Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Hillhead
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow (1975–1996)
19181997
SeatsOne
Created from Partick
Replaced by Glasgow Kelvin

Glasgow Hillhead was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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Boundaries

1918–1950: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point in the municipal boundary at its intersection with the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence southeastward, southward and southwestward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence north-westward along the centre of the said North British Railway to its intersection with the municipal boundary, thence northeastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement".

1950–1955: The Kelvinside and Partick (West) wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Partick (East) ward. [1]

1955–1974: The Kelvinside and Partick West wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Whiteinch ward. [2]

1974–1983: The Glasgow wards of Kelvinside, Partick West, and Whiteinch.

1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Kelvindale/Kelvinside, Partick/Anderston, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.

History

Along with Glasgow Cathcart, Hillhead was one of two safe Conservative Party seats in Glasgow for several decades. However, the majorities in both constituencies were gradually reduced by Labour in the 1970s; Cathcart was won by Labour in 1979 (the Conservative Party's only loss in their electoral victory that year), while Hillhead remained Conservative with a narrow majority. In the subsequent by-election of 1982, the Conservatives lost their sole seat in Glasgow not to Labour, but to the newly formed SDP; with the former Labour Cabinet Minister Roy Jenkins becoming the new MP for the constituency. Jenkins retained the seat for the SDP in 1983, but lost the seat to George Galloway of the Labour Party in 1987.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Robert Horne Conservative
1937 by-election James Reid Conservative
1948 by-election Tam Galbraith Conservative
1982 by-election Roy Jenkins SDP
1987 George Galloway Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Hillhead [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Horne 12,80375.4
Labour John Izett4,18624.6
Majority8,61750.8
Turnout 16,98963.4
Registered electors 26,798
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Glasgow Hillhead [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 12,272 62.7 12.7
Liberal Edwin James Donaldson7,31337.3New
Majority4,95925.425.4
Turnout 19,58575.5+12.1
Registered electors 25,951
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Glasgow Hillhead [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 9,757 51.0 11.7
Labour John L. Kinloch 5,05926.4New
Liberal Edwin James Donaldson4,33122.614.7
Majority4,69824.60.8
Turnout 19,14773.22.3
Registered electors 26,165
Unionist hold Swing +1.5
General election 1924: Glasgow Hillhead [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 14,572 67.7 +16.7
Labour John L. Kinloch 6,95732.3+5.9
Majority7,61535.4+10.8
Turnout 36,10178.2+5.0
Registered electors 27,522
Unionist hold Swing +5.4
General election 1929: Glasgow Hillhead [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 17,395 63.3 4.4
Labour William Sloan Cormack 10,06536.7+4.4
Majority7,33026.68.8
Turnout 27,46074.93.3
Registered electors 36,660
Unionist hold Swing 4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Glasgow Hillhead [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 21,279 73.84 +10.5
Labour
  • Charles Aloysius O'Donnell
7,53926.16-10.5
Majority13,74047.68+21.1
Turnout 28,81880.0+5.1
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1935: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Horne 18,367 68.20
Labour James McCullock8,56631.80
Majority9,80136.40-11.28
Turnout 26,93373.24-6.8
Unionist hold Swing
1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Reid 12,539 56.52 -11.68
Labour Gilbert McAllister 7,53933.98+2.18
SNP John MacCormick 1,8868.50New
Independent David J. Black2211.00New
Majority5,00022.54-13.85
Turnout 22,185
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Hillhead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Reid 14,909 58.6 -9.6
Labour Hugh Turner McCalman8,54533.6+1.8
Liberal John Gray Wilson 2,0037.8New
Majority6,36425.0-11.4
Turnout 25,45766.0-7.2
Unionist hold Swing
1948 Glasgow Hillhead by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 16,060 68.4 +9.8
Labour Thomas Alexander MacNair7,41931.6-2.0
Majority8,64136.8+11.8
Turnout 23,479
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Hillhead [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 23,181 60.73 +2.1
Labour George Thomson 12,92033.85+0.2
Liberal Pamela Gibson2,0725.43-2.4
Majority10,26126.88+1.9
Turnout 38,17382.17+16.2
Registered electors 46,455
Unionist hold Swing +0.9
General election 1951: Glasgow Hillhead [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 24,654 64.86 +4.13
Labour Hyman Shapiro13,35935.14+1.29
Majority11,29529.72+2.84
Turnout 38,01382.21+0.04
Registered electors 46,238
Unionist hold Swing +1.42
General election 1955: Glasgow Hillhead [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 20,106 67.57 +2.71
Labour Jane B. Davidson9,64832.43-2.71
Majority10,45835.14+5.42
Turnout 29,75479.92-9.29
Registered electors 40,802
Unionist hold Swing +2.71
General election 1959: Glasgow Hillhead [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 20,094 68.32 +0.75
Labour Thomas B. Duncan9,31731.68-0.75
Majority10,77736.64+1.49
Turnout 29,41177.08-2.84
Registered electors 38,154
Unionist hold Swing +0.75

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Hillhead [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Tam Galbraith 16,993 64.0 ―4.3
Labour Thomas B. Duncan9,57236.0+4.3
Majority7,42128.0―8.6
Turnout 26,56574.7―2.4
Registered electors 35,580
Unionist hold Swing ―4.4
General election 1966: Glasgow Hillhead [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 15,899 62.9 ―1.1
Labour William Boyle9,38437.1+1.1
Majority6,51525.8―2.2
Turnout 25,28373.5―1.2
Registered electors 34,388
Conservative hold Swing ―1.1

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 14,674 61.3 ―1.6
Labour Vince Cable 7,30330.5―6.6
SNP George Wotherspoon1,9578.2New
Majority7,37130.8+5.0
Turnout 23,93469.5―4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 14,378 44.0 ―17.3
Labour D. Welsh7,99724.4―6.1
Liberal Louise Steedman6,64420.3New
SNP Keith Sydney Bovey3,70211.3+3.1
Majority6,38119.6―11.2
Turnout 32,72178.8+9.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 11,203 37.1 ―6.9
Labour D. Welsh8,50728.2+3.8
SNP G. Borthwick6,89722.9+11.6
Liberal Alan Rennie3,59611.9―8.4
Majority2,6968.9―10.7
Turnout 30,20372.4―6.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 12,368 41.0 +3.9
Labour Richard Mowbray10,36634.4+6.2
Liberal Marshall Harris4,34914.4+2.5
SNP G. Borthwick3,05010.1―12.8
Majority2,0026.6―2.3
Turnout 30,13371.9―0.5
Conservative hold Swing ―1.2

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Roy Jenkins 10,106 33.4 +19.0
Conservative Gerry Malone 8,06826.6―14.4
Labour David Wiseman7,84625.9―8.5
SNP George Leslie 3,41611.3+1.2
Protestant Crusade against the Papal Visit Jack Glass 3881.3New
Social Democrat (1979) Roy Harold Jenkins2820.9New
Ecology Nicolette Carlaw1780.6New
Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident Bill Boaks 50.0New
Majority2,0386.8N/A
Turnout 30,28976.4+4.5
SDP gain from Conservative Swing +23.9
General election 1983: Glasgow Hillhead [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Roy Jenkins 14,856 36.2
Labour Neil Carmichael 13,69233.4
Conservative Murray Tosh 9,67823.5
SNP George Leslie 2,2035.4
Ind. Conservative John P. Davidson2490.6
Ecology Alastair Whitelaw2390.6N/A
Animal Rights Campaign - Scottish Anti-VivisectionJohn Frederick Robins1390.3New
Majority1,1642.8N/A
Turnout 41,05671.9
SDP gain from Labour Swing

The constituency's boundaries were significantly altered for the 1983 general election and it was estimated by the BBC and ITN that on the new boundaries Labour would have captured the seat with a majority of just over 2,000 votes in 1979, thus making this a notional SDP gain from Labour. [17] Neil Carmichael was the sitting Labour MP for the Glasgow Kelvingrove constituency which had been abolished for this election. [18]

General election 1987: Glasgow Hillhead [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Galloway 17,958 42.9 +9.5
SDP Roy Jenkins 14,70735.1―1.1
Conservative Brian David Cooklin6,04814.5―9.0
SNP Bill Kidd 2,7136.5+1.1
Green Alastair Whitelaw4431.1+0.5
Majority3,2517.8N/A
Turnout 41,86972.4+0.5
Labour gain from SDP Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Glasgow Hillhead [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Galloway 15,148 38.5 ―4.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Mason10,32226.2―8.9
Conservative Aileen Bates6,72817.1+2.6
SNP Sandra White 6,48416.5+10.0
Scottish Green Lizbeth R. Collie5581.4+0.3
Revolutionary Communist Helen Gold730.2New
Natural Law Duncan Patterson600.1New
Majority4,82612.3+4.5
Turnout 38,41168.7―3.7
Labour hold Swing

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