Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Kelvingrove
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow
1918–1983
Number of members One

Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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 line of New City Road and Scott Street, thence southward along the centre line of Scott Street, Pitt Street and McAlpine Street and continuation thereof to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to its intersection with the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence north-eastward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of Great Western Road, thence southeastward along the centre line of Great Western Road and New City Road to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election Member [1] Party
1918 John MacLeod Coalition Conservative
1922 William Hutchison Unionist
1924 by-election Walter Elliot Unionist
1945 John Lloyd Williams Labour
1950 Walter Elliot Unionist
1958 by-election Mary McAlister Labour
1959 Frank Lilley Unionist
1964 Maurice Miller Labour
Feb 1974 Neil Carmichael Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Carmichael 11,567 42.8
Conservative J Rennie 7,448 27.6
SNP C Calman 6,274 23.2
Liberal S Glasgow 1,735 6.4
General Election February 1974: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Carmichael 13,115 44.5
Conservative ART Kenyon 10,717 36.3
SNP C MacKellar 5,666 19.2
General Election 1970: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Miller 6,106 53.7
Conservative R Dundas 5,274 46.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Miller 9,311 57.8
Conservative Frank Lilley 6,793 42.2
General Election 1964: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Miller 10,340 54.1
Conservative Frank Lilley 8,791 45.9

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frank Lilley 12,355 50.7
Labour Mary McAlister 11,254 46.2
Ind. Labour Party WC Park 740 3.0
Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary McAlister 10,210 48.00 +3.38
Conservative Katharine Elliot 8,850 41.61 -13.77
Independent Liberal David Murray 1,622 7.63 N/A
Ind. Labour Party WC Park 587 2.76 N/A
Majority 1,360
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1955: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 14,854 55.4
Labour John Williams 11,966 44.6
General Election 1951: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,837 52.4
Labour John Williams 14,406 47.6
General Election 1950: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,197 49.6
Labour John Williams 13,973 45.6
Liberal Sydney John Ranger 831 2.7
SNP Christopher Murray Grieve 639 2.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Williams 12,273 46.0
Unionist Walter Elliot 12,185 45.7
SNP Christopher Murray Grieve 1,314 4.9
Liberal Charles John Edwin Morgan 919 3.4

Elections in the 1930s

Walter Elliot
General Election 1935: Glasgow Kelvingrove [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,100
Labour Hector McNeil 14,951
Liberal Henry George Rae 1,004
General Election 1931: Glasgow Kelvingrove[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 21,481
Labour A. Winning 12,415

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Glasgow Kelvingrove [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 18,034
Labour T.A. Kerr 12,844
By-election May 1924: Glasgow Kelvingrove [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 15,488
Labour Aitken Ferguson 11,167
Liberal Sir John Pratt 1,372
General Election 1923: Glasgow Kelvingrove [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Hutchison 11,025
Communist Aitken Ferguson 10,021
Liberal A.J. Grieve 4,662

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Glasgow Kelvingrove [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative John MacLeod 13,648
Independent W.C. Leachman 5,012
Liberal G. McPherson 2,582

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  4. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Alamanac, 1927
  5. ↑ The Times, 26 May 1924
  6. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920