Constituency Profile
The constituency included the areas of Ballieston, Mount Vernon, Easterhouse, Barlanark and Gartloch. It is industrial in character and has high levels of unemployment, one-parent families and drug abuse.
Read more about this topic: Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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