Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Bridgeton Burgh constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons

Glasgow Bridgeton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was described in the Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions Act 1896 as being-

"The area within a line beginning at a point in the centre of Albert Bridge, where the same intersects the centre line of the River Clyde, and thence proceeding eastwards along the centre of that river till it meets the parliamentary boundary of the city at Harvie's Dyke; thence northwards along the said parliamentary boundary to the centre of London Road; thence westwards along the centres of London Road and Canning Street to a point opposite the centre of Clyde Street; thence northwards along the centres of Clyde Street and Abercromby Street to the centre of Gallowgate; thence westwards along the centre of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre of Saltmarket; thence southwards along the centre of Saltmarket to the centre of the River Clyde at the point first described."

In the Representation of the People Act 1918 it was described as-

"That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the centre line of London Road, where the road is crossed by the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence south-westward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to where it joins the Caledonian Railway Branch Line from Dalmarnock to Rutherglen, thence southward along the centre line of the said last-mentioned railway to a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-westward and north-westward along the municipal boundary of the city to a point on the centre line of the River Clyde about 77 yards south-eastward from the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence westward, northward and westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the centre of Albert Bridge thence northward along the centre line of Saltmarket to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence southwestward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Canning Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Canning Street and London Road to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Edward Richard Russell	Liberal
	1887	Sir George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal
	1897	Sir Charles Cameron	Liberal
	1900	Charles Scott Dickson	Unionist
	1906	James William Cleland	Liberal
	1910	Alexander MacCallum Scott	Liberal
	1922	James Maxton	Independent Labour Party
	1946	James Carmichael	Independent Labour Party
	1947[1]		Labour
	1961	James Bennett	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Notes

1. ^ James Carmichael was elected in 1946 as an Independent Labour Party candidate. However, he and the two other ILP MPs defected to the Labour Party in 1947.

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.