Glasgow Maryhill (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Maryhill | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1918–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glasgow Partick |
Replaced by | Glasgow North Glasgow North East |
Glasgow Maryhill was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918-2005 when it was subsumed into the new Glasgow North and Glasgow North East constituencies. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
1918–1950: "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 North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line) about 327 yards north of the centre of Hawthorn Street, where the said North British Railway intersects that street, thence south-eastward and southward along the centre of the said North British Railway to the centre line of Keppochhill Road, thence south-westward and westward along the centre line of Keppochhill Road to the centre line of Saracen Street, thence south-westward along the centre line of Possil Road to the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal, thence north-westward along the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal to a point in line with the centre line of Well Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Well Road to the centre line of New City Road, thence westward along the centre line of Raeberry Street and Carlton Gardens to the centre line of Belmont Street, thence south-westward along the centre line of Belmont Street to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence northwestward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to its intersection with the municipal boundary, thence north-eastward and south-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."
1950–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Maryhill and Ruchill.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowcaddens, Maryhill, and Ruchill.
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Milton/Ruchill, North Kelvin/Woodlands, and Summerston/Maryhill.
1997–2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Milton/Possil, Summerston/Maryhill, and Woodside/North Kelvinside.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann McKechin | 13,420 | 60.4 | −4.6 | |
SNP | Alex Dingwall | 3,532 | 15.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Callison | 2,372 | 10.7 | +3.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Gordon Scott | 1,745 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gawain Towler | 1,162 | 5.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 9,888 | 44.5 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,231 | 40.1 | −16.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Fyfe | 19,301 | 64.9 | +3.3 | |
SNP | John Wailes | 5,037 | 16.9 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elspeth Attwooll | 2,119 | 7.1 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Stuart Baldwin | 1,747 | 5.9 | −4.4 | |
Natural Law | Lorna Blair | 651 | 2.2 | +1.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mandy Baker | 409 | 1.4 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Jahangir Hanif | 344 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Roderick Paterson | 77 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Steve Johnstone | 36 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,264 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 29,721 | 56.4 | −8.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Fyfe | 19,452 | 61.6 | −4.8 | |
SNP | Clifford Williamson | 6,033 | 19.1 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | John P. Godfrey | 3,248 | 10.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Alexander | 2,215 | 7.0 | −3.7 | |
Scottish Green | Phil O'Brien | 530 | 1.7 | +0.2 | |
Natural Law | Michael Henderson | 78 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,419 | 42.5 | −12.3 | ||
Turnout | 31,556 | 65.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Fyfe | 23,482 | 66.4 | +11.2 | |
Liberal | Elspeth Attwooll | 4,118 | 11.7 | −10.5 | |
SNP | Gavin Roberts | 3,895 | 11.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Kirk | 3,307 | 9.4 | −5.4 | |
Green | David Spaven | 539 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,364 | 54.8 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,341 | 67.5 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Craigen | 18,724 | 55.2 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | Elspeth Attwooll | 7,521 | 22.2 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | J. Gibbs | 5,014 | 14.8 | −0.2 | |
SNP | Iain Morrison | 2,408 | 7.1 | −4.1 | |
Communist | Peter Smith | 274 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 11,203 | 33.0 | −18.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,941 | 65.5 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Craigen | 22,602 | 66.2 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | M. White | 5,106 | 15.0 | +5.7 | |
SNP | David McGlashan | 3,812 | 11.2 | −18.7 | |
Liberal | Elspeth Attwooll | 2,332 | 6.8 | +3.7 | |
Communist | Peter Smith | 287 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,496 | 51.3 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,599 | 67.7 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Craigen | 19,589 | 57.6 | ||
SNP | Angus McIntosh | 10,171 | 29.9 | ||
Conservative | J. S. Younger | 3,160 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal | Elspeth Attwooll | 1,063 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,418 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 65.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Craigen | 20,303 | 56.6 | ||
SNP | Angus McIntosh | 8,920 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | S. Taylor | 6,625 | 18.5 | ||
Majority | 11,383 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 70.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 18,925 | 65.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander K. R. Murchison | 6,638 | 23.0 | ||
SNP | A. Cameron W. Aitken | 3,273 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | 12,287 | 42.6 | |||
Turnout | 63.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 19,936 | 67.8 | ||
Conservative | Richard S. Hay | 6,075 | 20.7 | ||
SNP | Hugh MacDonald | 3,387 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,861 | 47.2 | |||
Turnout | 63.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 20,796 | 68.3 | ||
Unionist | Norman Joseph Adamson | 8,403 | 27.6 | ||
Anti-Vivisection | Gabriel A Barlow | 1,231 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,393 | 40.7 | |||
Turnout | 70.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 21,893 | 64.0 | ||
Unionist | Norman Joseph Adamson | 12,311 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 9,582 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 73.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 21,174 | 62.8 | ||
Unionist | Archibald Angus Bell | 12,536 | 37.2 | ||
Majority | 8,638 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 69.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 22,912 | 63.0 | ||
Unionist | Paul Thomas Cowcher | 13,076 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | A. E. Pickard | 356 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 9,836 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 80.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 21,990 | 61.2 | ||
Unionist | Janet Sutherland Murray | 11,559 | 32.2 | ||
Liberal | Elizabeth Taylor Cowan | 2,375 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,431 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hannan | 23,595 | 60.1 | ||
Unionist | William Ross McLean | 15,693 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 7,902 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 67.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Davidson | 21,706 | 55.0 | +10.6 | |
Unionist | Ian Clark Hutchison | 17,735 | 45,0 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 3,971 | 10.0 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,441 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Douglas Jamieson | 20,710 | 55.5 | +9.4 | |
Labour | John Clarke | 16,613 | 44.4 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 4,097 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,323 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Clarke | 18,311 | 50.6 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | James Couper | 14,922 | 41.2 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Taylor Cape | 2,955 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,389 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,188 | 79.8 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 45,333 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Couper | 15,460 | 52.6 | +12.9 | |
Labour | John Muir | 13,947 | 47.4 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,513 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,407 | 84.2 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 34,930 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Muir | 12,508 | 48.1 | +0.8 | |
Unionist | James Couper | 10,342 | 39.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Walter Crawford Smith | 3,179 | 12.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 8.4 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 26,029 | 77.1 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 33,781 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Muir | 13,058 | 47.3 | +19.4 | |
Unionist | William Mitchell-Thomson | 10,951 | 39.6 | −20.6 | |
Liberal | Annie S. Swan | 3,617 | 13.1 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,107 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,626 | 81.3 | +24.1 | ||
Registered electors | 33,991 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +20.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Mitchell-Thomson | 11,913 | 60.2 | N/A |
Labour | John William Muir | 5,531 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Watt | 2,363 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,382 | 32.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,807 | 57.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 34,622 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Vote 2001: Glasgow Maryhill, BBC News
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results: April 1992
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1987
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1983
- ^ UK General Election results: May 1979
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1974
- ^ UK General Election results: 1974
- ^ UK General Election results 1970
- ^ UK General Election results: March 1966
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1964
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1959
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- ^ UK General Election results: May 1955
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1951
- ^ UK General Election results: February 1950
- ^ UK General Election results: July 1945
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Iain Dale, The Times House of Commons: 1929, 1931, 1935
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ "Glasgow's Poll. Labour wins ten seats. Prime Minister's return". The Glasgow Herald. 16 November 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920