Glasgow North West

Old parliamentary constituency

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In June 2024, this constituency was replaced by two new constituencies:

Glasgow West

Covers approximately 95% of this old constituency’s population, and 96% of this old constituency’s area.

West Dunbartonshire

Covers approximately 3% of this old constituency’s population, and 4% of this old constituency’s area.

MP

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Carol Monaghan

Carol Monaghan

Scottish National Party

Data from TheyWorkForYou.

MP profiles

Data collated by The Climate Coalition.

Positions and memberships

  • SNP Education Spokesperson
  • SNP Science, Innovation and Technology Spokesperson

Data from UK Parliament and mySociety.

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Votes and EDMs

Vote Position
MP vote on Environment Bill Did not vote
MP vote on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill Aye

Data from UK Parliament. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

2019 majority

8,359

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

7th May 2015

Data from UK Parliament.

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Public opinion

Support offshore wind

86%

85.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support onshore wind

77%

82.7% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

77%

69.1% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Support solar power

90%

87.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support tidal energy

88%

86.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support wave energy

90%

86.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support nuclear energy

46%

57.4% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

87%

85.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

47%

51.9% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

84%

84.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

28%

24.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Consider climate change a high priority

52%

53.9% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

31%

51.8% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

42%

31.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

29%

23.7% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

26%

19.1% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

44%

37.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

This area National average
Net likely 40% 39.6%
Net unlikely 26% 27.9%
Very likely 14% 12.2%
Quite likely 26% 27.4%
Neither likely nor unlikely 33% 32.5%
Quite unlikely 12% 12.6%
Very unlikely 14% 15.3%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 73% 72.5%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 34% 33.8%
Partly agree 39% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 19% 18.7%
Partly disagree 5% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

46%

41.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

28%

26.7% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

11%

12.7% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 62% 58.8%
Net disagree 15% 17.7%
Strongly agree 27% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 35% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 23% 23.5%
Somewhat disagree 8% 10.6%
Strongly disagree 7% 7.2%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Support Net Zero

62%

60.6% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who support net zero. Updated July 2022.

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 60% 57.4%
Should not be a priority 40% 42.6%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

33%

28.8% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

42%

40.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

55%

53.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

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Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 10.6% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 9.7% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 15% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 18.1% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 13.0% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 13.6% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 10.2% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 6.4% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 4% 5.0%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.2% 0.3%
NO2 10.3% 9.7%
NOX 13.6% 13.1%
Ozone 0% 2.1%
PM10 8.2% 11.5%
PM2.5 4.6% 6.5%
SO2 1.1% 1.5%

Data from Defra. Metrics of pollutants associated with air pollution, aggregated per constituency, recorded automatically across the UK. Updated 2021.

Country of the UK

Scotland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Estimated child poverty

33.7%

29.4% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Popular petitions

Petition Signatures
Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government 1459
Allow Salons and Tattoo parlors to open at same time as hairdressers 384
Scrap the Voter ID requirement introduced in the Election Integrity Bill 244

Data from UK Government and Parliament Petitions. Updated 2024-01-23.

Rural Urban Classification

Urban

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. A composite measure of 'ruralness' (based population density, settlement size, and drive times) standardised across the countries of the UK.

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Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Number of Christian Aid groups

2

  • Knightswood Annisland Trinity Church
  • Western District CA Group

Data from Christian Aid. Updated April 2023.

Number of community groups supporting climate action

0

0.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. These community groups signed The Climate Coalition’s 2024 open letter calling for greater action on climate and nature from UK political parties. Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

0

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

0

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

0

0.2 national average

Data from Hope For The Future. These constituents have been trained by Hope For The Future, to have more frequent and more powerful conversations about climate and nature, with their elected representatives. Updated February 2023.

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

1

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of WWF supporters

1,154

1,468.2 national average

Data from WWF. Updated February 2023.

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