UK Explained

Glasgow North East

Represented in Parliament by Maureen Burke (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Maureen Burke, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Glasgow North East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 579 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £663£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 561 areas and lower than 87.

UK 3.9%This area 5.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Glasgow North East£6635.6%
Leicester West£6615.7%
Bolton North East£6725.6%
Leicester South£6725.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Maureen Burke

Labour

MAJORITY
4,637

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
47%

of people who could vote did

Maureen Burke won with 46% of the votes, and Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 15,639
Scottish National Party32% · 11,002
Scottish Green Party7% · 2,471
Reform UK7% · 2,272
Conservative3% · 1,182
Liberal Democrat2% · 592
Everyone else3% · 933
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maureen BurkeLabour15,63945.9%
Anne McLaughlinScottish National Party11,00232.3%
Ewan LewisScottish Green Party2,4717.2%
Jonathan WalmsleyReform UK2,2726.7%
Robert ConnellyConservative1,1823.5%
Sheila ThomsonLiberal Democrat5921.7%
Catherine McKernanAlba Party5511.6%
Chris SermanniTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2360.7%
Gary SteeleCommunist Party of Britain1460.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£663 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026