Glasgow Partick (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Partick
Burgh constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons

Glasgow Partick was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1950.

[edit] Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence south-westward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde, to the municipal boundary, thence northward and north-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • 1885 Alexander Craig Sellar, Liberal Unionist
  • 1890 James Parker Smith, Liberal Unionist
  • 1906 Sir Robert Balfour, Liberal
  • 1922 Sir Robert John Collie,
  • 1923 Andrew Young, Co-operative
  • 1924 George Humphrey Maurice Broun-Lindsay, Conservative
  • 1929 Adam Storey McKinlay, Labour
  • 1931 Charles Glen MacAndrew, later Baron MacAndrew, Conservative
  • 1935 Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 1935: Glasgow Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maj Charles MacAndrew 18,904
Labour Adam Storey McKinlay 11,252
General Election 1931: Glasgow Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Young 15,616
Labour Adam Storey McKinlay 13,316
General Election 1906: Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Balfour 9,477
Conservative Rt Hon James Parker Smith 7,960