Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)
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Glasgow Pollok | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1918–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Glasgow South West |
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. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
1918-1945: "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."
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1918 | Sir John Gilmour | Unionist | |
1940 by-election | Thomas Galbraith | Unionist | |
1955 | Sir John George | Unionist | |
1964 | Alex Garrow | Labour | |
1967 by-election | Esmond Wright | Conservative | |
1970 | James White | Labour | |
1987 | Jimmy Dunnachie | Labour | |
1997 | Ian Davidson | Labour Co-operative | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 15,497 | 61.3 | +1.4 | |
SNP | 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 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Davidson | 19,653 | 59.9 | +16.5 | |
SNP | David Logan | 5,862 | 17.9 | +2.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 3,639 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edwin S. Hamilton | 1,979 | 6.0 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David M. Jago | 1,137 | 3.5 | −2.5 | |
ProLife Alliance | Miss Monica Gott | 380 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Derek G. Haldane | 152 | 0.46 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,791 | 42.0 | +17.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,802 | 66.5 | −4.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Dunnachie | 14,170 | 43.4 | −19.7 | |
Scottish Militant Labour | Tommy Sheridan | 6,287 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Russell Gray | 5,147 | 15.8 | +1.5 | |
SNP | George A. Leslie | 5,107 | 15.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | David M. Jago | 1,932 | 5.9 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 7,883 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 32,643 | 70.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Dunnachie | 23,239 | 63.1 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Gillian Renwick French | 5,256 | 14.3 | −6.2 | |
Liberal | James Chalmers Shearer | 4,445 | 12.0 | −5.4 | |
SNP | Andrew Doig | 3,528 | 9.6 | −0.3 | |
Green | Derek Fogg | 362 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,983 | 48.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,830 | 71.7 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James White | 18,973 | 52.2 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | D.J. Carlaw | 7,441 | 20.5 | −8.2 | |
Liberal | G. McKell | 6,308 | 17.4 | +8.4 | |
SNP | F. Hannigan | 3,585 | 9.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 11,532 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,307 | 68.2 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James White | 21,420 | 49.25 | +5.78 | |
Conservative | D.A. Roser | 12,928 | 29.72 | +2.75 | |
SNP | A, McIntosh | 4,187 | 9.63 | -14.65 | |
Liberal | G McKell | 3,946 | 9.07 | +3.79 | |
Independent Labour | NG Armstrong | 869 | 2.00 | ||
National Front | I Skinner | 104 | 0.24 | ||
Independent Democrat | RB Hilton | 41 | 0.09 | ||
Majority | 8,492 | 19.52 | |||
Turnout | 43,494 | 73.68 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James White | 18,695 | 43.46 | -2.65 | |
Conservative | Peter Malone | 11,604 | 26.98 | -11.69 | |
SNP | David MacQuarrie | 10,441 | 24.27 | +9.88 | |
Liberal | William Clark Todd | 2,274 | 5.29 | ||
Majority | 7,091 | 16.49 | |||
Turnout | 43,014 | 72.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James White | 21,090 | 46.11 | ||
Conservative | Ian Bruce Lang | 17,684 | 38.67 | ||
SNP | Matthew D'Arcy Conyers | 6,584 | 14.40 | ||
Communist | Thomas Biggam | 377 | 0.82 | ||
Majority | 3,406 | 7.45 | |||
Turnout | 45,735 | 77.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James White | 19,311 | 46.25 | ||
Conservative | E Wright | 18,708 | 44.81 | ||
SNP | GA Leslie | 3,733 | 8.94 | ||
Majority | 603 | 1.44 | |||
Turnout | 72.46 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Prof Esmond Wright | 14,270 | 36.92 | -10.64 | |
Labour | Richard Giles Douglas | 12,069 | 31.22 | -21.22 | |
SNP | George Andrew Leslie | 10,884 | 28.16 | N/A | |
Liberal | I.D. Miller | 735 | 1.90 | N/A | |
Communist | A.C. Murray | 694 | 1.80 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Garrow | 21,257 | 52.44 | ||
Conservative | P T Smollett | 19,282 | 47.56 | ||
Majority | 1,975 | 4,87 | - |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alexander Garrow | 18,089 | 44.61 | +3.38 | |
Unionist | Robert D Kernohan | 17,793 | 43.88 | -14.89 | |
Liberal | Roger N Straker | 4,670 | 11.52 | N/A | |
Majority | 296 | 0.73 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,552 | 77.84 | -1.08 | ||
Registered electors | 52,094 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.14 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir John Clarke George | 24,338 | 58.77 | -2.54 | |
Labour | John M Smith | 17,072 | 41.23 | +2.54 | |
Majority | 7,266 | 17.55 | -5.07 | ||
Turnout | 41,410 | 78.92 | +3.43 | ||
Registered electors | 52,472 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.54 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir John Clarke George | 23,975 | 61.31 | +5.87 | |
Labour | Alexander E Macarthur | 15,130 | 38.69 | -5.87 | |
Majority | 8,845 | 22.62 | +11.74 | ||
Turnout | 39,105 | 75.49 | -6.98 | ||
Registered electors | 51,800 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Dunlop Galbraith | 28,787 | 55.44 | -0.90 | |
Labour | J Smith Clarke | 23,136 | 44.56 | +5.73 | |
Majority | 5,651 | 10.88 | -6.64 | ||
Turnout | 51,923 | 82.47 | +1.16 | ||
Registered electors | 62,963 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Dunlop Galbraith | 20,052 | 56.34 | -7.11 | |
Labour | J Smith Clarke | 17,263 | 38.83 | +5.23 | |
Liberal | A Anderson | 2,148 | 4.83 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,789 | 17.52 | -26.68 | ||
Turnout | 44,463 | 81.31 | +13.00 | ||
Registered electors | 54,685 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.17 |
Elections of the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Dunlop Galbraith | 20,072 | 63.45 | -8.65 | |
Labour | AB Mackay | 10,630 | 33.60 | +5.70 | |
Common Wealth | AV Youldon | 932 | 2.95 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,442 | 44.20 | -14.35 | ||
Turnout | 31,634 | 68.31 | -1.77 | ||
Registered electors | 46,312 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.18 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Comm Thomas Galbraith | 17,850 | |||
Ind. Labour Party | J. Nicholson | 2,401 |
Elections of the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lt Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt GCVO DSO | 22,408 | 72.10 | -9.35 | |
Labour | J. McInnes | 8,670 | 27.90 | +9.35 | |
Majority | 13,738 | 44.20 | -18.71 | ||
Turnout | 31,078 | 70.08 | -7.07 | ||
Registered electors | 44,348 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt DSO | 27,772 | 81.45 | +12.3 | |
Labour | John Rankin | 6,323 | 18.55 | -12.2 | |
Majority | 21,449 | 62.91 | +24.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,095 | 77.15 | |||
Registered electors | 44,192 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.25 |
Elections of the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour | 22,328 | 69.2 | ||
Labour | W. Muter | 9,936 | 30.8 | ||
Majority | 12,392 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,264 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour | 20,622 | |||
Labour | John Rankin | 6,749 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour | 14,013 | |||
Labour | John Rankin | 6,836 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour | 14,920 | 63.9 | n/a | |
Labour | Alexander Burns Mackay | 5,759 | 24.7 | n/a | |
Liberal | T R Anderson | 2,658 | 11.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,161 | 39.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 23,337 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
At a by-election in April 1921, Sir John Gilmour was returned unopposed [29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Conservative | Col John Gilmour DSO | unopposed |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/631.htm
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- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
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- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
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