Glasgow Provan (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Provan
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1955–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Springburn[1]
Created from	Glasgow Camlachie

Glasgow Provan was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1955-1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Dennistoun and Provan.

1974-1983: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Provan, and part of Shettleston and Tollcross ward.

1983-1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Gartloch/Easterhouse, Lethamhill/Riddrie, and Queenslie/Barlanark.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	William Reid	Labour
	1964	Hugh Brown	Labour
	1987	Jimmy Wray	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Glasgow Provan^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Reid	15,533	50.3	N/A
	Unionist	Charles McFarlane	15,353	49.7	N/A
Majority			180	0.6	N/A
Turnout				74.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1959: Glasgow Provan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Reid	21,608	55.6
	Unionist	R. D. Kernohan	17,241	44.4
Majority			4,367	11.2
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Glasgow Provan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	29,889	65.8
	Unionist	K. B. Miller	15,524	34.2
Majority			14,365	31.6
Turnout				75.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Glasgow Provan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	28,201	66.9
	Conservative	D. I. Fraser	12,986	30.8
	Communist	J. Jackson	988	2.3	N/A
Majority			15,215	36.1
Turnout				70.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Glasgow Provan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	25,864	60.8
	Conservative	D. D. M. Masterson	11,881	27.9
	SNP	Willie McRae	7,367	19.6	N/A
	Communist	J. Jackson	601	1.4
Majority			13,983	32.9
Turnout				65.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Provan^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	23,154	61.6
	SNP	R. Edwards	7,367	19.6
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	6,324	16.8
	Communist	J. Jackson	749	2.0
Majority			15,787	42.0
Turnout				69.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Provan^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	20,602	58.6
	SNP	R. Edwards	10,628	30.2
	Conservative	R. McKay	3,448	9.8
	Communist	J. Jackson	503	1.4
Majority			9,974	28.4
Turnout				64.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Glasgow Provan^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	24,083	69.5	+10.9
	Conservative	S. M. Langdon	5,239	15.1	+5.3
	SNP	R. Cunning	4,767	13.8	-16.4
	Communist	J. Jackson	377	1.1	-0.4
	Workers Revolutionary	M. Campbell	193	0.6	N/A
Majority			18,844	54.4	+26.0
Turnout			34,659	66.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Glasgow Provan^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Brown	20,040	64.4	-5.1
	Social Democratic	A. Heron	4,655	15.0	N/A
	Conservative	S. Gordon	3,374	11.0	-4.1
	SNP	P. Kennedy	2,737	8.8	-5.0
	Communist	I. Jackson	294	1.0	-0.1
Majority			15,385	49.5	-4.9
Turnout			31,100	65.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Glasgow Provan^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	22,032	72.9	+8.5
	SNP	William Ramsay	3,660	12.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Anne Strutt	2,336	7.7	-3.3
	Social Democratic	John Morrison	2,189	7.2	-7.8
Majority			18,372	60.8	+11.3
Turnout			30,217	69.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Glasgow Provan^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	15,885	66.5	-6.4
	SNP	Ms. Alexandra MacRae	5,182	21.7	+9.6
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	1,865	7.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Bell	948	4.0	-3.2
Majority			10,703	44.8	-16.0
Turnout			23,880	65.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

References

1. "'Glasgow Provan', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
2. UK General Election results May 1955
3. UK General Election results October 1959
4. UK General Election results October 1964
5. UK General Election results March 1966
6. UK General Election results 1970
7. UK General Election results 1974
8. UK General Election results October 1974
9. UK General Election results May 1979
10. UK General Election results June 1983
11. UK General Election results June 1987
12. UK General Election results April 1992

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)