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| Glasgow Gorbals | |
|---|---|
| Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow |
| 1918–1974 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Mid Lanarkshire |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Queen's Park, Glasgow Govan[1] |
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
The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist 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."[2]
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals and Hutchesontown, and part of Govanhill ward.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals and Hutchesontown, and parts of Govanhill and Kingston wards.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | George Barnes | Coalition Labour | |
| 1922 | George Buchanan | Labour | |
| 1931 | Ind. Labour | ||
| 1939 | Labour Party | ||
| 1948 by-election | Alice Cullen | Labour | |
| 1969 by-election | Frank McElhone | Labour | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Glasgow Queen's Park | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 10,260 | 69.3 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | William Shearer | 3,071 | 20.8 | -2.0 | |
| SNP | Thomas Brady | 1,089 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| Communist | John Kay | 376 | 2.5 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 7,189 | 48.6 | -1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 14,796 | 59.7 | -2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 7,834 | 53.4 | -19.7 | |
| SNP | Thomas Brady | 3,671 | 25.0 | New | |
| Conservative | William Shearer | 2,732 | 18.6 | -4.2 | |
| Communist | John Kay | 361 | 2.5 | -1.6 | |
| Workers (Scotland) | Matt Lygate | 72 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 4,163 | 28.4 | -21.8 | ||
| Turnout | 14,670 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice Cullen | 14,453 | 73.1 | +1.7 | |
| Conservative | William C Hunter | 4,513 | 22.8 | -0.2 | |
| Communist | Margaret Hunter | 819 | 4.1 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 9,940 | 50.2 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 19,785 | 61.7 | -2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice Cullen | 16,931 | 71.4 | +8.1 | |
| Unionist | William C Hunter | 5,455 | 23.0 | -7.8 | |
| Communist | Margaret Hunter | 1,339 | 5.6 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,476 | 48.4 | +15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 23,725 | 64.5 | -3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice Cullen | 20,731 | 63.3 | +2.1 | |
| Unionist | William C Hunter | 10,072 | 30.8 | -1.3 | |
| Communist | Peter Kerrigan | 1,932 | 5.9 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 10,659 | 32.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 32,735 | 68.2 | +3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice Cullen | 22,567 | 61.2 | -0.6 | |
| Unionist | William B Thomson | 11,839 | 32.1 | +0.1 | |
| Communist | Peter Kerrigan | 2,491 | 6.8 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 10,728 | 29.1 | -0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 36,897 | 65.2 | -10.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||