Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow College
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Glasgow
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow Kelvingrove
Created from	Glasgow

Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the plurality voting system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Tenth and Eleventh Municipal Wards. ^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Cameron	Liberal
	1895	Sir John Stirling-Maxwell	Conservative
	1906	Harry Watt	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Glasgow College ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cameron	5,662	57.8
	Conservative	William Montgomery-Cuninghame	4,139	42.2
Majority			1,523	15.6
Turnout			9,801	82.1
Registered electors			11,934
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Glasgow College ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cameron	4,880	53.6	−4.2
	Liberal Unionist	Richard Vary Campbell	4,225	46.4	+4.2
Majority			655	7.2	−8.4
Turnout			9,105	76.3	−5.8
Registered electors			11,934
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Glasgow College ^{[2] [5] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cameron	5,804	53.8	+0.2
	Conservative	John Stirling-Maxwell	4,758	44.1	−2.3
	Scottish Trades Councils	Robert Brodie	225	2.1	New
Majority			1,046	9.7	+2.5
Turnout			10,787	78.1	+1.8
Registered electors			13,809
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Stirling-Maxwell

General election 1895: Glasgow College ^{[2] [6] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stirling-Maxwell	5,364	56.0	+11.9
	Liberal	Charles Cameron	4,219	44.0	−9.8
Majority			1,145	12.0	N/A
Turnout			9,583	64.0	−14.1
Registered electors			14,967
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Glasgow College ^{[2] [6] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stirling-Maxwell	6,629	56.2	+0.2
	Liberal	Robert Paterson	5,160	43.8	−0.2
Majority			1,469	12.4	+0.4
Turnout			11,789	73.8	+9.8
Registered electors			15,975
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Watt

General election 1906: Glasgow College ^{[2] [7] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Watt	7,359	56.5	+12.7
	Conservative	John Stirling-Maxwell	5,676	43.5	−12.7
Majority			1,683	13.0	N/A
Turnout			13,035	82.8	+9.0
Registered electors			15,741
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Glasgow College ^{[8] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Watt	6,535	52.9	−3.6
	Conservative	John Stirling-Maxwell	5,823	47.1	+3.6
Majority			712	5.8	−7.2
Turnout			12,358	85.8	+3.0
Registered electors			14,244
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

General election December 1910: Glasgow College ^{[8] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Watt	6,291	51.5	−1.4
	Conservative	Ralph Glyn	5,932	48.5	+1.4
Majority			359	3.0	−2.8
Turnout			12,223	85.8	0.0
Registered electors			14,244
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Harry Watt
• Unionist:

References

1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
3. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
4. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
7. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
8. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)