Glasgow Queen's Park (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Queen's Park
Type = Burgh
Year = 1974
Abolition = 1983
members = one

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.

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). [ "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) ]

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. [ "The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", (Parliamentary Research Services 1983) ]

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election February 1974: Glasgow Queen's ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank McElhone
votes = 15,883
percentage = 56.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Shearer
votes = 7,517
percentage = 26.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David MacKellar
votes = 4,394
percentage = 15.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 372
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = International Marxist Group
candidate = R.M. Purdie
votes = 90
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,366
percentage = 29.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 28,256
percentage = 73.3
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = New seat
swing = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 38,567

Election box begin
title=General Election October 1974: Glasgow Queen's ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank McElhone
votes = 14,574
percentage = 56.1
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David MacKellar
votes = 5,660
percentage = 21.8
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian MacKinnon
votes = 4,421
percentage = 17.0
change = -9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Moira Aitchison
votes = 966
percentage = 3.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 354
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 8,914
percentage = 34.3
change = +4.7Election box turnout
votes = 25,975
percentage = 67.0
change = -6.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 38,776

Election box begin
title=General Election 1979: Glasgow Queen's ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank McElhone
votes = 15,120
percentage = 64.4
change = +8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julius Collins
votes = 5,642
percentage = 24.0
change = +7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Philip Greene
votes = 2,276
percentage = 9.7
change = -12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 263
percentage = 1.1
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Kerrigan
votes = 99
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Unity (UK)
candidate = W. MacLellan
votes = 92
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,478
percentage = 40.4
change = +6.1Election box turnout
votes = 23,492
percentage = 68.4
change = +1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 34,332

* "Death of Frank McElhone"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 2 December 1982: Glasgow Queen's ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Helen McElhone
votes = 8,851
percentage = 56.0
change = -8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Peter Mallan
votes = 3,157
percentage = 20.0
change = +10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = D.J. Carlaw
votes = 1,888
percentage = 12.0
change = -12.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = G. Watson
votes = 1,487
percentage = 9.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = John Kay
votes = 339
percentage = 2.1
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Connell
votes = 40
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Republican Socialist Party
candidate = A.H. Tennent
votes = 39
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,694
percentage = 36.0
change = -4.4Election box turnout
votes = 15,701
percentage = 47.0
change = -21.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 33,641

See also

* Glasgow Queen's Park by-election, 1982

References

* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984).

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