Glasgow Gorbals |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow |
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1918–1974 (1974) |
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Seats | One |
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Created from | Mid Lanarkshire |
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Replaced by | Glasgow Queen's Park, Glasgow Govan[1] |
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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 results
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Glasgow Gorbals Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Buchanan | 16,478 | 54.5 | +20.2 |
| National Liberal | James Erskine Harper | 8,276 | 27.4 | New |
| Independent Communist | John Maclean | 4,027 | 13.3 | New |
| Liberal | Francis John Robertson | 1,456 | 4.8 | New |
Majority | 8,202 | 27.1 | N/A |
Turnout | 30,237 | 75.1 | +21.9 |
Registered electors | 40,251 | | |
| Labour gain from Coalition Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Elections in the 1910s
* Barnes did not receive the Coalition Coupon and was therefore an unofficial candidate.
References
- ^ Statutory Instrument 1970 No. 1680 (section Two) The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (Coming into force 25 November 1970)
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, Part I.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- ^ "UK General Election results: 1970". Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ "1969 - 70 By Elections". 11 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
- ^ UK General Election results: March 1966
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1964
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
United Kingdom (Westminster) | Current | - Glasgow East
- Glasgow North
- Glasgow North East
- Glasgow South
- Glasgow South West
- Glasgow West
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Historic | - Clyde Burghs (1708–1832)
- Glasgow (1832–85)
- Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (1885–1918)
- Glasgow College (1885–1918)
- Glasgow St Rollox (1885–1950)
- Glasgow Camlachie (1885–1955)
- Glasgow Central (1885-1997, and 2010-2024)
- Glasgow Tradeston (1885–1955)
- Glasgow Bridgeton (1885–1974)
- Glasgow Govan (1885–2005)
- Glasgow Partick (1918–50)
- Glasgow Gorbals (1918–74)
- Glasgow Kelvingrove (1918–83)
- Glasgow Hillhead (1918–97)
- Glasgow Cathcart (1918–2005)
- Glasgow Maryhill (1918–2005)
- Glasgow Pollok (1918–2005)
- Glasgow Shettleston (1918–2005)
- Glasgow Springburn (1918–2005)
- Glasgow Scotstoun (1950–74)
- Glasgow Woodside (1950–74)
- Glasgow Craigton (1955–83)
- Glasgow Queen's Park (1974–83)
- Glasgow Provan (1955–97)
- Glasgow Garscadden (1974–97)
- Glasgow Rutherglen (1983–2005)
- Glasgow Anniesland (1997–2005)
- Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005)
- Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005)
- Glasgow North West (2005–24)
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Scotland (Holyrood) (Glasgow region) | Current | - Glasgow Anniesland
- Glasgow Cathcart
- Glasgow Kelvin
- Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
- Glasgow Pollok
- Glasgow Provan
- Glasgow Shettleston
- Glasgow Southside
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Historic | - Glasgow Baillieston (1999–2011)
- Glasgow Govan (1999–2011)
- Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011)
- Glasgow Rutherglen (1999–2011)
- Glasgow Springburn (1999–2011)
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