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Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Subdivisions of Scotland
  
Inverclyde

European Parliament constituency
  
Scotland

Number of members
  
1

Created
  
2005

Member of parliament
  
Ronnie Cowan

Party
  
Scottish National Party

Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Created from
  
Greenock and Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

Inverclyde is 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.

Contents

The previous MP, Labour's Iain McKenzie won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of David Cairns also of the Labour Party. In the 2015 General Election, the constituency was taken by SNP's Ronnie Cowan. The constituency could become the new 'Inverclyde and Largs' constituency if the proposed boundary changes are confirmed in 2018.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Inverclyde council area. This includes the towns of Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow and Wemyss Bay.

Election results

1 Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands.

References

Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia