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Eastwood, Scotland - Definition

Eastwood District 1975-96
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Eastwood was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland, lying south-west of the City of Glasgow. In 1996 it was included in the (only slightly larger) East Renfrewshire unitary area.

It remains a constituency both for UK Parliament and Scottish Assembly elections. Until the 1997 General Election, when Eastwood was won by the Labour candidate, Jim Murphy, it was the safest Conservative seat in Scotland. 2001 UK Parliament Elections

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Labour Jim Murphy 23,036 47%
Conservative Raymond Robertson 13,895 28%
Liberal Democrats Allan Steele 6,239 12%
SNP Stewart Maxwell 4,137 8%
SSP Peter Murray 814 1%
Independent Manar Tayan 147 0.5%


2003 Scottish Parliament Election

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Labour Kenneth Macintosh 13,946 35%
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 10,244 26%
Liberal Democrats Allan Steele 5,056 13%
SNP Stewart Maxwell 4,736 12%
Independent Margaret Hinds 3,163 8%
SSP Steve Oram 1,504 3%
SSCUP Martyn Green 240 0.6%

See: Subdivisions of Scotland

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