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UK Parliament - Glasgow East

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Parents

> United Kingdom > Scotland > Scotland > Glasgow East

Office

Parliament

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 06:00pm

Polls Open

May 06, 2010 - 01:00am

Polls Close

May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm

Term Start

May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

Ralphie May 06, 2010 08:10pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Profile:
Glasgow East was created in the 2005 boundary review. It comprises of the former constituency of Glasgow Baillieston and four wards from the former constituency of Glasgow Shettleston: Shettleston, Tollcross Park, Braidfauld, and Parkhead.

In 2005 the Labour MP for Glasgow Baillieston, Jimmy Wray, retired and David Marshall, previously the MP for Glasgow Shettleston, took the new seat for Labour with a 13,507 majority. Marshall stepped down as MP in June 2008. In the subsequent by-election, the SNP's John Mason won the seat by 365 votes.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat in 2010.

Glasgow East is a largely working class residential seat and contains the vast Easterhouse council estate. It does however have some more upmarket housing areas such as the smart detached homes around Mount Vernon.

Celtic Park, home of Celtic Football Club is on the western edge of this seat close to the city centre.

Glasgow has been awarded the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Celtic Park will host the opening ceremony and the seat will also host the cycling events. A second swimming pool is to be built in Tollcross.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes