Glasgow Gorbals (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Gorbals
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland County of city of Glasgow
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Mid Lanarkshire
Replaced by Glasgow Queen's Park, Glasgow Govan [1]

Glasgow Gorbals was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1918 until 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post system.

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Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the River Clyde about 77 yards east of the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence southwestward along the municipal boundary to the centre of the Caledonian Railway Main Line from Glasgow to Rutherglen, thence north-westward along the centre line of the said Caledonian Railway to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, thence south-westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of Victoria Road, thence northward along the centre line of Victoria Road, Eglinton Street, Bridge Street and Glasgow Bridge to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the point of commencement." [2]

1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals and Hutchesontown, and part of Govanhill ward.

1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals and Hutchesontown, and parts of Govanhill and Kingston wards.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] Party
1918 George Barnes Coalition Labour
1922 George Buchanan Labour
1931 Ind. Labour Party
1939 Labour Party
1948 by-election Alice Cullen Labour
1969 by-election Frank McElhone Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Glasgow Queen's Park

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Gorbals [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank McElhone 10,260 69.3 -3.8
Conservative William Shearer3,07120.8-2.0
SNP Thomas Brady1,0897.4N/A
Communist John Kay3762.5-1.6
Majority7,18948.6-1.6
Turnout 14,79659.7-2.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Glasgow Gorbals by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank McElhone 7,834 53.4 -19.7
SNP Thomas Brady3,67125.0New
Conservative William Shearer2,73218.6-4.2
Communist John Kay3612.5-1.6
Workers (Scotland) Matt Lygate 720.5New
Majority4,16328.4-21.8
Turnout 14,670
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Glasgow Gorbals [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 14,453 73.1 +1.7
Conservative William C Hunter4,51322.8-0.2
Communist Margaret Hunter 8194.1-1.5
Majority9,94050.2+1.8
Turnout 19,78561.7-2.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Glasgow Gorbals [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 16,931 71.4 +8.1
Unionist William C Hunter5,45523.0-7.8
Communist Margaret Hunter 1,3395.6-0.3
Majority11,47648.4+15.8
Turnout 23,72564.5-3.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 20,731 63.3 +2.1
Unionist William C Hunter10,07230.8-1.3
Communist Peter Kerrigan 1,9325.9-0.9
Majority10,65932.6+3.5
Turnout 32,73568.2+3.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 22,567 61.2 -0.6
Unionist William B Thomson11,83932.1+0.1
Communist Peter Kerrigan 2,4916.8+0.6
Majority10,72829.1-0.8
Turnout 36,89765.2-10.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 25,288 61.8 +2.8
Unionist James A Young13,06932.0+0.5
Communist Peter Kerrigan 2,5536.2+0.3
Majority12,21929.9+3.3
Turnout 40,91076.1-0.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 24,137 58.0 -22.0
Unionist James A Young13,07831.4+11.5
Communist Peter Kerrigan 2,4355.9New
Anti-Partition William McGuinness1,9594.7New
Majority11.05926.6-33.4
Turnout 41,60977.3+19.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1948 Glasgow Gorbals by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Cullen 13,70654.56-25.44
Unionist W. Roxburgh7,18128.59+8.59
Communist Peter Kerrigan 4,23316.85+16.85
Majority6,52525.97-34.01
Turnout 25,120
Labour hold Swing +17.02
General election 1945: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buchanan 21,073 80.0 +74.1
Unionist Ian Mactaggart 5,26920.0+9.9
Majority15,80460.0N/A
Turnout 26,34256.9
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Glasgow Gorbals [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Labour Party George Buchanan 22,86075.02New
Unionist M. Bloch5,82419.11
Labour Alexander Burnett1,7865.86
Majority17,03655.91
Turnout 31,470
Ind. Labour Party gain from Independent Labour Swing
General election 1931: Glasgow Gorbals [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour George Buchanan 19,27858.12New
Unionist M. Bloch11,26433.96
Communist Harry McShane 2,6267.92New
Majority8,01424.16
Turnout 33,168
Ind. Labour Party hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Glasgow Gorbals [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buchanan 25,134 74.8 +8.9
Unionist Maurice Bloch8,45725.2−8.9
Majority16,67749.6+17.8
Turnout 33,59168.5−4.5
Registered electors 49,004
Labour hold Swing +8.9
General election 1924: Glasgow Gorbals [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buchanan 19,480 65.9 −1.3
Unionist Robert McLellan10,09234.1+1.3
Majority9,38831.8−2.6
Turnout 29,57273.0+9.5
Registered electors 40,483
Labour hold Swing −1.3
General election 1923: Glasgow Gorbals [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buchanan 17,211 67.2 +12.7
Unionist Robert McLellan8,39232.8New
Majority8,81934.4+7.3
Turnout 25,60363.5−11.6
Registered electors 40,331
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buchanan 16,478 54.5 +20.2
National Liberal James Erskine Harper8,27627.4New
Independent Communist John Maclean 4,02713.3New
Liberal Francis John Robertson1,4564.8New
Majority8,20227.1N/A
Turnout 30,23775.1+21.9
Registered electors 40,251
Labour gain from Coalition Labour Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Gorbals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Labour *George Barnes 14,247 65.7
Labour John Maclean 7,43634.3
Majority6,81131.4
Turnout 21,68353.2
Registered electors 40,765
Coalition Labour win (new seat)

* Barnes did not receive the Coalition Coupon and was therefore an unofficial candidate.

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References

  1. ↑ Statutory Instrument 1970 No. 1680 (section Two) The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (Coming into force 25 November 1970)
  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, Part I.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  4. ↑ UK General Election results: 1970
  5. ↑ "1969 - 70 By Elections". 11 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
  6. ↑ UK General Election results: March 1966
  7. ↑ UK General Election results: October 1964
  8. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  12. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
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