Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Bridgeton
Type = Burgh
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Glasgow Bridgeton was a parliamentary constituency city of Glasgow. From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.For many years it was represented by the leader of the Independent Labour Party James Maxton whose policies were to the left of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

The constituency was described in the Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions Act 1896 as being-

:"The area within a line beginning at a point in the centre of Albert Bridge, where the same intersects the centre line of the River Clyde, and thence proceeding eastwards along the centre of that river till it meets the parliamentary boundary of the city at Harvie's Dyke; thence northwards along the said parliamentary boundary to the centre of London Road; thence westwards along the centres of London Road and Canning Street to a point opposite the centre of Clyde Street; thence northwards along the centres of Clyde Street and Abercromby Street to the centre of Gallowgate; thence westwards along the centre of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre of Saltmarket; thence southwards along the centre of Saltmarket to the centre of the River Clyde at the point first described."

In the Representation of the People Act 1918 it was described as-

:"That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the centre line of London Road, where the road is crossed by the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence south-westward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to where it joins the Caledonian Railway Branch Line from Dalmarnock to Rutherglen, thence southward along the centre line of the said last-mentioned railway to a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-westward and north-westward along the municipal boundary of the city to a point on the centre line of the River Clyde about 77 yards south-eastward from the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence westward, northward and westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the centre of Albert Bridge thence northward along the centre line of Saltmarket to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence southwestward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Canning Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Canning Street and London Road to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Carmichael
votes = 21,048
percentage = 63.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. J. Docherty
votes = 12,139
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,909
percentage = 26.8
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 68.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Carmichael
votes = 20,476
percentage = 57.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = P. Cowcher
votes = 12,375
percentage = 34.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = G. Stone
votes = 2,619
percentage = 7.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,101
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 66.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Carmichael
votes = 21,307
percentage = 63.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. A. Thomson
votes = 10,382
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = R. Duncan
votes = 1,796
percentage = 5.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 10,925
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Carmichael
votes = 20,268
percentage = 59.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = F. Irwin
votes = 11,025
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = R. Duncan
votes = 1,974
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = D. Kelly
votes = 858
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 9,243
percentage = 27.1
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour Party
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1940s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = James Carmichael
votes = 6,351
percentage = 34.3
change = - 32.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Wheatley
votes = 5,180
percentage = 28.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = V. Warren
votes = 3,987
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = M. Wood
votes = 2,575
percentage = 13.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = United Socialist Movement
candidate = Guy Aldred
votes = 405
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,171
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 18,498
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 13,220
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Brooman-White
votes = 6,695
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,525
percentage = 32.8
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 58.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 17,691
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. D. MacInnes Shaw
votes = 8,951
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = S. Maclaren
votes = 594
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 16,630
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dr Catherine Gavin
votes = 11,941
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 21,033
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = M. J. McCracken
votes = 10,049
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 16,850
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = M. J. McCracken
votes = 10,633
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 15,735
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. B. Black
votes = 6,101
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = T. R. Anderson
votes = 2,445
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 17,890
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander MacCallum Scott
votes = 10,198
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Coalition Liberal
swing =

Elections in the 1910s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Liberal
candidate = Alexander MacCallum Scott
votes = 10,887
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Maxton
votes = 7,860
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = E. A. Murray
votes = 991
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Liberal
swing =

Elections in the 1900s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John William Cleland
votes = 5,585
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon Charles Scott Dickson KC
votes = 4,019
percentage = 41.8
change =

Elections in the 1890s

Having accepted office as Secretary for Scotland, George Otto Trevelyan was returned unopposed at a by-election on 24 August 1892. [ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 ]

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan
votes = 4,729
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Charles Maughan
votes = 3,351
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 10,519

Elections in the 1880s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan
votes = 4,654
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Hon Evelyn Ashley
votes = 3,253
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Richard Russell
votes = 4,364
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Mackenzie
votes = 3,567
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Richard Russell
votes = 3,601
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elphinstone Vans Agnew Maitland
votes = 3,478
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Forsyth
votes = 978
percentage =
change =

Notes

See also

Notes and references

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