Glasgow North East
Scotland · Burgh constituency · Glasgow City borough
About the Glasgow North East constituency
Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Maureen Burke (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.9% to 32.3% for the SNP, a majority of 4,637 votes on a 47.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the SNP on 34.9% and Labour on 32.4%, a margin of 2.5 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Glasgow North East? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Glasgow North East vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Glasgow North East
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Glasgow North East voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Glasgow North East crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries: Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn (68%), Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston (20%), Coatbridge and Chryston (8%), Glasgow Central (2%), Strathkelvin and Bearsden (1%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Share of Glasgow North East | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn | 68% | SNP 46.2% | Labour 26.2% | Ivan McKee |
| Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston | 20% | SNP 44.7% | Reform UK 25.8% | David Linden |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | 8% | SNP 49.1% | Labour 26.1% | Fulton MacGregor |
| Glasgow Central | 2% | SNP 57.4% | Labour 19.4% | Alison Thewliss |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1% | Liberal Democrats 39.5% | SNP 33.0% | Adam Harley |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new Holyrood second-review boundary (in force from 7 May 2026).
Glasgow North East within Glasgow City
Glasgow North East sits entirely within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow City was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Glasgow City | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2025 | North East | SNP GAIN from Lab | — |
| 23 Nov 2024 | North East | Lab HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderston / City | Labour 43.4%vs SNP 31.8% | No council data | - | - |
| Baillieston | Labour 46.6%vs SNP 34.6% | 2022 Labour 38.3%vs SNP 38.2% | - | 39.1% |
| Calton | Labour 44.9%vs SNP 35.8% | 2022 SNP 39.4%vs Labour 34.2% | - | 30.9% |
| East Centre | Labour 49.1%vs SNP 36.2% | 2022 SNP 42.1%vs Labour 37.3% | - | 13.1% |
| North East | Labour 50.1%vs SNP 33.3% | 2022 Labour 44.0%vs SNP 42.6% | - | 29.4% |
| Springburn | Labour 51.0%vs SNP 34.2% | No council data | - | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Glasgow North East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Glasgow North East at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab gain from Spk | Wille Bain | 68.3% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 15,942 | 49.1% |
| 2015 | SNP gain from Lab | Anne McLaughlin | 33.7% | 4.7% | 0.8% | 9,222 | 56.8%+7.7 |
| 2017 | Lab gain from SNP | Paul Sweeney | 42.9% | 12.9% | 2.0% | 242 | 53.0%-3.8 |
| 2019notional | Scottish National Party winner | Anne McLaughlin 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 37.7% | 11.0% | 3.4% | 4,277 | 56.7%+3.7 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from SNP | Maureen Burke | 45.9% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 4,637 | 47.0%-9.7 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Glasgow North East
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Glasgow North East. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Social rent46.4 / 37.1vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied39.2 / 44.9vs 61.9
- ↓Leave40.7 / 43.8vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent46.4 / 32.8vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied39.2 / 49.6vs 61.9
- ↓Age 65+15.9 / 18.6vs 22.7
- ↓Owner-occupied39.2 / 45.7vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent46.4 / 32.0vs 16.8
- ↑Under 3539.5 / 41.3vs 30.2
- ↓Leave40.7 / 41.0vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent46.4 / 31.4vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied39.2 / 53.0vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent46.4 / 33.8vs 16.8
- ↓Leave40.7 / 40.9vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied39.2 / 51.1vs 61.9
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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