Glasgow Shettleston | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district Glasgow City council area |
1918–2005 | |
Seats | One |
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.
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.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair | 9,901 | 50.2 | |
Labour | John Wheatley | 9,827 | 49.8 | ||
Majority | 74 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 19,728 | 62.7 | |||
Registered electors | 31,488 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wheatley | 14,695 | 59.1 | +9.3 | |
National Liberal | Thomas Ramsay | 9,704 | 39.0 | New | |
Anti-Parliamentary Communist | Guy Aldred | 470 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,991 | 20.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,869 | 83.9 | +21.2 | ||
Registered electors | 29,639 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wheatley | 12,624 | 59.8 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Francis John Robertson | 8,471 | 40.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 4,153 | 19.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 21,095 | 71.0 | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 29,708 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wheatley | 12,714 | 51.3 | −8.5 | |
Unionist | John Maurice Reid Miller | 12,084 | 48.7 | New | |
Majority | 630 | 2.6 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,798 | 81.8 | +10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 30,324 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wheatley | 19,594 | 60.4 | +9.1 | |
Unionist | Herbert James Moss | 12,870 | 39.6 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 6,724 | 20.8 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,464 | 76.9 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 42,193 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McGovern | 10,699 | 42.8 | -17.6 | |
Unionist | William Templeton | 10,303 | 41.2 | +1.6 | |
National (Scotland) | John McNicol | 2,527 | 10.1 | New | |
Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 1,459 | 5.8 | New | |
Majority | 396 | 1.6 | -19.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,988 | 36.5 | -40.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 16,301 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Unionist | James Lucas | 15,530 | 45.5 | +5.9 | |
Labour | J.Y Marshall | 1,856 | 5.4 | -55.0 | |
New Party | W.E. Stevenson | 402 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 771 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,089 | ||||
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 18,377 | 52.8 | +5.0 | |
Unionist | Ronald Russell | 13,802 | 39.7 | -5.8 | |
Labour | George Beggs | 2,610 | 7.5 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 4,575 | 13.1 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,789 | 74.5 | |||
Ind. Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 11,947 | 35.5 | -17.3 | |
Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 10,453 | 31.1 | -8.6 | |
Labour | John Stewart Dallas | 6,910 | 20.6 | +13.1 | |
Communist | Peter Kerrigan | 4,122 | 12.3 | New | |
Independent | Isaac Queen | 186 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,494 | 4.4 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,618 | 66.7 | -7.8 | ||
Ind. Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McGovern | 23,467 | 56.7 | +36.1 | |
Unionist | T. C. Henderson | 15,226 | 36.8 | +5.7 | |
Communist | Malcolm MacEwen | 1,678 | 4.1 | -8.2 | |
Ind. Labour Party | James W. Graham | 1,031 | 2.5 | -33.0 | |
Majority | 8,241 | 19.9 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,402 | 79.9 | +13.2 | ||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McGovern | 25,359 | 59.8 | +3.1 | |
Unionist | John Oswald Mair Hunter | 15,876 | 37.4 | +0.6 | |
Ind. Labour Party | James W. Graham | 1,195 | 2.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 9,483 | 22.4 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,430 | 81.2 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McGovern | 21,464 | 57.8 | -2.0 | |
Unionist | John Oswald Mair Hunter | 15,645 | 42.2 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 5,819 | 15.6 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,109 | 69.3 | -11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 22,916 | 60.9 | +3.1 | |
Unionist | D. E. Donaldson | 14,743 | 39.1 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 8,173 | 21.8 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,659 | 75.3 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 22,494 | 68.0 | +7.1 | |
Unionist | George Weir | 10,598 | 32.0 | -7.1 | |
Majority | 11,896 | 36.0 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,092 | 71.4 | -3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 20,208 | 65.6 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | William James Rennie | 6,857 | 22.3 | -9.7 | |
SNP | William Lindsay | 3,732 | 12.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,351 | 43.3 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,797 | 68.6 | -2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 17,840 | 59.9 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Albert McCue | 7,969 | 26.7 | +4.4 | |
SNP | William Lindsay | 3,995 | 13.4 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 9,871 | 33.2 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,804 | 63.6 | -5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 14,208 | 53.6 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Leonard Turpie | 6,472 | 24.4 | -2.3 | |
SNP | William Lindsay | 5,834 | 22.0 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 7,736 | 29.2 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,514 | 69.5 | +5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Myer Galpern | 13,391 | 54.3 | +0.7 | |
SNP | R. Hamilton | 7,042 | 28.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | James Cran | 3,543 | 14.4 | -10.0 | |
Liberal | Richard John Brodie | 690 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,349 | 25.7 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,666 | 64.4 | -5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 13,955 | 64.1 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | M. McClure | 4,794 | 22.0 | +7.6 | |
SNP | Margo MacDonald | 3,022 | 13.9 | -14.7 | |
Majority | 9,161 | 42.1 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,771 | 68.2 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 19,203 | 54.2 | -9.9 | |
Conservative | Iain Henderson | 6,787 | 19.1 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Simon Strachen | 6,568 | 18.5 | New | |
SNP | Daniel Hood | 2,801 | 7.9 | -6.0 | |
BNP | K. Hill | 103 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,416 | 35.1 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,462 | 68.3 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 23,991 | 63.6 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Mark Fisher | 5,010 | 13.3 | -5.8 | |
SNP | John Armstrong McVicar | 4,807 | 12.7 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Pauline Agnes Margaret Clarke | 3,942 | 10.4 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 18,981 | 50.3 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,750 | 70.4 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 21,665 | 60.6 | -3.0 | |
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,831 | 19.1 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Norman Mortimer | 5,396 | 15.1 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Orskov | 1,881 | 5.3 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 14,834 | 41.5 | -8.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,773 | 68.9 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 19,616 | 73.2 | +12.6 | |
SNP | Humayun Hanif | 3,748 | 14.0 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Colin Simpson | 1,484 | 5.5 | -9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kerry Hiles | 1,061 | 4.0 | -1.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Christine McVicar | 482 | 1.8 | New | |
BNP | Robert Currie | 191 | 0.7 | New | |
Referendum | Thomas Montguire | 151 | 0.6 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | John Graham | 80 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 15,868 | 59.2 | +17.7 | ||
Turnout | 26,813 | 55.7 | -13.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Marshall | 13,235 | 64.7 | -8.5 | |
SNP | Jim Byrne | 3,417 | 16.7 | +2.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,396 | 6.8 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 1,105 | 5.4 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Campbell Murdoch | 1,082 | 5.3 | -0.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Murdo Ritchie | 230 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,818 | 48.0 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,465 | 39.7 | -16.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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