Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Kelvingrove
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow
1918–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Glasgow Maryhill and Glasgow Hillhead[1]

Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park.

1955-1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward.

1974-1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, North Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1918 John MacLeod Coalition Conservative
1922 William Hutchison Unionist
1924 by-election Walter Elliot Unionist
1945 John Lloyd Williams Labour
1950 Walter Elliot Unionist
1958 by-election Mary McAlister Labour
1959 Frank Lilley Unionist
1964 Maurice Miller Labour
Feb 1974 Neil Carmichael Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Glasgow Kelvingrove [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 13,648 64.2 n/a
Independent Labour Walter Graham Leachman 5,012 23.6 n/a
Liberal George MacPherson 2,582 12.2 n/a
Majority 8,636 40.6 n/a
Turnout 53.5 n/a
Unionist win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Glasgow Kelvingrove [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist William Hutchison 13,442 54.8 -9.4
Liberal Robert Roxburgh 11,094 45.2 +33.0
Majority 2,348 9.6 -31.0
Turnout 64.5 +11.0
Unionist hold Swing -15.5
General Election 1923: Glasgow Kelvingrove [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist William Hutchison 11,025 42.9 -11.9
Communist Aitken Ferguson 10,021 39.0 n/a
Liberal Alexander James Grieve 4,662 18.1 -27.1
Majority 1,004 3.9 -5.7
Turnout 68.2 +3.7
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1924 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Elliot Elliot 15,488 55.3
Labour Aitken Ferguson 11,167 39.8
Liberal Sir John William Pratt 1,372 4.9
Majority 4,321 15.5
Turnout 70.5
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1924: Glasgow Kelvingrove [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Elliot Elliot 18,034 58.4
Labour Thomas Archibald Kerr 12,844 41.6
Majority 5,190 16.8
Turnout 77.5
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Glasgow Kelvingrove [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Elliot Elliot 17,031 48.9 -9.5
Labour John Winning 15,173 43.6 +2.0
Liberal William Reid 2,623 7.5 n/a
Majority 1,858 5.3 -11.5
Turnout 74.9 -2.6
Unionist hold Swing -5.7

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Glasgow Kelvingrove[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Elliot Elliot 21,481 63.4
Ind. Labour Party John Winning 12,415 36.6
Majority 9,066 26.8
Turnout 76.7
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1935: Glasgow Kelvingrove [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 15,100 48.7
Labour Hector McNeil 14,951 48.1
Liberal Henry George Rae 1,004 3.2
Majority 149 0.6
Turnout 72.5
Unionist hold Swing

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;

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Lloyd Williams 12,273 46.0 -2.1
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 12,185 45.7 -3.0
SNP Christopher Murray Grieve 1,314 4.9 n/a
Liberal Charles John Edwin Morgan 919 3.4 +0.2
Majority 88 0.3 +0.9
Turnout 61.7 -10.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 15,197 49.6
Labour John Lloyd Williams 13,973 45.6
Liberal Sydney John Ranger 831 2.7
SNP Christopher Murray Grieve 639 2.1
Majority 1,224 4.0
Turnout
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1951: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 15,837 52.4
Labour John Lloyd Williams 14,406 47.6
Majority 1,431 4.8
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1955: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 14,854 55.4
Labour John Lloyd Williams 11,966 44.6
Majority 2,888 10.8
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mary Agnes McMackin McAlister 10,210 48.00 +3.38
Unionist Katharine Elliot 8,850 41.61 -13.77
Independent Liberal David Murray 1,622 7.63 N/A
Ind. Labour Party William C Park 587 2.76 N/A
Majority 1,360 6.39
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1959: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Francis James Patrick Lilley 12,355 50.7
Labour Mary Agnes McMackin McAlister 11,254 46.2
Ind. Labour Party William C Park 740 3.0
Majority 1,101 4.5
Turnout
Unionist gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Maurice Solomon Miller 10,340 54.1
Unionist Francis James Patrick Lilley 8,791 45.9
Majority 1,549 8.2
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1966: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Maurice Solomon Miller 9,311 57.8
Conservative Francis James Patrick Lilley 6,793 42.2
Majority 2,518 15.6
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Maurice Solomon Miller 6,106 53.7
Conservative Ronald E Dundas 5,274 46.3
Majority 832 7.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Neil George Carmichael 13,115 44.5
Conservative ART Kenyon 10,717 36.3
SNP C MacKellar 5,666 19.2
Majority 2,398 8.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Neil George Carmichael 11,567 42.8
Conservative J Rennie 7,448 27.6
SNP C Calman 6,274 23.2
Liberal S Glasgow 1,735 6.4
Majority 4,119 15.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Neil George Carmichael 11,133 50.33
Conservative ACS MacDougall 6,374 28.82
Liberal E Bennett 2,412 10.91
SNP IO Bayne 2,199 9.94
Majority 4,759 21.52
Turnout 65.63
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "'Glasgow Kelvingrove', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ↑ The Times, 26 May 1924
  7. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Alamanac, 1927
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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