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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983Politics of GlasgowGorbals
burgh constituencyHouse of CommonsParliament of the United KingdomMember of Parliamentfirst-past-the-postGorbalsGovanhillHutchesontownLangsideGlasgowFebruary 1974 general electionGlasgow GorbalsGlasgow CathcartGlasgow CentralGlasgow Rutherglen
Glasgow Queen's Park | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1974 (1974)–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Cathcart |
Created from | Glasgow Gorbals Glasgow Cathcart |
Glasgow Queen's Park was a short-lived burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system
Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 References
Boundaries
The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals, Govanhill, and Hutchesontown, and part of Langside ward.
The constituency covered part of inner city Glasgow, to the south of the River Clyde and in the south-west of the city.
Before the February 1974 general election, the area had formed the major part of Glasgow Gorbals (Gorbals, Hutchesontown and part of Govanhill wards) and part of Glasgow Cathcart (the rest of Govanhill and Langside wards).[1]
In the 1983 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. 675 voters (2.0% of its electorate) were transferred to Glasgow Cathcart, 27,528 electors became part of Glasgow Central (79.7%), and the remaining 6,332 voters (18.4%) were included in the electorate of Glasgow Rutherglen.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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Feb 1974 | Frank McElhone | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Gorbals from 1969 by-election. Died September 1982. | |
1982 by-election | Helen McElhone | Labour | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Francis Patrick McElhone | 15,883 | 56.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Shearer | 7,517 | 26.6 | N/A | |
SNP | David Graham MacKellar | 4,394 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Communist | John Robert Kay | 372 | 1.3 | N/A | |
International Marxist | Robert McGoven Purdie | 90 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,366 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,256 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Registered electors | 38,567 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Francis Patrick McElhone | 14,574 | 56.1 | -0.1 | |
SNP | David Graham MacKellar | 5,660 | 21.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Iain David MacKinnon | 4,421 | 17.0 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | Moira Hughes Aitchison | 966 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Communist | John Robert Kay | 354 | 1.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,914 | 34.3 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 25,975 | 67.0 | -6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 38,776 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Francis Patrick McElhone | 15,120 | 64.4 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Julius Collins | 5,642 | 24.0 | +7.0 | |
SNP | Philip Greene | 2,276 | 9.7 | -12.1 | |
Communist | John Robert Kay | 263 | 1.1 | -0.3 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jean Kerrigan | 99 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Socialist Unity | Walter MacLellan | 92 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,478 | 40.4 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 23,492 | 68.4 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 34,332 |
- Death of Frank McElhone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Margaret McElhone | 8,851 | 56.0 | -8.4 | |
SNP | Peter Mallan | 3,157 | 20.0 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | David Jackson Carlaw | 1,888 | 12.0 | -12.0 | |
Liberal | Graham Robert Watson | 1,487 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Communist | John Robert Kay | 339 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
Independent | John Connell | 40 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Scottish Republican Socialist | Alistair H. Tennent | 39 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,694 | 36.0 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 15,701 | 47.0 | -21.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 33,641 |
References
^ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
^ The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984).- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Q"