Glasgow Gorbals (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Gorbals
Type = Burgh
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Glasgow Gorbals was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1918 until 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.

Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "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 River Clyde about 77 yards east of the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence southwestward along the municipal boundary to the centre of the Caledonian Railway Main Line from Glasgow to Rutherglen, thence north-westward along the centre line of the said Caledonian Railway to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, thence south-westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of Victoria Road, thence northward along the centre line of Victoria Road, Eglinton Street, Bridge Street and Glasgow Bridge to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank McElhone
votes = 10,260
percentage = 69.3
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Shearer
votes = 3,071
percentage = 20.8
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Brady
votes = 1,089
percentage = 7.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 376
percentage = 2.5
change = -1.6Election box majority
votes = 7,189
percentage = 48.6
change = -1.6Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 59.7
change = -2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank McElhone
votes = 7,834
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Brady
votes = 3,671
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Shearer
votes = 2,732
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 361
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Workers (Scotland)
candidate = Matthew Lygate
votes = 72
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,163
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 14,453
percentage = 73.1
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. C. Hunter
votes = 4,513
percentage = 22.8
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = M. A. Hunter
votes = 819
percentage = 4.1
change = -1.5Election box majority
votes = 9,940
percentage = 50.2
change = +1.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 61.7
change = -2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 16,931
percentage = 71.4
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. C. Hunter
votes = 5,455
percentage = 23.0
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = M. A. Hunter
votes = 1,339
percentage = 5.6
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 11,476
percentage = 48.4
change = +15.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 64.5
change = -3.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1950s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 20,731
percentage = 63.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. C. Hunter
votes = 10,072
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Peter Kerrigan
votes = 1,932
percentage = 5.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 10,659
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 68.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 22,567
percentage = 61.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. B. Thomson
votes = 11,839
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Peter Kerrigan
votes = 2,491
percentage = 6.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 10,728
percentage = 29.1
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 65.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 25,288
percentage = 61.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. A. Young
votes = 13,069
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Peter Kerrigan
votes = 2,553
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 12,219
percentage = 29.9
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 24,010
percentage = 58.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. A. Young
votes = 13,013
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Peter Kerrigan
votes = 2,426
percentage = 5.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Anti-Partition of Ireland League
candidate = W. McGuinness
votes = 1,920
percentage = 4.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 10.997
percentage = 26.6
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.8
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 = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Cullen
votes = 13,706
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. Roxburgh
votes = 7,181
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Peter Kerrigan
votes = 4,233
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Buchanan
votes = 21,073
percentage = 80.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = I. A. MacTaggart
votes = 5,269
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,804
percentage = 60.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 56.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = George Buchanan
votes = 22,860
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = M. Bloch
votes = 5,824
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A. Burnett
votes = 1,786
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = George Buchanan
votes = 19,278
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = M. Bloch
votes = 11,264
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Harry McShane
votes = 2,626
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 = George Buchanan
votes = 16,478
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = B. Harper
votes = 8,276
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent Communist
candidate = John Maclean
votes = 4,027
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1910s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party
candidate = George Nicoll Barnes
votes = 14,347
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Maclean
votes = 7,436
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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