Glasgow Partick (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Partick
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland County of city of Glasgow
19181950
SeatsOne
Created from Partick
Replaced by Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Scotstoun

Glasgow Partick was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.

Contents

Boundaries

The previous 1885–1918 county constituency consisted of "So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the Clyde and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the west of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the North British Railway Company (being the old Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow." [1]

In 1918 the constituency consisted 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 North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence south-westward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde, to the municipal boundary, thence northward and north-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1918 Sir Robert Balfour Coalition Liberal
1922 Sir John Collie National Liberal
1923 Andrew Young Labour Co-operative
1924 George Broun-Lindsay Unionist
1929 Adam McKinlay Labour
1931 Charles MacAndrew, later Baron MacAndrew Unionist
1935 Sir Arthur Young Unionist

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Partick [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Robert Balfour 12,15670.15
Labour William Mackie5,17329.85
Majority6,98340.30
Turnout 17,32961.07
Registered electors 28,376
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Collie 1920 Sir John Collie.jpg
Collie
General election 1922: Glasgow Partick [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Collie 11,75465.174.98
Liberal Daniel Macaulay Stevenson 6,28234.83N/A
Majority5,47230.349.96
Turnout 18,03666.68+5.61
Registered electors 27,048
National Liberal hold Swing 4.98
General election 1923: Glasgow Partick [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Andrew Young 8,39744.03New
Unionist Allan Smith 6,31533.11New
Liberal MacCallum Scott 4,35822.8511.98
Majority2,08210.92N/A
Turnout 19,07071.14+4.46
Registered electors 26,806
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1924: Glasgow Partick [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Broun-Lindsay 13,16757.80+24.59
Labour Co-op Andrew Young 9,61242.201.83
Majority3,55515.60N/A
Turnout 22,77982.35+11.21
Registered electors 27,660
Unionist gain from Labour Co-op Swing +13.21
General election 1929: Glasgow Partick [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam McKinlay 13,11045.54+3.34
Unionist George Broun-Lindsay 12,70144.1213.68
Liberal John Taylor2,97510.33New
Majority4091.42N/A
Turnout 28,78678.833.52
Registered electors 36,517
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.51

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Glasgow Partick [8] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles MacAndrew 18,90462.68+18.56
Labour Adam McKinlay 11,25237.318.23
Majority7,65225.37N/A
Turnout 30,15683.46+4.63
Registered electors 36,134
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +13.40
General election 1935: Glasgow Partick [9] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Young 15,61653.978.71
Labour Adam McKinlay 13,31646.03+8.72
Majority2,3007.9517.42
Turnout 28,93278.205.26
Registered electors 36,999
Unionist hold Swing 8.72

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 Partick [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Young 13,85151.592.38
Labour Co-op George Alexander Younger12,99848.41+2.38
Majority8533.184.77
Turnout 26,84969.029.18
Registered electors 38,899
Unionist hold Swing 2.38

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References

  1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  3. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  594. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
  5. The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939