Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Camlachie
Burgh constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1955
Type: House of Commons

Glasgow Camlachie was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1955.

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[edit] Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary on the south-east side of Cumbernauld Road where that road is intersected by the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward along the municipal boundary to a point about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence north-westward to a point on the centre line of the said railway 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence southwestward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to the centre line of London Road, thence westward along the centre line of London Road and Canning Street to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence northward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Duke Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Ark Lane, thence northward along the centre line of Ark Lane and Firpark Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade, and Cumbernauld Road to the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Hugh Watt Liberal
1892 Alexander Cross Liberal Unionist
1908 Liberal
Jan. 1910 Sir Halford John Mackinder Unionist
1922 Campbell Stephen ILP
1931 James Stevenson Unionist
1935 Campbell Stephen ILP
1947 Labour
1948 Charles Stuart McFarlane Unionist
1950 William Reid Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Reid 20,994 51.3
Unionist Charles McFarlane 19,969 48.8
Majority 1,025 2.5
Turnout 82.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1950: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Reid 21,013 51.5 N/A
Unionist Charles McFarlane 19,766 48.5
Majority 1,247 3.1
Turnout 80.7
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Glasgow Camlachie by-election, 1948
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Charles McFarlane 11,085 43.7 + 1.4
Labour John M. Inglis 10,690 42.1 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Annie Maxton 1,622 6.4 - 51.3
Scottish National Party R. B. Wilkie 1,320 5.2 N/A
United Socialist Movement Guy Aldred 345 1.4 N/A
Liberal R. Goodfellow 312 1.2 N/A
Majority 395 1.6
Turnout 25,374 56.8
Unionist gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing N/A
General Election 1945: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,558 57.7
Unionist Charles McFarlane 11,399 42.3
Majority 4,159 15.4
Turnout 65.1
Ind. Labour Party hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,070
Conservative James Stevenson OBE KC 14,186
Labour W. Reid 2,732
Ind. Labour Party gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1931: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Stevenson OBE KC 18,461
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,282
Conservative gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Glasgow Camlachie [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Stephen 15,181
Conservative Halford John Mackinder 11,439
Liberal W. C. Smith 1,896
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Glasgow Camlachie [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Halford John Mackinder 13,645
Labour H. B. Guthrie 7,192
Liberal D. Browning 860
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Glasgow Camlachie [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,119 36.4
Liberal William M. R. Pringle 2,871 33.5
Labour Joseph Burgess 2,568 30.0
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1900: Glasgow Camlachie [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 4,345
Labour A. E. Fletcher 3,107
Liberal Unionist hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Glasgow Camlachie [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,198
Liberal S. Chisholm 2,497
Ind. Labour Party Robert Smillie 696
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1892: Glasgow Camlachie [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,455
Liberal J. McCulloch 3,084
Scottish Parliamentary Labour Robert Cunninghame-Graham 906
Liberal Hugh Watt 179
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Glasgow Camlachie [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Watt 3,467
Liberal Unionist Bennet Burleigh 3,308
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1885: Glasgow Camlachie[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Watt 4,047
Conservative Thomas Arnold Reid 2,883
Liberal James Martin 177
Liberal hold Swing

[edit] References

  1. ^ Liberal Yearbook, 1939
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  4. ^ Liberal Yearbook, 1939
  5. ^ Liberal Yearbook, 1939
  6. ^ The House of Commons, February 1901, Macmillan & Co.
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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