Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Shettleston
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1918–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow Central Glasgow East

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 is represented 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."

1950-1974: The Glasgow wards of Parkhead, Shettleston, and Tollcross, and part of Mile End ward.

1974-1983: The Glasgow wards of Mile End and Parkhead, and parts of Shettleston and Tollcross wards.

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 ^[1]	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

General Election 1918: Glasgow Shettleston ^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	±
Unionist	Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair	9,901	N/A
Labour	John Wheatley	9,827
Unionist win (new seat)

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Glasgow Shettleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Wheatley	14,695	59.1
	National Liberal	Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay	9,704	39.0
	Anti-Parliamentary Communist	Guy Alfred Aldred	470	1.9
Majority			4,991	20.1
Turnout			24,869
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Glasgow Shettleston ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Wheatley	12,624
	Liberal	Francis John Robertson	8,471
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Glasgow Shettleston ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Wheatley	12,714
	Unionist	John Maurice Reid Miller	12,084

General Election 1929: Glasgow Shettleston ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Wheatley	19,594	60.4	+9.1
	Unionist	Herbert James Moss	12,870	39.6	-9.1
Majority			6,724	20.8
Turnout				76.9	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 1930s

Saklatvala

Glasgow Shettleston by-election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McGovern	10,699	42.8
	Unionist	William Paterson Templeton	10,303	41.2
	National (Scotland)	John McNicol	2,527	10.1
	Communist	Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala	1,459	5.8
Majority			396	1.6
Turnout			24,988	36.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Glasgow Shettleston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ind. Labour Party	John McGovern	16,301	47.8	N/A
	Unionist	James Lucas	15,530	45.5
	Labour	J.Y Marshall	1,856	5.4
	New Party	W.E. Stevenson	402	1.2	N/A
Majority			771	2.3
Turnout			34,089
	Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Glasgow Shettleston ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Labour Party	John McGovern	18,372	52.8
	Unionist	Ronald Stanley Russell	13,807	39.7
	Labour	George Beggs	2,610	7.5
Majority			4,565	13.1
Turnout			34,789	74.5
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Shettleston^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ind. Labour Party	John McGovern	11,947	35.5
	Unionist	William Gordon Bennett	10,453	31.1
	Labour	John Stewart Dallas	6,910	20.6
	Communist	Peter Kerrigan	4,122	12.3	N/A
	Independent	Isaac Queen	186	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,494	4.4
Turnout				66.7
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Glasgow Shettleston^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John McGovern	23,467	56.7	+36.1
	Unionist	T. C. Henderson	15,226	36.8	+5.7
	Communist	Malcolm MacEwen	1,678	4.1	-8.2
	Ind. Labour Party	James W. Graham	1,031	2.5	-33.0
Majority			8,241	19.9	+15.5
Turnout				79.9	+13.2
	Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party		Swing

General Election 1951: Glasgow Shettleston^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John McGovern	25,359	59.8
	Unionist	John Oswald Mair Hunter	15,876	37.4
	Ind. Labour Party	James W. Graham	1,195	2.8	+0.3
Majority			9,483	22.4
Turnout				81.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Glasgow Shettleston^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McGovern	21,464	57.8
	Unionist	John Oswald Mair Hunter	15,645	42.2
Majority			5,819	15.7
Turnout				69.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Glasgow Shettleston^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Myer Galpern	22,916	60.9
	Unionist	D. E. Donaldson	14,743	39.2
Majority			8,173	21.7
Turnout				75.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Glasgow Shettleston^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sir Myer Galpern	22,494	68.0
	Unionist	George Weir	10,598	32.0
Majority			11,896	36.0
Turnout				71.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Glasgow Shettleston^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sir Myer Galpern	20,208	65.6
	Conservative	William James Rennie	6,857	22.3
	SNP	William Lindsay	3,732	12.1	N/A
Majority			13,351	43.4
Turnout				68.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Glasgow Shettleston^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sir Myer Galpern	17,840	59.9
	Conservative	Albert McCue	7,969	26.7
	SNP	William Lindsay	3,995	13.4
Majority			9,871	33.1
Turnout				63.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Shettleston^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sir Myer Galpern	14,208	53.6
	Conservative	L. Turpie	6,472	24.4
	SNP	William Lindsay	5,834	22.0
Majority			7,736	29.2
Turnout				69.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Shettleston^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sir Myer Galpern	13,391	54.3
	SNP	R. Hamilton	7,042	28.6
	Conservative	James Douglas Cran	3,543	14.4
	Liberal	R. J. Brodie	690	2.8
Majority			6,349	25.7
Turnout				64.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Glasgow Shettleston^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Marshall	13,955	64.1
	Conservative	M. McClure	4,794	22.0
	SNP	Margo MacDonald	3,022	13.9
Majority			9,161	42.1
Turnout				68.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Glasgow Shettleston^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Marshall	19,203	54.2
	Conservative	I. Henderson	6,787	19.1
	Liberal	S. Strachen	6,568	18.5	N/A
	SNP	D. Hood	2,801	7.9
	BNP	K. Hill	103	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,416	35.0
Turnout				68.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Glasgow Shettleston^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Marshall	23,991	63.6
	Conservative	Mark Fisher	5,010	13.3
	SNP	John Armstrong McVicar	4,807	12.7
	Liberal	Pauline Agnes Margaret Clarke	3,942	10.4
Majority			18,981	50.3
Turnout				70.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Marshall	21,665	60.6
	SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	6,831	19.1
	Conservative	Norman Mortimer	5,396	15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Orskov	1,881	5.3
Majority			14,834	41.5
Turnout				68.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Glasgow Shettleston^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Marshall	19,616	73.2
	SNP	Humayun Hanif	3,748	14.0
	Conservative	Colin Simpson	1,484	5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kerry Hiles	1,061	4.0
	Scottish Socialist	Christine McVicar	482	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Robert Currie	191	0.7	N/A
	Referendum	Thomas Montguire	151	0.6	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	John Graham	80	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,868	59.2
Turnout			26,813	55.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Shettleston^[22]
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 Democrat	Lewis Hutton	1,105	5.4	+1.4
	Conservative	Campbell Murdoch	1,082	5.3	-0.2
	Socialist Labour	Murdo Ritchie	230	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,818	48.0	-11.2
Turnout			20,465	39.7	-16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ 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
↑ UK General Election results February 1950
↑ UK General Election results October 1951
↑ UK General Election results May 1955
↑ UK General Election results October 1959
↑ UK General Election results October 1964
↑ UK General Election results March 1966
↑ UK General Election results 1970
↑ UK General Election results February 1974
↑ UK General Election results October 1974
↑ UK General Election results May 1979
↑ UK General Election results June 1983
↑ UK General Election results June 1987
↑ UK General Election results April 1992
1 2 Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Glasgow Shettleston, BBC News

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