Glasgow Garscadden (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Garscadden
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow district
1974 (1974)–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Glasgow Scotstoun
Replaced by Glasgow Anniesland

Glasgow Garscadden was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north western periphery of the City of Glasgow.

In 1974 Garscadden was defined as comprising the Knightswood and Yoker wards of Glasgow. Before the redistribution these areas had been part of the Glasgow Scotstoun constituency.

In the 1983 redistribution the seat was only changed slightly. The whole of the old Garscadden formed 98.5% of the new constituency. A small area, further in towards the city centre, was detached from the pre-1983 Glasgow Hillhead and contributed the remaining 1.5% of the new Garscadden's electorate.

In terms of City of Glasgow electoral divisions the 1983 seat was defined as 9 (Drumry/Summerhill), 10 (Blairdardie/Knightscliffe), and 11 (Yoker/Knightswood).

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
Feb 1974 Willie Small Labour Died January 1978
1978 by-election Donald Dewar Labour Subsequently, MP for Glasgow Anniesland 1997–2000; First Minister of Scotland 1999–2000
1997 constituency abolished: see Glasgow Anniesland

Election results

Elections of the 1970s

General election February 1974: Glasgow Garscadden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Small 21,035 52.3
Conservative James Grant Rae9,77124.3
SNP Malcolm McRury8,78921.9
Communist Sammy Barr 6351.6
Majority11,26428.0
Turnout 40,23074.1
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Glasgow Garscadden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Small 19,737 50.9 −1.4
SNP Keith Sydney Bovey12,11131.2+9.3
Conservative John Corbett 5,00412.9−9.4
Liberal Michael Royston Kibby1,9154.9New
Majority7,62619.7−8.3
Turnout 38,76770.9−3.2
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 54,700
By-Election 1978: Glasgow Garscadden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Dewar 16,507 45.4 −5.5
SNP Keith Sydney Bovey11,95532.9+1.7
Conservative Iain Macdonald Lawson6,74618.5+5.6
SLP Shiona Farrell5831.6N/A
Communist Sammy Barr 4071.1New
Socialist Workers Peter Porteous1660.5New
Majority4,55212.5−7.2
Turnout 36,36469.1−1.8
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 57,603
General election 1979: Glasgow Garscadden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Dewar 23,591 61.5 +10.6
Conservative Iain Macdonald Lawson8,39321.9+9.0
SNP Jim Bain6,01215.7−15.5
Communist Sammy Barr 3741.0N/A
Majority15,19839.6+19.9
Turnout 38,37073.2+2.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Glasgow Garscadden [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Dewar 19,635 56.2 −5.3
SDP William Lyden6,16117.6New
Conservative Kenneth Macleod5,36815.4−7.2
SNP Norman MacLeod3,56610.2−5.7
Communist Sammy Barr 2180.6−0.4
Majority13,47438.6−1.0
Turnout 34,94869.1−4.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Glasgow Garscadden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Dewar 23,178 67.7 +11.5
SNP Andrew Brophy4,20112.2+2.0
Conservative Thomas N.A. Begg3,66010.7−4.7
SDP James Callison3,2119.4−8.2
Majority18,97755.5+16.9
Turnout 34,25071.4+2.3
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Glasgow Garscadden [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Dewar 18,920 64.4 −3.3
SNP Dick Douglas 5,58019.0+6.8
Conservative James L.P. Scott3,38511.5+0.8
Liberal Democrats Chic Brodie 1,4254.9−4.5
Natural Law William G. Orr610.2New
Majority13,34045.4−10.1
Turnout 29,37171.3−0.1
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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