Labour’s general election candidate Maureen Burke has just been elected as the new MP for Glasgow North East.
Burke is a councillor on Glasgow City Council, representing North East ward.
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The seat was a key battleground Labour that analysis suggests Labour had needed to win to secure an overall majority, assuming a uniform national swing.
To win the constituency, Labour had required a swing result of at least 5 percentage points from its tally at the 2019 general election.
Labour’s target seat list is not public, but this seat ranks 48 on LabourList‘s unofficial list of targets – based on the smallest swings required versus the 2019 election.
Nationally, experts suggest Labour needs a swing from the Tories of 8.2pp to be the largest party, 12.7pp to gain an overall majority and 13.8pp for a majority of 30+.
Glasgow North East is my home.
I’m proud to live here, but I know that our communities and people have been let down, forgotten and failed.
On 4 July, we can change that by electing a Labour government that will fight for working people each and every day.#VoteScotLab24 pic.twitter.com/mkIX1DloXs
— Maureen Burke 🌹 (@CllrBurke) June 8, 2024
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