Glasgow Partick (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Partick | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Scotstoun |
Created from | Partick |
Glasgow Partick was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.
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[]
Election | Member [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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Robert Balfour | 12,156 | 70.15 | |
Labour | William Mackie | 5,173 | 29.85 | ||
Majority | 6,983 | 40.30 | |||
Turnout | 17,329 | 61.07 | |||
Registered electors | 28,376 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Collie | 11,754 | 65.17 | −4.98 | |
Liberal | Daniel Macaulay Stevenson | 6,282 | 34.83 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,472 | 30.34 | −9.96 | ||
Turnout | 18,036 | 66.68 | +5.61 | ||
Registered electors | 27,048 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | −4.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Young | 8,397 | 44.03 | New | |
Unionist | Allan Smith | 6,315 | 33.11 | New | |
Liberal | MacCallum Scott | 4,358 | 22.85 | −11.98 | |
Majority | 2,082 | 10.92 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,070 | 71.14 | +4.46 | ||
Registered electors | 26,806 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Broun-Lindsay | 13,167 | 57.80 | +24.59 | |
Labour | Andrew Young | 9,612 | 42.20 | −1.83 | |
Majority | 3,555 | 15.60 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,779 | 82.35 | +11.21 | ||
Registered electors | 27,660 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +13.21 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam McKinlay | 13,110 | 45.54 | +3.34 | |
Unionist | George Broun-Lindsay | 12,701 | 44.12 | −13.68 | |
Liberal | John Taylor | 2,975 | 10.33 | New | |
Majority | 409 | 1.42 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,786 | 78.83 | −3.52 | ||
Registered electors | 36,517 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.51 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles MacAndrew | 18,904 | 62.68 | +18.56 | |
Labour | Adam McKinlay | 11,252 | 37.31 | −8.23 | |
Majority | 7,652 | 25.37 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,156 | 83.46 | +4.63 | ||
Registered electors | 36,134 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +13.40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Young | 15,616 | 53.97 | −8.71 | |
Labour | Adam McKinlay | 13,316 | 46.03 | +8.72 | |
Majority | 2,300 | 7.95 | −17.42 | ||
Turnout | 28,932 | 78.20 | −5.26 | ||
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;
- Unionist: Arthur Young
- Labour: Adam McKinlay[10]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Young | 13,851 | 51.59 | −2.38 | |
Labour | George Alexander Younger | 12,998 | 48.41 | +2.38 | |
Majority | 853 | 3.18 | −4.77 | ||
Turnout | 26,849 | 69.02 | −9.18 | ||
Registered electors | 38,899 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.38 |
References[]
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 594. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- Politics of Glasgow
- Partick