Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	Two (1832–1868) Three (1868–1885)
Replaced by	Blackfriars & Hutchesontown Bridgeton Camlachie College Central St Rollox Tradeston
Created from	Clyde Burghs

Glasgow was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It returned two Member of Parliament (MPs) until 1868, and then three from 1868 to 1885. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.

History

Until 1832, Glasgow had been one of the parliamentary burghs in the Clyde Burghs constituency (also known as "Glasgow Burghs"), which was abolished by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832. The Act created the new Glasgow constituency with two seats, which was increased to three by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was finally divided into seven new single-seat constituencies, with effect from the 1885 general election:

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party	3rd Member		3rd Party
1832		James Ewing of Strathleven	Liberal	James Oswald of Shieldhall	Liberal	Only two seats until 1868
1835		Colin Dunlop	Liberal
Feb 1836 by-election		Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	Liberal
May 1837 by-election		Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	Liberal	John Dennistoun	Liberal
Jun 1839 by-election		James Oswald of Shieldhall	Liberal	John Dennistoun	Liberal
1847		John McGregor	Liberal	Alexander Hastie	Liberal
Mar 1857 by-election		Walter Buchanan	Liberal	Alexander Hastie	Liberal
1857		Walter Buchanan	Liberal	Robert Dalglish	Liberal
1865		William Graham	Liberal
1868		William Graham	Liberal				George Anderson	Liberal
1874		Sir Charles Cameron	Liberal	Alexander Whitelaw	Liberal
Jul 1879 by-election				Charles Clow Tennant	Liberal
1880				Robert Tweedie Middleton	Liberal
Mar 1885 by-election				Robert Tweedie Middleton	Liberal		Thomas Russell	Liberal
1885	Constituency abolished by Redistribution of Seats Act

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 546–547. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire