Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Govan
Burgh constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 2005
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system.

The area which the constituency represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow South and Glasgow South West.

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[edit] History

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[edit] Boundaries

In 1885 the constituency consisted of that part of the parish of Govan which lies south of the Clyde beyond the boundary of the Municipal Burgh of Glasgow. It was listed among the Lanarkshire constituencies.

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 at the centre of the River Clyde in line with the continuation of the centre line of Balmoral Street, thence eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to a point in line with the continuation of the centre line of the portion of Govan Road to the west of Princes Dock, thence southward to and along the centre line of the said portion of Govan Road, Whitefield Road, Church Road and continuation thereof to the centre, of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, thence westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to the municipal boundary, thence north-westward, northward, and eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir William Pearce Conservative
1889 John Wilson Liberal
1900 Robert Hunter Craig
1906 Robert Duncan Unionist
1910 William Hunter Liberal
1911 Daniel Turner Holmes Liberal
1918 Neil Maclean Labour and Independent Labour Party
1918 [1] Labour
1950 Jack Nixon Browne, later Baron Craigton Unionist
1955 John Rankin Labour Co-operative
1973 Margo MacDonald Scottish National Party
Feb 1974 Harry Selby Labour
1979 Andrew McMahon Labour
1983 Bruce Millan Labour
1988 Jim Sillars Scottish National Party
1992 Ian Graham Davidson Labour Co-operative
1997 Mohammad Sarwar Labour
2005 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2001

General Election 2001: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Sarwar 12,464 49.3 +5.2
Scottish National Party Karen Neary 6,064 24.0 -11.1
Liberal Democrat Bob Stewart 2,815 11.1 +5.2
Conservative Mark Menzies 2,167 8.6 -0.2
Scottish Socialist Wullie McGartland 1,531 6.1 N/A
Communist John Foster 174 0.7 N/A
Independent Badar Mirza 69 0.3 N/A
Majority 6,400 25.3
Turnout 25,284 46.8 -17.7
Labour hold Swing 8.2%

[edit] 1997

General Election 1997: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Sarwar 14,216 44.1 N/A
Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 11,302 35.1 N/A
Conservative William Thomas 2,839 8.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Bob Stewart 1,918 5.9 N/A
Scottish Socialist Alan McCombes 755 2.3 N/A
Independent Peter Paton 325 1.0 N/A
Independent Islam Badar 319 1.0 N/A
Independent Zahid Jamil Abbasi 221 0.7 N/A
Referendum Party Kenneth MacDonald 201 0.6 N/A
British National Party James White 149 0.5 N/A
Majority 2,914 9.0 N/A
Turnout 32,245 64.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] 1988

Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Jim Sillars 14,677 48.8 +38.4
Labour Bob Gillespie 11,123 36.9 -27.8
Conservative Graeme Hamilton 2,207 7.3 -4.6
Social and Liberal Democrats Bernard Ponsonby 1,246 4.1 -8.2
Green George Campbell 345 1.1
Communist Douglas Chalmers 281 0.9 +0.3
Monster Raving Loony Lord Sutch 174 0.6
Independent Fraser Clark 51 0.2
Majority 3,554 11.8
Turnout 30,104 60.2
Scottish National Party gain from Labour Swing +33.1

[edit] 1973

Glasgow Govan by-election, 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Margo MacDonald 6,360 41.5 +31.2
Labour Harry Selby 5,789 38.2 -21.9
Conservative John Mair 1,780 11.7 -16.5
Liberal Peter McMillan 1,239 8.2
Majority 571 3.5
Turnout 15,168
Scottish National Party gain from Labour Swing 26.7

[edit] 1970

General Election 1970: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Rankin 13,443 60.1
Conservative G.F. Belton 6,301 28.2
Scottish National Party M Grieve 2,294 10.3
Communist T. Biggam 326 1.5
Majority 7,142 31.9
Turnout 22,364 63.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] 1935

General Election 1935: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Maclean 15,791
Conservative A. McClure 10,211
Ind. Labour Party T. Taylor 4,959

[edit] 1931

General Election 1931: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Maclean 15,047
Conservative A. McClure 14,442

[edit] 1906

General Election 1906: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Duncan 5,224 35.9
Liberal H.S. Murray 5,096 35.1
Labour J. Hill 4,212 29.0

[edit] 1895

General Election 1895: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Wilson 4,290
Conservative George Ferguson 4,029
Labour Alexander Haddow 430

[edit] 1886

General Election 1886: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Wilson 4,420
Liberal Unionist Sir John Pender KCMG 3,349

[edit] 1885

General Election 1885: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Pearce 3,677
Liberal Bennet Burleigh 3,522
Liberal David George Hoey 11

[edit] See also

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Westminster constituencies of Scotland
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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Neil Maclean was elected at the 1918 general election as a member of both the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Party. When the two parties separated, Maclean remained with Labour
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