Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Shettleston
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Glasgow Shettleston in
Subdivisions of Scotland County of city of Glasgow
City of Glasgow district
Glasgow City council area
1918–2005
SeatsOne
Created from North West Lanarkshire
Replaced by Glasgow Central
Glasgow East

Glasgow Shettleston was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. The Shettleston area's representation is now covered by Glasgow Central and Glasgow East.

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Boundaries

1918–1950: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, at a point where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence eastward, south-eastward and westward along the municipal boundary to the centre of the Caledonian Railway Branch Line from Rutherglen to Dalmarnock, thence northward along the centre line of the said railway until it, joins the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence northward, north-eastward, northward and north-eastward along the centre line of the last-mentioned railway to a point 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence south-eastward to the point of commencement."

1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Parkhead, Shettleston, and Tollcross, and part of Mile-End ward. [1]

1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Parkhead, Shettleston, and Tollcross, and part of Mile End ward. [2]

1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Mile-End, Parkhead, and part of the Shettleston and Tollcross ward. [3]

1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Belvidere/Carntyne, Mount/Baillieston, and Parkhead/Shettleston.

1997–2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Calton/Dalmarnock, Gorbals/Govanhill, and Shettleston/Tollcross.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1918 Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair Unionist
1922 John Wheatley Labour
1930 by-election John McGovern Labour
1930 Independent Labour Party
1947 Labour
1959 Sir Myer Galpern Labour
1979 David Marshall Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Shettleston [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair 9,90150.2
Labour John Wheatley 9,82749.8
Majority740.4
Turnout 19,72862.7
Registered electors 31,488
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Glasgow Shettleston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wheatley 14,695 59.1 +9.3
National Liberal Thomas Ramsay 9,70439.0New
Anti-Parliamentary Communist Guy Aldred 4701.9New
Majority4,99120.1N/A
Turnout 24,86983.9+21.2
Registered electors 29,639
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1923: Glasgow Shettleston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wheatley 12,624 59.8 +0.7
Liberal Francis John Robertson8,47140.2+1.2
Majority4,15319.6−0.5
Turnout 21,09571.0−12.9
Registered electors 29,708
Labour hold Swing −0.3
General election 1924: Glasgow Shettleston [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wheatley 12,714 51.3 −8.5
Unionist John Maurice Reid Miller12,08448.7New
Majority6302.6−17.0
Turnout 24,79881.8+10.8
Registered electors 30,324
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Glasgow Shettleston [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wheatley 19,594 60.4 +9.1
Unionist Herbert James Moss 12,87039.6−9.1
Majority6,72420.8+18.2
Turnout 32,46476.9−4.9
Registered electors 42,193
Labour hold Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1930s

1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McGovern 10,699 42.8 −17.6
Unionist William Templeton 10,30341.2+1.6
National (Scotland) John McNicol2,52710.1New
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 1,4595.8New
Majority3961.6−19.2
Turnout 24,98836.5−40.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Glasgow Shettleston [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Labour Party John McGovern 16,301 47.8 N/A
Unionist James Lucas15,53045.5+5.9
Labour J.Y Marshall1,8565.4−55.0
New Party W.E. Stevenson4021.2New
Majority7712.3N/A
Turnout 34,089
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Glasgow Shettleston [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Labour Party John McGovern 18,377 52.8 +5.0
Unionist Ronald Russell 13,80239.7−5.8
Labour George Beggs2,6107.5+2.1
Majority4,57513.1+10.8
Turnout 34,78974.5
Ind. Labour Party hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Shettleston [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Labour Party John McGovern 11,947 35.5 −17.3
Unionist William Gordon Bennett 10,45331.1−8.6
Labour John Stewart Dallas6,91020.6+13.1
Communist Peter Kerrigan 4,12212.3New
Independent Isaac Queen1860.6New
Majority1,4944.4−8.7
Turnout 33,61866.7−7.8
Ind. Labour Party hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Shettleston [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McGovern 23,467 56.7 +36.1
Unionist T. C. Henderson15,22636.8+5.7
Communist Malcolm MacEwen 1,6784.1−8.2
Ind. Labour Party James W. Graham1,0312.5−33.0
Majority8,24119.9+15.5
Turnout 41,40279.9+13.2
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing
General election 1951: Glasgow Shettleston [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McGovern 25,359 59.8 +3.1
Unionist John Oswald Mair Hunter15,87637.4+0.6
Ind. Labour Party James W. Graham1,1952.8+0.3
Majority9,48322.4+2.5
Turnout 42,43081.2+1.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Glasgow Shettleston [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McGovern 21,464 57.8 −2.0
Unionist John Oswald Mair Hunter15,64542.2+4.8
Majority5,81915.6−6.8
Turnout 37,10969.3−11.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Glasgow Shettleston [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 22,916 60.9 +3.1
Unionist D. E. Donaldson14,74339.1−3.1
Majority8,17321.8+6.2
Turnout 37,65975.3+6.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Shettleston [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 22,494 68.0 +7.1
Unionist George Weir10,59832.0−7.1
Majority11,89636.0+14.2
Turnout 33,09271.4−3.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Glasgow Shettleston [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 20,208 65.6 −2.4
Conservative William James Rennie6,85722.3−9.7
SNP William Lindsay3,73212.1New
Majority13,35143.3+7.3
Turnout 30,79768.6−2.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Shettleston [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 17,840 59.9 −5.7
Conservative Albert McCue7,96926.7+4.4
SNP William Lindsay3,99513.4+1.3
Majority9,87133.2−10.1
Turnout 29,80463.6−5.0
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Glasgow Shettleston [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 14,208 53.6 −6.3
Conservative Leonard Turpie6,47224.4−2.3
SNP William Lindsay5,83422.0+8.6
Majority7,73629.2−4.0
Turnout 26,51469.5+5.9
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Glasgow Shettleston [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Myer Galpern 13,391 54.3 +0.7
SNP R. Hamilton7,04228.6+6.6
Conservative James Cran 3,54314.4−10.0
Liberal Richard John Brodie6902.8New
Majority6,34925.7−3.5
Turnout 24,66664.4−5.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Glasgow Shettleston [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 13,955 64.1 +9.8
Conservative M. McClure4,79422.0+7.6
SNP Margo MacDonald 3,02213.9−14.7
Majority9,16142.1+16.4
Turnout 21,77168.2+3.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Glasgow Shettleston [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 19,203 54.2 −9.9
Conservative Iain Henderson6,78719.1−2.9
Liberal Simon Strachen6,56818.5New
SNP Daniel Hood2,8017.9−6.0
BNP K. Hill1030.3New
Majority12,41635.1−7.0
Turnout 35,46268.3+0.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Glasgow Shettleston [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 23,991 63.6 +9.4
Conservative Mark Fisher5,01013.3−5.8
SNP John Armstrong McVicar4,80712.7+4.8
Liberal Pauline Agnes Margaret Clarke3,94210.4−8.1
Majority18,98150.3+15.2
Turnout 37,75070.4+2.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 21,665 60.6 −3.0
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 6,83119.1+6.4
Conservative Norman Mortimer5,39615.1+1.8
Liberal Democrats Joan Orskov1,8815.3−5.1
Majority14,83441.5−8.8
Turnout 35,77368.9−1.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Glasgow Shettleston [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 19,616 73.2 +12.6
SNP Humayun Hanif3,74814.0−5.1
Conservative Colin Simpson1,4845.5−9.6
Liberal Democrats Kerry Hiles1,0614.0−1.3
Scottish Socialist Christine McVicar4821.8New
BNP Robert Currie1910.7New
Referendum Thomas Montguire1510.6New
Workers Revolutionary John Graham800.3New
Majority15,86859.2+17.7
Turnout 26,81355.7−13.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Glasgow Shettleston [30] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 13,235 64.7 −8.5
SNP Jim Byrne3,41716.7+2.7
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 1,3966.8+5.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hutton1,1055.4+1.4
Conservative Campbell Murdoch1,0825.3−0.2
Socialist Labour Murdo Ritchie2301.1New
Majority9,81848.0−11.2
Turnout 20,46539.7−16.0
Labour hold Swing

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