Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Central Burgh constituency
Glasgow Central shown within Scotland
Created:	1885, recreated 2005
MP:	Mohammad Sarwar
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	City of Glasgow
EP constituency:	Scotland

Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). In its current form, the constituency was first used in the general election of 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 2.1 1885 to 1997 2.2 2005 to present 3 Election results 3.1 2005 general election 3.2 1992 general election 3.3 1989 by-election 3.4 1987 general election 3.5 1983 general election 3.6 1980 by-election 3.7 1979 general election 3.8 October 1974 general election 3.9 February 1974 general election 3.10 1970 general election 3.11 1966 general election 3.12 1964 general election 3.13 1959 general election 3.14 1955 general election 3.15 1951 general election 3.16 1950 general election 4 Notes and references 4.1 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Glasgow Central is now one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas.

The Central constituency, as defined in 2005, includes parts of the former Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Pollok and Glasgow Rutherglen constituencies.^[1] Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

The new Central constituency sits across the River Clyde, and includes Kelvingrove, Anderston, Merchant City, Calton, Pollokshields and Govanhill areas.

Of the seven Glasgow consituencies, Glasgow Central has the largest ethnic minority population, and is currently represented by Mohammad Sarwar, who is the first Muslim to be elected as a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP).

[edit] Member of Parliament

[edit] 1885 to 1997

• 1885 - 1886: Gilbert Beith, Liberal
• 1886 - 1906: John George Alexander Baird, Conservative
• 1906 - 1909: Andrew Mitchell Torrance, Liberal
• 1909 - 1915: Charles Scott Dickson, Conservative
• 1915 - 1918: John Mackintosh McLeod, Conservative
• 1918 - 1923: Andrew Bonar Law, Conservative
• 1923 - 1945: William Alexander, Conservative
• 1945 - 1950: James Hutchison, Conservative
• 1950 - 1966: James McInnes, Labour
• 1966 - 1980: Thomas McMillan, Labour
• 1980 - 1989: Robert McTaggart, Labour
• 1989 - 1997: Mike Watson, Labour

[edit] 2005 to present

• 2005 - present: Mohammad Sarwar, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2005 general election

General Election 2005: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Sarwar	13,518	48.2	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	4,987	17.8	+8.2
	Scottish National Party	Bill Kidd	4,148	14.8	-6.1
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	1,757	6.3	+0.1
	Scottish Green	Gordon Masterton	1,372	4.9	+4.9
	Scottish Socialist	Marie Gordon	1110	4.0	-2.5
	British National	Walter Hamilton	671	2.4	+2.4
	Socialist Labour	Ian Johnson	255	0.9	+0.5
	Christian Vote	Thomas Greig	139	0.5	+0.5
	Communist	Elinor McKenzie	80	0.3	+0.1
Majority			8,531	30.4
Turnout			28,037	43.8	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

[edit] 1992 general election

General Election 1992: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	17,341	57.2
	Scottish National Party	B. O'Hara	6,322	20.8
	Conservative	E. N. Stewart	4,208	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Rennie	1,921	6.3
	Scottish Green	I. F. Brandt	435	1.4	+0.5
	Communist	T. Burn	106	0.4
Majority			11,019	36.3
Turnout			48,107	63.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1989 by-election

Glasgow Central by-election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	14,480	54.6	-9.9
	Scottish National Party	Alex Neil	8,018	30.2	+20.3
	Conservative	A. Hogarth	2,028	7.6	-5.4
	Scottish Green	I. F. Brandt	1,019	3.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	R. McCreadie	411	1.5	-9.0
	Social Democrat	P. Kerr	253	1.0	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	L. Murdoch	141	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Kidd	137	0.5	N/A
	Workers' Revolutionary	D. Lettice	48	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,462	24.4	-27.1
Turnout				52.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1987 general election

General Election 1987: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	21,619	64.5
	Conservative	B. Jenkin	4,366	13.0
	Liberal	J. Bryden	3,528	10.5
	Scottish National Party	A. Wilson	3,339	10.0
	Green	A. Brooks	290	0.9	N/A
	Communist	J. McGoldrick	265	0.8
	Red Front	D. Owen	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			17,253	51.5
Turnout				65.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1983 general election

General Election 1983: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	17,066	53.0
	Conservative	W. Harvey	6,104	19.0
	Liberal	I. Nelson	5,366	16.7	N/A
	Scottish National Party	P. Mallam	3,300	10.3
	Communist	J. McGoldrick	347	1.1
Majority			10,962	34.1
Turnout				62.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1980 by-election

Glasgow Central by-election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	4,902	60.8	-11.7
	Scottish National Party	Gil Paterson	2,122	26.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Anna McCurley	707	8.8	-7.6
	National Front	John MacKenzie	148	1.8	N/A
	Scottish Young Liberal	Graham Watson	134	1.7	N/A
	Ecology	David Mellor	45	0.6	N/A
	Social Democrat	Donald Kean	10	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,780
Turnout			8,062
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1979 general election

General Election 1979: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	8,542	72.5
	Conservative	F. Saleem	1,937	16.4
	Scottish National Party	S. Bird	1,308	11.1
Majority			6,605	56.0
Turnout				59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] October 1974 general election

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	9,231	63.6
	Scottish National Party	B. Nugent	2,790	19.2
	Conservative	N. Woolfson	1,880	13.0
	Liberal	E. Bennett	605	4.2
Majority			6,441	44.4
Turnout				56.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] February 1974 general election

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	9,400	58.7
	Conservative	M. Gourlay	3,435	21.4
	Scottish National Party	S. Ewing	2,790	19.2
	Liberal	A. Brodie	982	6.1	N/A
Majority			5,965	37.2
Turnout				63.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1970 general election

General Election 1970: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	7,936	66.0
	Conservative	G. Rennie	2,394	19.9
	Scottish National Party	A. McIntosh	1,688	14.1	N/A
Majority			5,542	46.1
Turnout				59.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1966 general election

General Election 1966: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	11,673	74.8
	Conservative	R. Anderson	3,924	25.2
Majority			7,749	49.7
Turnout				58.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1964 general election

General Election 1964: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	13,343	70.2
	Conservative	G. Boyd	5,679	29.9
Majority			7,664	40.3
Turnout				62.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1959 general election

General Election 1959: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	15,918	64.6
	Conservative	I. Barber-Fleming	8,712	35.4
Majority			7,206	29.3
Turnout				67.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1955 general election

General Election 1955: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	16,674	61.8
	Conservative	I. Barber-Fleming	10,307	38.2
Majority			6,367	23.6
Turnout				62.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1951 general election

General Election 1951: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	15,757	58.2
	Conservative	W. Sinclair	10,875	40.2
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	411	1.5
Majority			4,882	18.1
Turnout				74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1950 general election

General Election 1950: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	14,861	54.6
	Conservative	James Hutchison	11,857	43.6
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	485	1.8
Majority			3,004	11.0
Turnout				73.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Fifth Periodical Review, Boundary Commission for Scotland

[edit] See also

• Politics of Glasgow
• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

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