Glasgow Craigton (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Craigton
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district
1955–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Glasgow Govan and Glasgow Pollok [1]
Replaced by	Glasgow Govan and Glasgow Pollok [2]

Glasgow Craigton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 until 1983.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Craigton, and parts of Fairfield and Pollokshields wards.

1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Craigton, and part of Pollokshields ward.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Jack Browne	Conservative
	1959	Bruce Millan	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Glasgow Craigton ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Jack Browne	19,120	50.28
	Labour	Bruce Millan	18,910	49.72
Majority			210	0.54
Turnout			38,030	79.12
Registered electors			48,065
	Unionist win (new seat)

General election 1959: Glasgow Craigton ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	19,649	50.78	+1.06
	Unionist	Jack Browne	19,047	49.22	−1.06
Majority			602	1.56	N/A
Turnout			38,696	82.74	+3.62
Registered electors			46,768
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+1.06

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Craigton ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	21,775	58.39	+7.61
	Unionist	Peter C Hutchison	15,518	41.61	−7.61
Majority			6,257	16.78	+15.22
Turnout			37,293	80.86	−1.88
Registered electors			46,118
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.61

General election 1966: Glasgow Craigton ^{[3] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	21,174	57.90	−0.49
	Conservative	Peter C Hutchison	11,970	32.73	−8.88
	SNP	George Leslie	3,425	9.37	New
Majority			9,204	25.17	+8.39
Turnout			36,569	80.42	−0.44
Registered electors			45,472
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.20

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Craigton ^{[3] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	20,872	55.69	−2.21
	Conservative	Walter Wober	13,661	36.45	+3.72
	SNP	Ronald Edwards	2,946	7.86	−1.51
Majority			7,211	19.24	−8.93
Turnout			37,479	74.88	−5.54
Registered electors			50,050
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.97

General election February 1974: Glasgow Craigton ^{[2] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	18,055	51.33
	Conservative	Alastair MacNeill Scouller	10,817	30.75
	SNP	Robert Graham Houston	6,303	17.92
Majority			7,238	20.58
Turnout			35,175	80.03
Registered electors			43,949
	Labour hold		Swing

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1970 and February 1974 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.

General election October 1974: Glasgow Craigton ^{[10] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	16,952	50.47	−0.85
	SNP	Robert Graham Houston	8,171	24.33	+6.41
	Conservative	Gerald Fox Belton	6,734	20.05	−10.70
	Liberal	Robert McIntyre	1,728	5.15	New
Majority			8,781	26.14	+5.56
Turnout			33,585	75.76	−4.24
Registered electors			44,333
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.63

General election 1979: Glasgow Craigton ^{[11] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	19,952	59.89	+9.42
	Conservative	John Mair	9,480	28.46	+8.41
	SNP	Robert Simpson Silver	3,881	11.65	−12.68
Majority			10,472	31.43	+5.31
Turnout			33,313	75.15	−0.61
Registered electors			44,326
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.51

References

1. Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1948
2. "'Glasgow Craigton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
3. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
4. Kimber, Richard (12 October 2022). "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources.
5. Kimber, Richard (12 October 2022). "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources.
6. Kimber, Richard (12 October 2022). "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources.
7. Kimber, Richard (12 October 2022). "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources.
8. Kimber, Richard (12 October 2022). "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources.
9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)