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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.
[edit] Boundaries
In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point at the intersection of the centre lines of Parliamentary Road and Castle Street, thence southward along the centre line of Castle Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade to the centre line of Firpark Street, thence southward along the centre line of Firpark Street and Ark Lane to the centre line of Duke Street, thence westward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence southward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Saltmarket, thence southward along the centre line of Saltmarket and Albert Bridge to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to a point in line with the centre line of McAlpine Street, thence northward along the centre line of McAlpine Street, Pitt Street and Scott Street to the centre line of New City Road, thence south-eastward along the centre line of New City Road and Cowcaddens to the centre line of Buchanan Street, thence southward along the centre line of Buchanan Street to the centre line of Parliamentary Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Parliamentary Road to the point of commencement."
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
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2005 general election
[edit] 1992 general election
[edit] 1989 by-election
[edit] 1987 general election
[edit] 1983 general election
[edit] 1980 by-election
[edit] 1979 general election
[edit] October 1974 general election
[edit] February 1974 general election
[edit] 1970 general election
[edit] 1966 general election
[edit] 1964 general election
[edit] 1959 general election
[edit] 1955 general election
[edit] 1951 general election
[edit] 1950 general election
[edit] 1935 General Election
[edit] 1931 General Election
[edit] 1906 general election
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Fifth Periodical Review, Boundary Commission for Scotland
[edit] See also
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| Liberal Democrat |
Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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| SNP |
Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
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| Conservative and Unionist |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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| Speaker |
Glasgow North East
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| Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) |
