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  UK Parliament - Inverclyde
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Parents > United Kingdom > Scotland > Scotland > Inverclyde
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 07, 2015 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 07, 2015 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 08, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End June 08, 2017 - 11:00pm
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 20, 2017 12:26am
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Description BBC Constituency Profile:

The town of Greenock, which recently achieved cultural status as the filming location for BBC school drama Waterloo Road, is the heart of Inverclyde. Along with Port Glasgow, the towns grew up on the shipbuilding industry and both have suffered from the decline of manufacturing and the loss of dockyard jobs.

The last remaining yard in the seat, Fergusons' Lower Clyde shipyard, was saved from closure in 2014, while the area has diversified into the computer and electronics sectors. The seat also includes the coastal towns of Gourock and Wemyss Bay.

The area was at one time represented by Dr Dick Mabon, who defected to the SDP in 1981 and, two years later was won by Labour's Norman Godman. Another Labour politician, David Cairns, won the seat in 2001 and, following his death in 2011, was succeeded by the party's Iain McKenzie.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won06/30/2011
NameIain McKenzie Votes15,118 (53.81%)
Term07/01/2011 - 05/17/2015 Margin5,838 (+20.78%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyScottish National Won06/08/2017
NameRonnie Cowan Votes15,050 (38.50%)
Term06/08/2017 - 12/12/2019 Margin384 (+0.98%)
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Name Ronnie Cowan (I) MP Iain McKenzie George Jabbour John Watson Michael Burrows Craig Hamilton  
PartyScottish National Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats UK Independence Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol  
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Certified Votes 24,585 (55.12%) 13,522 (30.31%) 4,446 (9.97%) 1,106 (2.48%) 715 (1.60%) 233 (0.52%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -11,063 (-24.80%) -20,139 (-45.15%) -23,479 (-52.64%) -23,870 (-53.51%) -24,352 (-54.59%)  
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