Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Pollok
Burgh constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 2005
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Glasgow Pollok was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005, when it was replaced by Glasgow South West.

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[edit] Boundaries

From 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 Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, thence eastward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway and the Caledonian Railway to the centre line of Shields Road, thence southward along the centre line of Shields Road to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Paisley Canal Line), thence, eastward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of Eglinton Street, thence southward along the centre line of Eglinton Street and Victoria Road to the centre line of Queen's Drive, thence southward along the centre line of the main avenue in the Queen's Park to the centre line of Langside Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Langside Road to the centre line of Millbrae Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Millbrae Road and Langside Road to the centre line of the River Cart at Millbrae Bridge, thence westward and north-westward along the centre line of the River Cart to the centre line of Kilmarnock Road, thence southward along the centre line of Kilmarnock Road to the municipal boundary, thence northwestward, south-westward, northward, westward and northward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Results

General Election 2001: Glasgow Pollok
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Ian Davidson 15,497 61.3 +1.4
Scottish National Party David Ritchie 4,229 16.7 -1.1
Scottish Socialist Keith Baldassara 2,522 10.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Isabel Nelson 1,612 6.4 +2.9
Conservative Rory O’Brien 1,417 5.6 -0.4
Majority 11,268 44.6
Turnout 25,277 51.4 -15.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing


By-election 1940: Glasgow Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Comm Thomas Galbraith 17,850
Ind. Labour Party J. Nicholson 2,401
General Election 1931: Glasgow Pollok
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt DSO 27,772
Labour John Rankin 6,323

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