Glasgow Kelvingrove | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glasgow College |
Replaced by | Glasgow Maryhill and Glasgow Hillhead[1] |
Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. In February 1974 it absorbed the entire Glasgow Woodside Constituency which had existed from 1950 but lost the part of the Exchange Ward it had previously included to Glasgow Central.
Boundaries
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | John MacLeod | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | William Hutchison | Unionist | |
1924 by-election | Walter Elliot | Unionist | |
1945 | John Williams | Labour | |
1950 | Walter Elliot | Unionist | |
1958 by-election | Mary McAlister | Labour | |
1959 | Frank Lilley | Unionist | |
1964 | Maurice Miller | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Neil Carmichael | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John MacLeod | 13,648 | 64.2 | |
Independent Labour | Walter Graham Leachman | 5,012 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal | George MacPherson | 2,582 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 8,636 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,242 | 53.5 | |||
Registered electors | 39,702 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Hutchison | 13,442 | 54.8 | −9.4 | |
Liberal | Robert Roxburgh | 11,094 | 45.2 | +33.0 | |
Majority | 2,348 | 9.6 | −31.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,536 | 64.5 | +11.0 | ||
Registered electors | 38,031 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −21.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Hutchison | 11,025 | 42.9 | −11.9 | |
Communist | *Aitken Ferguson | 10,021 | 39.0 | New | |
Liberal | Alexander James Grieve | 4,662 | 18.1 | −27.1 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 3.9 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 25,708 | 68.2 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,692 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
* Ferguson labelled himself a Labour party candidate without any official endorsement, despite being an official Communist candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,488 | 55.3 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Aitken Ferguson | 11,167 | 39.8 | New | |
Liberal | John Pratt | 1,372 | 4.9 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 4,321 | 15.5 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,027 | 70.5 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 39,779 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 18,034 | 58.4 | +15.5 | |
Labour | Thomas Archibald Kerr | 12,844 | 41.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,190 | 16.8 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 30,878 | 77.5 | +9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 39,841 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 17,031 | 48.9 | −9.5 | |
Labour | John Winning | 15,173 | 43.6 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | William Reid | 2,623 | 7.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,858 | 5.3 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,827 | 74.9 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 46,507 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 21,481 | 63.4 | +14.5 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Winning | 12,415 | 36.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,066 | 26.8 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,896 | 76.7 | +1.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,100 | 48.7 | -14.7 | |
Labour | Hector McNeil | 14,951 | 48.1 | New | |
Liberal | Henry George Rae | 1,004 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 149 | 0.6 | -26.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,055 | 72.5 | -4.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Walter Elliot
- Labour:
- Liberal:
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Williams | 12,273 | 46.0 | -2.1 | |
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 12,185 | 45.7 | -3.0 | |
SNP | Christopher Grieve | 1,314 | 4.9 | New | |
Liberal | Charles John Edwin Morgan | 919 | 3.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 88 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,691 | 61.7 | -10.8 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,197 | 49.6 | +3.9 | |
Labour | John Williams | 13,973 | 45.6 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Sydney John Ranger | 831 | 2.7 | -0.7 | |
Independent | Christopher Grieve | 639 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,224 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,640 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,837 | 52.4 | +2.8 | |
Labour | John Williams | 14,406 | 47.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,431 | 4.8 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,243 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Elliot | 14,854 | 55.4 | +3.0 | |
Labour | John Williams | 11,966 | 44.6 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 2,888 | 10.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,820 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary McAlister | 10,210 | 48.00 | +3.38 | |
Unionist | Katharine Elliot | 8,850 | 41.61 | -13.77 | |
Independent Liberal | David Murray | 1,622 | 7.63 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | William C Park | 587 | 2.76 | New | |
Majority | 1,360 | 6.39 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,269 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Frank Lilley | 12,355 | 50.7 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Mary McAlister | 11,254 | 46.2 | +1.6 | |
Ind. Labour Party | William C Park | 740 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,101 | 4.5 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 24,349 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Miller | 10,340 | 54.1 | +7.9 | |
Unionist | Frank Lilley | 8,791 | 45.9 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 1,549 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,131 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Miller | 9,311 | 57.8 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Frank Lilley | 6,793 | 42.2 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 2,518 | 15.6 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,104 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Miller | 6,106 | 53.7 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Ronald E Dundas | 5,274 | 46.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 832 | 7.4 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,380 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Carmichael | 13,115 | 44.5 | -9.2 | |
Conservative | Tom Kenyon | 10,717 | 36.3 | -10.0 | |
SNP | Colin M MacKellar | 5,666 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,398 | 8.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,498 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Carmichael | 11,567 | 42.8 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | J Rennie | 7,448 | 27.6 | -8.7 | |
SNP | Charles Duncan Calman | 6,274 | 23.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | S Glasgow | 1,735 | 6.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,119 | 15.2 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,024 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Carmichael | 11,133 | 50.33 | ||
Conservative | ACS MacDougall | 6,374 | 28.82 | ||
Liberal | Eric Bennett | 2,412 | 10.91 | ||
SNP | Ian O Bayne | 2,199 | 9.94 | ||
Majority | 4,759 | 21.51 | |||
Turnout | 22,118 | 65.63 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Glasgow Kelvingrove', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ↑ The Times, 26 May 1924
- ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939