Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–2005
Glasgow Shettleston |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
[[File: Constituency.svg|120px|alt=Outline map]]Boundary of Glasgow Shettleston in |
Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district Glasgow City council area |
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1918–2005 |
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Seats | One |
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Created from | North West Lanarkshire |
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Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow East |
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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.
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
Election | Member [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
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1951: Glasgow Shettleston[13] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1955: Glasgow Shettleston[14] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1959: Glasgow Shettleston[15] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Glasgow Shettleston[16] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1966: Glasgow Shettleston[17] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Glasgow Shettleston[18] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election February 1974: Glasgow Shettleston[19] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1979: Glasgow Shettleston[21] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Glasgow Shettleston[22][23] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1987: Glasgow Shettleston[24][25] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston[26][27] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
General election 1997: Glasgow Shettleston[28][29] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
Elections in the 2000s
General election 2001: Glasgow Shettleston[30][29] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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 | | |
References
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Shettleston) Order 1955. SI 1955/23". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2196–2198.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1970/1680, retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ 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
- ^ UK General Election results July 1945[permanent dead link]
- ^ UK General Election results February 1950
- ^ "UK General Election results October 1951". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ UK General Election results May 1955
- ^ UK General Election results October 1959
- ^ UK General Election results October 1964
- ^ "UK General Election results March 1966". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "UK General Election results 1970". Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ UK General Election results February 1974
- ^ UK General Election results October 1974
- ^ UK General Election results May 1979
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1983". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results June 1987
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results April 1992
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Glasgow Shettleston, BBC News
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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