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| Established | May 05, 2005 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | Wishful Thinking May 12, 2005 02:29pm |
| Description | This constituency comprises the whole of the old Glasgow Springburn seat with the addition of three wards from the old Glasgow Maryhill seat. This is the home constituency of the speaker Michael Martin, who nevertheless faced a challenge from the SNP and smaller parties in 2001. The seat extends from just north of the city centre through deprived estates such as Possil and Riddrie to peripheral housing conurbations of Robroyston and Milton. This is a traditional working class constituency with a high proportion of rented social housing. It is home to the Sighthill area, where many asylum seekers have been placed, and the Red Road flats - the biggest residential high-rise in Europe. The M8 and the M80 motorways cut through the constituency. The area is well known among railway buffs as it was among the central points of the UK's locomotive industry, manufacturing trains for a worldwide market. There is still one company (Alstom) in the constituency which manufactures and maintains locomotives.
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