Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)

For the district of Glasgow, see Hillhead; for the local government ward, see Politics of Glasgow.

Glasgow Hillhead
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1918 (1918)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One

Glasgow Hillhead was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point in the municipal boundary at its intersection with the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence southeastward, southward and southwestward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence north-westward along the centre of the said North British Railway to its intersection with the municipal boundary, thence northeastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement".

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Robert Horne	Conservative
	1937 by-election	James Reid	Conservative
	1948 by-election	Tam Galbraith	Conservative
	1982 by-election	Roy Jenkins	SDP
	1987	George Galloway	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Galloway	15,148	38.5
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Mason	10,322	26.2
	Conservative	Aileen Bates	6,728	17.1
	SNP	Sandra White	6,484	16.5
	Green	E. R. Collie	558	1.4
	Revolutionary Communist	H. Gold	73	0.2
	Natural Law	Duncan Patterson	60	0.1
Majority			4,826	12.3
Turnout				68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Galloway	17,958	42.9
	Social Democrat	Roy Jenkins	14,707	35.1
	Conservative	Brian Cooklin	6,048	14.5
	SNP	Bill Kidd	2,713	6.5
	Green	Alastair Whitelaw	443	1.1
Majority			3,251	7.8
Turnout				72.4
	Labour gain from Social Democrat		Swing

General Election 1983: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrat	Roy Jenkins	14,856	36.2
	Labour	Neil Carmichael	13,692	33.4
	Conservative	Murray Tosh	9,678	23.5
	SNP	George Leslie	2,203	5.4
	Independent Conservative	John P. Davidson	249	0.6
	Scottish Green	Alastair Whitelaw	239	0.6
	Animal Rights Campaign - Scottish Anti-Vivisection	John Frederick Robins	139	0.3
Majority			1,164	2.8
Turnout				71.9

Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrat	Roy Jenkins	10,106	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	8,068	26.6	- 14.4
	Labour	David Wiseman	7,846	25.9	- 8.5
	SNP	George Leslie	3,416	11.3	+ 1.2
	Protestant Crusade against the Papal Visit	Rev Jack Glass	388	1.3	N/A
	Social Democrat (1979)	Roy Harold Jenkins	282	0.9	N/A
	Ecology	Nicolette Carlaw	178	0.6	N/A
	Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident	Bill Boaks	5	0.0	N/A
Majority			2,038	6.8	- 0.2
Turnout				76.4	+ 0.7
	Social Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tam Galbraith	12,368	41.0
	Labour	R Mowbray	10,366	34.4
	Liberal	M Harris	4,349	14.4
	SNP	G Borthwick	3,050	10.1
Majority			1,164	2.8
Turnout				71.9

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tam Galbraith	11,203	37.1
	Labour	D Welsh	8,507	28.2
	SNP	G Borthwick	6,897	22.9
	Liberal	A Rennie	3,596	11.9
Majority			2,696	8.9
Turnout				72.4

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tam Galbraith	14,378	44.0
	Labour	D Welsh	7,997	24.4
	Liberal	L Steedman	6,644	20.3
	SNP	K Bovey	3,702	11.3
Majority			6,381	19.5
Turnout				78.8

General Election 1970: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tam Galbraith	14,674	61.3
	Labour	Vince Cable	7,303	30.5
	SNP	G Wotherspoon	1,957	8.2
Majority			14,674	30.1
Turnout				69.5

Elections in the 1930s

By-election 1937: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon James Scott Cumberland Reid KC	12,539
	Labour	G. McAllister	7,539
	SNP	John MacCormick	1,886
	Independent	D. J. Black	221
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne GBE KC	21,279
	Labour	C. A. O'Donnell	7,539
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne	14,572
	Labour	J.L. Kinloch	6,957

General Election 1923: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne	9,757
	Labour	J.L. Kinloch	5,059
	Liberal	Maj E.J. Donaldson	4,331

General Election 1918: Glasgow Hillhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne KBE KC	12,803
	Labour	J. Izett	4,186

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)