Glasgow St. Rollox (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow St Rollox
Burgh constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Glasgow St. Rollox was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1950. It is referenced in Franz Ferdinand's song "The Fallen" as an area where the protagonist of the story spends much of his time.

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[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 Springburn Road and Parliamentary Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Parliamentary Road to the centre line of Buchanan Street, thence northward along the centre line of Buchanan Street to the centre line of Cowcaddens, thence northwestward along the centre line of Cowcaddens, New City Road and Great Western Road to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence northward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of Belmont Street, thence northeastward along the centre line of Belmont Street to the centre line of Carlton Gardens, thence eastward along the centre line of Carlton Gardens and Raeberry Street to the centre line of New City Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Well Road and continuation thereof to the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the centre line of Possil Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Possil Road to the centre line of Saracen Street, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Keppochhill Road to the centre of the North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line), thence south-westward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of Fountainwell Road, thence south-eastward along the centre line of Fountainwell Road to the centre line of Springburn Road, thence southward along the centre line of Springburn Road to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 1935: Glasgow St Rollox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Leonard 16,708
Conservative H. Black 10,411
General Election 1931: Glasgow St Rollox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Leonard 13,545
Conservative F. Shoesmith 12,734
Scottish National Party Miss E. Campbell 4,021
General Election 1906: St Rollox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas McKinnon Wood 9,453 61.0
Conservative John Wilson 6,045 39.0
General Election 1886: St Rollox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist James Caldwell 4,788
Liberal Peter Stuart MacLiver 4,669
General Election 1885: St Rollox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John McCulloch 4,952
Conservative John Neilson Cuthbertson 4,824

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