Glasgow Scotstoun

Glasgow Scotstoun
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	County of city of Glasgow
1950–1974 (1974)
Seats	One
Created from	Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Maryhill and Glasgow Partick
Replaced by	Glasgow Garscadden

Glasgow Scotstoun was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The following wards (as so constituted ^[1] ) of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Knightswood, Whiteinch and Yoker." ^[2]

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Scotstoun, Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Woodside) Order 1955 (SI 1955/25) redefined the constituency as consisting of "The following wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Knightswood, Yoker and that part of Whiteinch ward which is not included in the Hillhead constituency."

Glasgow Scotstoun's boundaries were very similar to the post-2005 Glasgow North West Westminster constituency and the post-2011 Glasgow Anniesland Holyrood constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Sir Arthur Young, Bt	Conservative
	1950 by-election	Sir James Hutchison	Conservative
	1959	Willie Small	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Young	19,294	46.54
	Labour Co-op	William Bargh	19,055	45.96
	Liberal	William Ferguson	2,023	4.88
	Communist	Robert McIlhone	1,088	2.62
Majority			239	0.58
Turnout			41,460	84.61
Registered electors			49,004
	Unionist win (new seat)

By-election, 1950: Glasgow Scotstoun ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Hutchison	18,494	50.88	+4.34
	Labour Co-op	William Bargh	17,175	47.25	+1.29
	Ind. Labour Party	David Gibson	680	1.87	N/A
Majority			1,319	3.63	+3.04
Turnout			36,349
	Unionist hold		Swing	+1.53

General election 1951: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Hutchison	21,497	50.74	+4.20
	Labour	John Robertson	20,872	49.26	+3.30
Majority			625	1.48	+0.90
Turnout			42,369	85.05	+0.44
Registered electors			49,814
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.45

General election 1955: Glasgow Scotstoun ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Hutchison	18,654	50.58	−0.16
	Labour Co-op	Howell James	18,226	49.42	+0.16
Majority			428	1.58	−0.32
Turnout			36,880	79.53	−5.52
Registered electors			46,370
	Unionist hold		Swing	-0.16

General election 1959: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Small	24,690	53.66	+4.24
	Unionist	James Bias	21,320	46.34	−4.24
Majority			3,370	7.32	N/A
Turnout			46,010	81.75	+2.22
Registered electors			56,278
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.24

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Small	27,036	61.60	+7.94
	Unionist	Ronald B Anderson	16,856	38.40	−7.94
Majority			10,180	23.20	+15.88
Turnout			43,892	78.63	−3.12
Registered electors			55,819
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.94

General election 1966: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Small	27,320	61.80	+0.20
	Conservative	Anna Douglas	14,493	32.78	−5.62
	Communist	Hugh David Boyd	2,395	5.42	New
Majority			12,827	29.02	+5.82
Turnout			44,208	74.33	−4.30
Registered electors			59,478
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.91

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Scotstoun ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Small	26,492	57.42	−4.38
	Conservative	Norman J Mountney	14,487	31.40	−1.38
	SNP	Alec Mitchell	4,313	9.35	New
	Communist	Hugh David Boyd	846	1.83	−3.59
Majority			12,005	26.02	−3.00
Turnout			46,138	70.35	−3.98
Registered electors			65,586
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.50

References

1. As constituted by the Local Government (Scotland) (Glasgow Wards and Councillors) Order 1948 (SI 1948/876)
2. Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule, Part III.
3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
4. 1950 By Elections Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine British Election Archive
5. "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
6. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
8. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)