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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
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|name = Inverclyde
|name = Inverclyde
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|next = [[Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West]]
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'''Inverclyde''' is a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It replaced [[Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock and Inverclyde]] and the [[Port Glasgow]] and [[Kilmacolm]] areas from [[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] for the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].
'''Inverclyde''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It replaced [[Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock and Inverclyde]] and the [[Port Glasgow]] and [[Kilmacolm]] areas from [[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] for the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].


The previous MP, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour's]] [[Iain McKenzie]] won the ensuing [[2011 Inverclyde by-election|Inverclyde by-election]] following the death of [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]] also of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], the seat was gained by the [[Scottish National Party|SNP's]] [[Ronnie Cowan (politician)|Ronnie Cowan]], with a majority of 11,063 votes. At the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 snap election]], Cowan was re-elected, but with a greatly reduced majority of just 384 votes. However, at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2019|2019]] election he significantly increased his majority to 7,512 or 18.9%, making this a [[safe seat]] for the SNP.
[[Iain McKenzie]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the ensuing [[2011 Inverclyde by-election|Inverclyde by-election]] following the death of the previous Labour MP, [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]]. At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], the seat was gained by [[Ronnie Cowan (politician)|Ronnie Cowan]] of the Scottish National Party, with a majority of 11,063 votes. At the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 snap election]], Cowan was re-elected, but with a greatly reduced majority of just 384 votes. However, at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] he was re-elected with a significantly increased majority of 7,512 votes, making this a [[safe seat]] for the SNP.

Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat will be expanded to include western areas of [[Renfrewshire]], including [[Bridge of Weir]], [[Houston, Renfrewshire|Houston]] and [[Crosslee]]. As a consequence, the constituency of '''[[Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West]]''' was contested at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election.]]<ref>[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report]</ref>

==Constituency profile==
Most of the population live along the Clyde in the north of the seat, and there is a more rural area to the south in [[Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park]]. Residents are slightly less affluent than the Scottish and UK averages.<ref>Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Inverclyde</ref>


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
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The constituency covers the [[Inverclyde]] council area. This includes the towns and villages of [[Gourock]], [[Greenock]], [[Inverkip]], [[Kilmacolm]], [[Port Glasgow]], [[Quarriers Village]] and [[Wemyss Bay]].
The constituency was coterminous with the [[Inverclyde]] council area. This includes the towns and villages of [[Gourock]], [[Greenock]], [[Inverkip]], [[Kilmacolm]], [[Port Glasgow]], [[Quarriers Village]] and [[Wemyss Bay]].


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
| [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]]
| [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|-
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|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[2011 Inverclyde by-election|2011 by-election]]
| [[2011 Inverclyde by-election|2011 by-election]]
| [[Iain McKenzie]]
| [[Iain McKenzie]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|style="background-color: {{Scottish National Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
| [[Ronnie Cowan (politician)|Ronnie Cowan]]
| [[Ronnie Cowan (politician)|Ronnie Cowan]]
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===Elections in the 2010s===
===Elections in the 2010s===
{{Election box begin|
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Inverclyde<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000038</ref>
|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Inverclyde<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000038|title=Inverclyde parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Martin McCluskey
|candidate = [[Martin McCluskey]]
|votes = 11,783
|votes = 11,783
|percentage = 29.5
|percentage = 29.5
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{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,512
|votes = 7,512
|percentage = 18.9
|percentage = 18.9
|change = +17.9
|change = +17.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Martin McCluskey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/04/scottish-labour-chief-named-in-new-wave-of-parliamentary-candidates/|title=Scottish Labour chief named in new wave of parliamentary candidates - LabourList|author=|date=28 April 2017|website=labourlist.org|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>
|candidate = [[Martin McCluskey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/04/scottish-labour-chief-named-in-new-wave-of-parliamentary-candidates/|title=Scottish Labour chief named in new wave of parliamentary candidates - LabourList|date=28 April 2017|website=labourlist.org|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
|votes = 14,666
|votes = 14,666
|percentage = 37.5
|percentage = 37.5
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = [[Iain McKenzie]]<ref name = "McKenzie">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13655868|title=Labour chooses candidate for Inverclyde by-election|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=4 June 2011|accessdate=4 June 2011}}</ref>
|candidate = [[Iain McKenzie]]<ref name = "McKenzie">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13655868|title=Labour chooses candidate for Inverclyde by-election|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=4 June 2011|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>
|votes = 15,118
|votes = 15,118
|percentage = 53.8
|percentage = 53.8
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{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Inverclyde<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |accessdate=17 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archivedate=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|title= [[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Inverclyde<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
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===Elections in the 2000s===
===Elections in the 2000s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Inverclyde<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Inverclyde<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]]
|candidate = [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]]
|votes = 18,318
|votes = 18,318
|percentage = 50.7
|percentage = 50.7
|change = ''N/A''
|change = +0.5
}}
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 7,059
|votes = 7,059
|percentage = 19.6
|percentage = 19.6
|change = ''N/A''
|change = +5.6
}}
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 6,123
|votes = 6,123
|percentage = 17.0
|percentage = 17.0
|change = ''N/A''
|change = -4.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Gordon Fraser
|candidate = Gordon Fraser
|votes = 3,692
|votes = 3,692
|percentage = 10.2
|percentage = 10.2
|change = ''N/A''
|change = -0.6
}}
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 906
|votes = 906
|percentage = 2.5
|percentage = 2.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change = -1.3
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,259
|votes = 11,259
|percentage = 31.1
|percentage = 31.1
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,098
|votes = 36,098
|percentage = 60.9
|percentage = 60.9
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
|winner = Scottish Labour
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/14434.html Inverclyde UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

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Revision as of 20:47, 11 September 2024

Inverclyde
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Inverclyde in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandInverclyde
Major settlementsGourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Port Glasgow, Wemyss Bay
2005–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromGreenock and Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Replaced byInverclyde and Renfrewshire West

Inverclyde was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.

Iain McKenzie of the Labour Party won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of the previous Labour MP, David Cairns. At the 2015 general election, the seat was gained by Ronnie Cowan of the Scottish National Party, with a majority of 11,063 votes. At the 2017 snap election, Cowan was re-elected, but with a greatly reduced majority of just 384 votes. However, at the 2019 general election he was re-elected with a significantly increased majority of 7,512 votes, making this a safe seat for the SNP.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be expanded to include western areas of Renfrewshire, including Bridge of Weir, Houston and Crosslee. As a consequence, the constituency of Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West was contested at the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

Most of the population live along the Clyde in the north of the seat, and there is a more rural area to the south in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Residents are slightly less affluent than the Scottish and UK averages.[2]

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries 2005-2024

The constituency was coterminous with the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns and villages of Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow, Quarriers Village and Wemyss Bay.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
2005 David Cairns Labour
2011 by-election Iain McKenzie Labour
2015 Ronnie Cowan Scottish National Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Inverclyde[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 19,295 48.4 +9.9
Labour Martin McCluskey 11,783 29.5 −8.0
Conservative Haroun Malik 6,265 15.7 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Jacci Stoyle 2,560 6.4 +3.9
Majority 7,512 18.9 +17.9
Turnout 39,903 65.8 −0.6
SNP hold Swing +9.0
General election 2017: Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 15,050 38.5 −16.6
Labour Martin McCluskey[5] 14,666 37.5 +7.2
Conservative David Wilson 8,399 21.5 +11.5
Liberal Democrats David Stevens 978 2.5 0.0
Majority 384 1.0 −23.8
Turnout 39,093 66.4 −8.8
SNP hold Swing -11.9
General election 2015: Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Ronnie Cowan 24,585 55.1 +37.6
Labour Iain McKenzie 13,522 30.3 −25.7
Conservative George Jabbour 4,446 10.0 −2.0
Liberal Democrats John Watson 1,106 2.5 −10.8
UKIP Michael Burrows 715 1.6 +0.4
CISTA Craig Hamilton 233 0.5 New
Majority 11,063 24.8 N/A1
Turnout 44,607 75.2 +11.8
SNP gain from Labour Swing +31.7

1 Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands.

By-Election 2011: Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Iain McKenzie[6] 15,118 53.8 –2.2
SNP Anne McLaughlin[6][7] 9,280 33.0 +15.5
Conservative David Wilson[8] 2,784 9.9 –2.1
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bridger 627 2.2 –11.1
UKIP Mitch Sorbie[9] 288 1.0 –0.2
Majority 5,838 20.8 −17.7
Turnout 28,097 45.4 –18.0
Labour hold Swing -15.5
General election 2010: Inverclyde[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Cairns 20,993 56.0 +5.3
SNP Innes Nelson 6,577 17.5 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Hutton 5,007 13.3 −3.7
Conservative David Wilson 4,502 12.0 +1.8
UKIP Peter Campbell 433 1.2 New
Majority 14,416 38.5 +7.4
Turnout 37,512 63.4 +2.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Inverclyde[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Cairns 18,318 50.7 +0.5
SNP 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 31.1
Turnout 36,098 60.9
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
  2. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Inverclyde
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
  4. ^ "Inverclyde parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Scottish Labour chief named in new wave of parliamentary candidates - LabourList". labourlist.org. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Labour chooses candidate for Inverclyde by-election". BBC News. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  7. ^ "SNP selects by-election candidate". The Independent. London. 3 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Inverclyde Westminster by-election date set", BBC News, 8 June 2011
  9. ^ "Inverclyde can make political history". UKIP. 5 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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