Glasgow St Rollox (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow St Rollox
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City and royal burgh of Glasgow County of city of Glasgow
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	Glasgow
Replaced by	Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Woodside

Glasgow St. Rollox was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency covered Glasgow's Cowcaddens and Woodside wards. In 1950, the constituency was extended to include North Kelvin ward, and the name was changed to Glasgow Woodside.

It is referenced in Franz Ferdinand's song "The Fallen" as an area where the protagonist of the story spends much of his time.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Fifth Municipal Ward, and the Third Municipal Ward, except so much as is comprised in the Camlachie Division. ^[1]

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point at the intersection of Springburn Road and Parliamentary Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Parliamentary Road to the centre line of Buchanan Street, thence northward along the centre line of Buchanan Street to the centre line of Cowcaddens, thence northwestward along the centre line of Cowcaddens, New City Road and Great Western Road to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence northward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of Belmont Street, thence northeastward along the centre line of Belmont Street to the centre line of Carlton Gardens, thence eastward along the centre line of Carlton Gardens and Raeberry Street to the centre line of New City Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Well Road and continuation thereof to the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the centre line of Possil Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Possil Road to the centre line of Saracen Street, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Keppochhill Road to the centre of the North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line), thence south-westward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of Fountainwell Road, thence south-eastward along the centre line of Fountainwell Road to the centre line of Springburn Road, thence southward along the centre line of Springburn Road to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1885	John McCulloch	Liberal
	1886	James Caldwell	Liberal Unionist Party
	1892	Sir James Morse Carmichael	Liberal
	1895	Ferdinand Faithfull Begg	Conservative
	1900	John Wilson	Liberal Unionist Party
	1906	Thomas McKinnon Wood	Liberal
	1918	Master of Elibank	Coalition Unionist
	1922	James Stewart	Labour
	1931	William Leonard	Labour Co-operative
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: St Rollox ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McCulloch	4,950	50.64
	Conservative	John Neilson Cuthbertson	4,824	49.36
Majority			126	1.28
Turnout			9,774	81.96	N/A
Registered electors			11,926
	Liberal win (new seat)

James Caldwell

General election 1886: St Rollox ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James Caldwell	4,788	50.62	+1.26
	Liberal	Peter Stuart MacLiver	4,669	49.37	−1.27
Majority			119	1.26	N/A
Turnout			9,457	79.30	−2.66
Registered electors			11,926
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.27

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: St Rollox ^{[5] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Carmichael	6,247	56.09	+6.72
	Liberal Unionist	Hugh Elliot	4,891	43.91	−6.71
Majority			1,356	12.18	N/A
Turnout			11,138	80.80	+1.50
Registered electors			13,785
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+6.71

General election 1895: St Rollox ^{[6] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ferdinand Begg	4,561	49.76	+5.85
	Liberal	James Carmichael	4,200	45.82	−10.27
	Ind. Labour Party	John Evans Woolacott	405	4.42	New
Majority			361	3.94	N/A
Turnout			9,166	62.25	−18.55
Registered electors			14,724
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.06

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: St Rollox ^{[6] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	6,232	50.75	+0.99
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	6,049	49.25	+3.43
Majority			183	1.50	−2.44
Turnout			12,281	72.69	+10.44
Registered electors			16,896
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−1.22

McKinnon Wood

General election 1906: St Rollox ^{[7] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	9,453	60.98	+11.73
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	6,048	39.02	−11.73
Majority			3,405	21.96	N/A
Turnout			15,501	80.28	+7.59
Registered electors			19,309
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+11.73

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: St Rollox ^{[8] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	10,019	59.50	−1.48
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Robert Chamberlayne	6,821	40.50	+1.48
Majority			3,198	19.00	-2.96
Turnout			16,840	86.00	+5.72
Registered electors			19,581
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.48

General election December 1910: St Rollox ^{[8] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	9,291	55.75	−3.75
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Robert Chamberlayne	7,374	44.25	+3.75
Majority			1,917	11.50	−7.50
Turnout			16,665	83.67	−2.33
Registered electors			19,918
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.75

1912 Glasgow St Rollox by-election ^{[8] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	8,530	51.41	−4.34
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	8,061	48.59	+4.34
Majority			469	2.82	−8.68
Turnout			16,591	82.63	−1.04
Registered electors			20,079
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.34

General election 1918: St Rollox ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Gideon Oliphant-Murray	10,844	58.58	+14.33
	Labour	James Stewart	6,147	33.21	New
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	1,521	8.22	−47.53
Majority			4,697	25.37	N/A
Turnout			18,512	48.16	−35.51
Registered electors			38,439
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Glasgow St Rollox ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Stewart	16,114	56.58	+23.37
	Unionist	James Brown Couper	10,343	36.31	−22.27
	Liberal	James Alexander Fleming	2,025	7.11	−1.11
Majority			5,771	20.27	N/A
Turnout			28,482	76.68	+28.52
Registered electors			37,145
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+22.82

General election 1923: Glasgow St Rollox ^{[11] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Stewart	15,240	62.35	+5.77
	Unionist	Violet Mary Craig Roberton	9,204	37.65	+1.34
Majority			6,036	24.70	+4.43
Turnout			24,444	65.64	−11.04
Registered electors			37,238
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+6.45

General election 1924: Glasgow St Rollox ^{[12] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Stewart	16,299	59.19	−3.16
	Liberal	James Johnston	11,238	40.81	+3.16
Majority			5,061	18.38	−6.32
Turnout			27,537	74.31	+8.67
Registered electors			37,059
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.16

General election 1929: Glasgow St. Rollox ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Stewart	19,445	61.75	+2.56
	Unionist	A.N. Forman	11,430	36.30	New
	Communist	George Middleton	613	1.95	New
Majority			8,015	25.45	+7.07
Turnout			31,488	71.99	−2.32
Registered electors			43,742
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Glasgow St Rollox by-election ^{[13] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Leonard	10,044	45.19	−16.56
	Unionist	J.A. Kennedy	8,662	38.97	+2.67
	National (Scotland)	Elma Campbell	3,521	15.84	New
Majority			1,382	6.22	−19.23
Turnout			22,227	54.06	−17.93
Registered electors			41,112
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−9.62

General election 1931: Glasgow St Rollox ^{[14] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Leonard	13,545	44.70	−17.05
	Unionist	Fred Shoesmith	12,734	42.03	+5.73
	National (Scotland)	Elma Campbell	4,021	13.27	N/A
Majority			811	2.68	−22.77
Turnout			30,300	74.16	+2.17
Registered electors			40,858
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−11.39

General election 1935: Glasgow St Rollox ^{[15] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Leonard	16,708	61.61	+16.91
	Unionist	H Black	10,411	38.39	−3.64
Majority			6,297	23.22	+20.54
Turnout			27,119	67.82	−6.34
Registered electors			39,986
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−10.28

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow St Rollox ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Leonard	14,520	62.93	+1.32
	Unionist	William Milligan	8,553	37.07	−1.32
Majority			5,967	25.86	+2.64
Turnout			23,073	61.13	−6.69
Registered electors			37,745
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+1.32

References

1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
3. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
4. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 508. ISBN   9781349022984.
5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
7. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
8. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
9. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
10. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  596. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
11. The Times, 8 December 1923
12. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1924
13. The Times, 9 May 1931
14. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
15. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939