,252	77.4	−3.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.4

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Eastwood^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Murphy	23,036	47.6	+7.9
	Conservative	Raymond Robertson	13,895	28.7	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Richard Morison Steele	6,239	12.9	+1.2
	SNP	Stewart Maxwell	4,137	8.6	−4.5
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Joseph Murray	814	1.7	New
	Independent	Dr. Manar Tayan	247	0.5	New
Majority			9,141	18.9	+12.7
Turnout			48,368	70.7	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
2. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
6. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.