Glasgow St Rollox (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow St Rollox | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City and royal burgh of Glasgow County of city of Glasgow |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glasgow |
Replaced by | Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Woodside |
Glasgow St. Rollox was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency covered Glasgow's Cowcaddens and Woodside wards. In 1950, the constituency was extended to include North Kelvin ward, and the name was changed to Glasgow Woodside.
It is referenced in Franz Ferdinand's song "The Fallen" as an area where the protagonist of the story spends much of his time.
Boundaries
[edit]The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Fifth Municipal Ward, and the Third Municipal Ward, except so much as is comprised in the Camlachie Division.[1]
In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point at the intersection of Springburn Road and Parliamentary Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Parliamentary Road to the centre line of Buchanan Street, thence northward along the centre line of Buchanan Street to the centre line of Cowcaddens, thence northwestward along the centre line of Cowcaddens, New City Road and Great Western Road to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence northward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of Belmont Street, thence northeastward along the centre line of Belmont Street to the centre line of Carlton Gardens, thence eastward along the centre line of Carlton Gardens and Raeberry Street to the centre line of New City Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Well Road and continuation thereof to the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the centre line of Possil Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Possil Road to the centre line of Saracen Street, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Keppochhill Road to the centre of the North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line), thence south-westward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of Fountainwell Road, thence south-eastward along the centre line of Fountainwell Road to the centre line of Springburn Road, thence southward along the centre line of Springburn Road to the point of commencement."
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John McCulloch | 4,950 | 50.64 | ||
Conservative | John Neilson Cuthbertson | 4,824 | 49.36 | ||
Majority | 126 | 1.28 | |||
Turnout | 9,774 | 81.96 | |||
Registered electors | 11,926 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | James Caldwell | 4,788 | 50.62 | +1.26 | |
Liberal | Peter Stuart MacLiver | 4,669 | 49.37 | −1.27 | |
Majority | 119 | 1.25 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,457 | 79.30 | −2.66 | ||
Registered electors | 11,926 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.27 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Carmichael | 6,247 | 56.09 | +6.72 | |
Liberal Unionist | Hugh Elliot | 4,891 | 43.91 | −6.71 | |
Majority | 1,356 | 12.18 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,138 | 80.80 | +1.50 | ||
Registered electors | 13,785 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +6.71 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ferdinand Begg | 4,561 | 49.76 | +5.85 | |
Liberal | James Carmichael | 4,200 | 45.82 | −10.27 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Evans Woolacott | 405 | 4.42 | New | |
Majority | 361 | 3.94 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,166 | 62.25 | −18.55 | ||
Registered electors | 14,724 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.06 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | 6,232 | 50.75 | +0.99 | |
Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 6,049 | 49.25 | +3.43 | |
Majority | 183 | 1.50 | −2.44 | ||
Turnout | 12,281 | 72.69 | +10.44 | ||
Registered electors | 16,896 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −1.22 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 9,453 | 60.98 | +11.73 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | 6,048 | 39.02 | −11.73 | |
Majority | 3,405 | 21.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,501 | 80.28 | +7.59 | ||
Registered electors | 19,309 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +11.73 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 10,019 | 59.50 | −1.48 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Robert Chamberlayne | 6,821 | 40.50 | +1.48 | |
Majority | 3,198 | 19.00 | −2.96 | ||
Turnout | 16,840 | 86.00 | +5.72 | ||
Registered electors | 19,581 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.48 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 9,291 | 55.75 | −3.75 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Robert Chamberlayne | 7,374 | 44.25 | +3.75 | |
Majority | 1,917 | 11.50 | −7.50 | ||
Turnout | 16,665 | 83.67 | −2.33 | ||
Registered electors | 19,918 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 8,530 | 51.41 | −4.34 | |
Liberal Unionist | Frederick Alexander Macquisten | 8,061 | 48.59 | +4.34 | |
Majority | 469 | 2.82 | −8.68 | ||
Turnout | 16,591 | 82.63 | −1.04 | ||
Registered electors | 20,079 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Gideon Oliphant-Murray | 10,844 | 58.58 | +14.33 |
Labour | James Stewart | 6,147 | 33.21 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas McKinnon Wood | 1,521 | 8.22 | −47.53 | |
Majority | 4,697 | 25.37 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,512 | 48.16 | −35.51 | ||
Registered electors | 38,439 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Stewart | 16,114 | 56.58 | +23.37 | |
Unionist | James Brown Couper | 10,343 | 36.31 | −22.27 | |
Liberal | James Alexander Fleming | 2,025 | 7.11 | −1.11 | |
Majority | 5,771 | 20.27 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,482 | 76.68 | +28.52 | ||
Registered electors | 37,145 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +22.82 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Stewart | 15,240 | 62.35 | +5.77 | |
Unionist | Violet Mary Craig Roberton | 9,204 | 37.65 | +1.34 | |
Majority | 6,036 | 24.70 | +4.43 | ||
Turnout | 24,444 | 65.64 | −11.04 | ||
Registered electors | 37,238 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Stewart | 16,299 | 59.19 | −3.16 | |
Liberal | James Johnston | 11,238 | 40.81 | +3.16 | |
Majority | 5,061 | 18.38 | −6.32 | ||
Turnout | 27,537 | 74.31 | +8.67 | ||
Registered electors | 37,059 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.16 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Stewart | 19,445 | 61.75 | +2.56 | |
Unionist | A.N. Forman | 11,430 | 36.30 | New | |
Communist | George Middleton | 613 | 1.95 | New | |
Majority | 8,015 | 25.45 | +7.07 | ||
Turnout | 31,488 | 71.99 | −2.32 | ||
Registered electors | 43,742 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 10,044 | 45.19 | −16.56 | |
Unionist | J.A. Kennedy | 8,662 | 38.97 | +2.67 | |
National (Scotland) | Elma Campbell | 3,521 | 15.84 | New | |
Majority | 1,382 | 6.22 | −19.23 | ||
Turnout | 22,227 | 54.06 | −17.93 | ||
Registered electors | 41,112 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −9.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 13,545 | 44.70 | −17.05 | |
Unionist | Fred Shoesmith | 12,734 | 42.03 | +5.73 | |
National (Scotland) | Elma Campbell | 4,021 | 13.27 | N/A | |
Majority | 811 | 2.67 | −22.78 | ||
Turnout | 30,300 | 74.16 | +2.17 | ||
Registered electors | 40,858 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −11.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 16,708 | 61.61 | +16.91 | |
Unionist | H Black | 10,411 | 38.39 | −3.64 | |
Majority | 6,297 | 23.22 | +20.55 | ||
Turnout | 27,119 | 67.82 | −6.34 | ||
Registered electors | 39,986 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −10.28 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 14,520 | 62.93 | +1.32 | |
Unionist | William Milligan | 8,553 | 37.07 | −1.32 | |
Majority | 5,967 | 25.86 | +2.64 | ||
Turnout | 23,073 | 61.13 | −6.69 | ||
Registered electors | 37,745 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.32 |
References
[edit]- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 508. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 596. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1924
- ^ The Times, 9 May 1931
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939