Glasgow Queen's Park (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Queen's Park
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Glasgow Central
Glasgow Rutherglen
Glasgow Cathcart
Created from Glasgow Gorbals
Glasgow Cathcart

Glasgow Queen's Park was a short-lived burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system

Boundaries

The constituency covered part of inner city Glasgow, to the south of the River Clyde and in the south-west of the city.

It comprised the Glasgow City Council wards of Gorbals, Govanhill, Hutchesontown and part of Langside. Before the February 1974 general election, the area had formed the major part of the Glasgow Gorbals constituency (Gorbals, Hutchesontown and part of Govanhill wards) and part of Glasgow Cathcart (the rest of Govanhill and Langside wards).[1]

In the redistribution, which took effect at the 1983 general election, the seat was abolished. 675 voters (2.0% of its electorate) were transferred to Glasgow Cathcart, 27,528 electors became part of Glasgow Central constituency (79.7%) and the remaining 6,332 voters (18.4%) were included in the electorate of the Glasgow Rutherglen seat.[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974 Frank McElhone Labour
1982 by-election Helen McElhone Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 15,883 56.2 N/A
Conservative William Shearer 7,517 26.6 N/A
SNP David MacKellar 4,394 15.6 N/A
Communist John Kay 372 1.3 N/A
International Marxist Bob Purdie 90 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,366 29.6 N/A
Turnout 28,256 73.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Registered electors 38,567
General Election October 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 14,574 56.1 -0.1
SNP David MacKellar 5,660 21.8 +6.2
Conservative Ian MacKinnon 4,421 17.0 -9.6
Liberal Moira Aitchison 966 3.7 N/A
Communist John Kay 354 1.4 +0.1
Majority 8,914 34.3 +4.7
Turnout 25,975 67.0 -6.3
Labour hold Swing N/A
Registered electors 38,776
General Election 1979: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 15,120 64.4 +8.3
Conservative Julius Collins 5,642 24.0 +7.0
SNP Philip Greene 2,276 9.7 -12.1
Communist John Kay 263 1.1 -0.3
Workers Revolutionary Jean Kerrigan 99 0.4 N/A
Socialist Unity W. MacLellan 92 0.4 N/A
Majority 9,478 40.4 +6.1
Turnout 23,492 68.4 +1.4
Labour hold Swing N/A
Registered electors 34,332
By-Election 2 December 1982: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen McElhone 8,851 56.0 -8.4
SNP Peter Mallan 3,157 20.0 +10.3
Conservative D.J. Carlaw 1,888 12.0 -12.0
Liberal Graham Watson 1,487 9.4 N/A
Communist John Kay 339 2.1 +1.0
Independent John Connell 40 0.3 N/A
Scottish Republican Socialist A.H. Tennent 39 0.2 N/A
Majority 5,694 36.0 -4.4
Turnout 15,701 47.0 -21.4
Labour hold Swing N/A
Registered electors 33,641

References

  1. ↑ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  2. ↑ The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
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