Glasgow Kelvingrove

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Glasgow Kelvingrove
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland County of city of Glasgow
City of Glasgow district
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Glasgow College
Replaced by Glasgow Maryhill and Glasgow Hillhead [1]

Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. In February 1974 it absorbed the entire Glasgow Woodside Constituency which had existed from 1950 but lost the part of the Exchange Ward it had previously included to Glasgow Central.

Contents

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park.

1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward.

1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1918 John MacLeod Coalition Conservative
1922 William Hutchison Unionist
1924 by-election Walter Elliot Unionist
1945 John Williams Labour
1950 Walter Elliot Unionist
1958 by-election Mary McAlister Labour
1959 Frank Lilley Unionist
1964 Maurice Miller Labour
Feb 1974 Neil Carmichael Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Kelvingrove [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist John MacLeod 13,64864.2
Independent Labour Walter Graham Leachman5,01223.6
Liberal George MacPherson2,58212.2
Majority 8,63640.6
Turnout 21,24253.5
Registered electors 39,702
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Glasgow Kelvingrove [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Hutchison 13,442 54.8 −9.4
Liberal Robert Roxburgh11,09445.2+33.0
Majority 2,3489.6−31.0
Turnout 24,53664.5+11.0
Registered electors 38,031
Unionist hold Swing −21.2
General election 1923: Glasgow Kelvingrove [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Hutchison 11,025 42.9 −11.9
Communist *Aitken Ferguson 10,02139.0New
Liberal Alexander James Grieve 4,66218.1−27.1
Majority 1,0043.9−5.7
Turnout 25,70868.2+3.7
Registered electors 37,692
Unionist hold Swing +7.6

* Ferguson labelled himself a Labour party candidate without any official endorsement, despite being an official Communist candidate.

1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,488 55.3 +12.4
Labour Aitken Ferguson 11,16739.8+0.8
Liberal John Pratt 1,3724.9−13.2
Majority 4,32115.5+11.6
Turnout 28,02770.5+2.3
Registered electors 39,779
Unionist hold Swing +12.8
General election 1924: Glasgow Kelvingrove [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 18,034 58.4 +15.5
Labour Thomas Archibald Kerr12,84441.6N/A
Majority 5,19016.8+12.9
Turnout 30,87877.5+9.3
Registered electors 39,841
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Glasgow Kelvingrove [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 17,031 48.9 −9.5
Labour John Winning15,17343.6+2.0
Liberal William Reid2,6237.5New
Majority 1,8585.3−11.5
Turnout 34,82774.9−2.6
Registered electors 46,507
Unionist hold Swing −5.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Glasgow Kelvingrove [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 21,481 63.4 +14.5
Ind. Labour Party John Winning12,41536.6−7.0
Majority 9,06626.8+21.5
Turnout 33,89676.7+1.8
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1935: Glasgow Kelvingrove [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,100 48.7 −14.7
Labour Hector McNeil 14,95148.1N/A
Liberal Henry George Rae1,0043.2New
Majority 1490.6−26.2
Turnout 31,05572.5−4.2
Unionist hold Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Williams 12,273 46.0 −2.1
Unionist Walter Elliot 12,18545.7−3.0
SNP Christopher Grieve 1,3144.9New
Liberal Charles John Edwin Morgan9193.4+0.2
Majority 880.3N/A
Turnout 26,69161.7−10.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,197 49.6 +3.9
Labour John Williams 13,97345.6−0.4
Liberal Sydney John Ranger8312.7−0.7
Independent Christopher Grieve 6392.1−2.8
Majority 1,2244.0N/A
Turnout 30,640
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,837 52.4 +2.8
Labour John Williams 14,40647.6+2.0
Majority 1,4314.8+0.8
Turnout 30,243
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 14,854 55.4 +3.0
Labour John Williams 11,96644.6−3.0
Majority 2,88810.8+6.0
Turnout 26,820
Unionist hold Swing
1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary McAlister 10,210 48.00 +3.38
Unionist Katharine Elliot 8,85041.61−13.77
Independent Liberal David Murray 1,6227.63New
Ind. Labour Party William C Park5872.76N/A
Majority 1,3606.39N/A
Turnout 21,269
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.67
General election 1959: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frank Lilley 12,355 50.7 −4.7
Labour Mary McAlister 11,25446.2+1.6
Ind. Labour Party William C Park7403.0N/A
Majority 1,1014.5−6.3
Turnout 24,349
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 10,340 54.1 +7.9
Unionist Frank Lilley 8,79145.9−4.8
Majority 1,5498.2N/A
Turnout 19,131
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1966: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 9,311 57.8 +3.7
Conservative Frank Lilley 6,79342.2−3.7
Majority 2,51815.6+7.4
Turnout 16,104
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 6,106 53.7 −4.1
Conservative Ronald E Dundas5,27446.3+4.1
Majority 8327.4−8.2
Turnout 11,380
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Carmichael 13,115 44.5 −9.2
Conservative Tom Kenyon10,71736.3−10.0
SNP Colin M MacKellar5,66619.2New
Majority 2,3988.2+0.8
Turnout 29,498
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Carmichael 11,567 42.8 −1.7
Conservative J Rennie7,44827.6−8.7
SNP Charles Duncan Calman6,27423.2+4.0
Liberal S Glasgow1,7356.4New
Majority 4,11915.2+7.0
Turnout 27,024
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Carmichael 11,133 50.33
Conservative ACS MacDougall6,37428.82
Liberal Eric Bennett2,41210.91
SNP Ian O Bayne2,1999.94
Majority 4,75921.51
Turnout 22,11865.63
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "'Glasgow Kelvingrove', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ↑ The Times, 26 May 1924
  7. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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