Glasgow Central (constituency, UK)

Glasgow Central
Educated
1885; 2005
MP
Alison Thewliss ( SNP )
Regions
Glasgow

Glasgow Central is a constituency for the British House of Commons . It was formed in 1885 and initially existed until 1997 when it was dissolved in the course of the constituency reform before the general election. Before the general election in 2005, ten constituencies covered the Council Area Glasgow , but also extended beyond the borders of Glasgow. In 2005 the constituency structure was revised and Glasgow was subdivided into eight constituencies, which, however, now lie exclusively within the boundaries of the Council Area and completely cover them. In this context, Glasgow Central was reintroduced. The constituency includes the inner-city areas. The constituency sends a representative.

Election results

General election 1885

Results of the general election in 1885
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Gilbert Beith	5846	55.0
Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	4779	45.0

General election 1886

Results of the general election in 1886
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	5780	56.7	+11.7
Liberal	Gilbert Beith	4423	43.3	−11.7

General election 1892

Results of the general election in 1892
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	6085	53.7	−3.0
Liberal	Walter Menzies	5245	46.3	+3.0

General election 1895

Results of the general election in 1895
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	5621	59.7	+6.0
Liberal	Edwin Adam	3792	40.3	−6.0

General election 1900

John George Alexander Baird held his mandate unopposed.

General election 1906

Results of the 1906 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Andrew Mitchell Torrance	6720	51.7
Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	6289	48.3

By-elections 1909

With the death of Andrew Mitchell Torrance , by-elections were necessary in the Glasgow Central constituency.

Results of the 1909 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Charles Dickson	7298	58.5	+6.8
Liberal	Thomas Gibson Bowles	5185	41.5	−6.8

General election January 1910

Results of the general election January 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Charles Dickson	6713	52.6	−5.9
Liberal	Alexander Falconer Murison	6058	47.4	+5.9

General election December 1910

Results of the general election December 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Charles Dickson	6888	53.8	+1.2
Liberal	Alexander Falconer Murison	5907	46.2	−1.2

By-elections 1915

With the appointment of Charles Dickson to Lord Justice Clerk this gave back his mandate, so that in the constituency of Glasgow Central by-elections were required.

Results of the 1915 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
unionist	John MacLeod	5341	95.3
unionist	Gavin William Ralston	266	4.7

General election 1918

Results of the general election in 1918
Political party	candidate	be right	%
unionist	Andrew Bonar Law	17,653	78.8
Labor	David John Mitchel Quin	4736	21.2

General election 1922

Results of the general election in 1922
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Andrew Bonar Law	15,437	50.0	−28.8
Labor	Edward Rosslyn Mitchell	12,923	41.9	+20.7
Liberal	George Paish	2518	8.2	+8.2

General election 1923

Results of the general election in 1923
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	William Alexander	13,392	45.8	−4.2
Labor	Edward Rosslyn Mitchell	12,976	44.4	+2.5
Liberal	Harold Tennant	2870	9.8	+1.6

General election 1924

Results of the general election in 1924
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	William Alexander	18,258	59.1	+13.3
Labor	James Dundas White	12,617	40.9	+7.4

General election 1929

Results of the 1929 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	William Alexander	18,336	50.9	−8.2
Labor	Craigie Aitchison	17,663	49.1	+8.2

General election 1931

Results of the 1931 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	William Alexander	21,547	65.3	+14.4
Labor	William Henry Porteous Martin	11,456	34.7	−14.4

General election 1935

Results of the general election in 1935
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	William Alexander	26,707	55.9	−9.4
Labor	RR Stokes	13,186	44.1	+9.4

General election 1945

Results of the general election in 1945
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	James Hutchison	9365	44.0	−11.9
Labor	James McInnes	7849	36.9	−7.2
Communist	R. Cooney	2709	12.7	+12.7
Liberal	Norman Macleod Glen	1072	5.0	+5.0
United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	300	1.4	+1.4

General election 1950

Results of the general election in 1950
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James McInnes	14,861	54.6	+17.7
unionist	James Hutchison	11,857	43.6	−0.4
United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	485	1.8	+0.4

General election 1951

Results of the general election in 1951
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James McInnes	15,757	58.3	+3.7
unionist	W. Sinclair	10,875	40.2	−3.4
United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	411	1.5	−0.3

General election 1955

Results of the general election in 1955
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James McInnes	16,674	61.8	+3.5
unionist	I. Barber-Fleming	10,307	38.2	−2.0

General election 1959

Results of the general election in 1959
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James McInnes	15,918	64.6	+2.8
unionist	I. Barber-Fleming	8712	35.4	−2.8

General election 1964

Results of the 1964 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James McInnes	13,343	70.2	+5.6
unionist	G. Boyd	5679	29.9	−5.5

General election 1966

Results of the 1966 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas McMillan	11,673	74.8	+4.6
Conservative	RB Anderson	3924	25.2	−4.7

General election 1970

Results of the 1970 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas McMillan	7936	66.0	−8.8
Conservative	G. Rennie	2394	19.9	−5.3
SNP	Muriel M. Gibson	1688	14.1	+14.1

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas McMillan	9400	58.7	−7.3
Conservative	M. Gourlay	3435	21.4	+1.5
SNP	S. Ewing	2211	13.8	−0.3
Liberal	A. Brodie	982	6.1	+6.1

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas McMillan	9231	63.6	+4.9
SNP	B. Nugent	2790	19.2	+5.4
Conservative	N. Woolfson	1880	13.0	−8.4
Liberal	E. Bennett	605	4.2	−1.9

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas McMillan	8542	72.5	+8.9
Conservative	F. Saleem	1937	16.4	+3.4
SNP	S. Bird	1308	11.1	+8.1

By-elections in 1980

With the death of Thomas McMillan , by-elections were necessary in the Glasgow Central constituency.

Results of the 1980 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Robert McTaggart	4902	60.8	−11.7
SNP	Gil Paterson	2122	26.3	+15.2
Conservative	Anna McCurley	707	8.8	−7.6
National Front	John MacKenzie	148	1.8	+1.8
Scottish Young Liberal	Graham Watson	134	1.7	+1.7
Ecology	David Mellor	45	0.6	+0.6
SDP	Donald Kean	10	0.1	+0.1

General election 1983

Results of the 1983 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Robert McTaggart	17,066	53.0	−7.8
Conservative	W. Harvey	6104	19.0	+10.2
Liberal	I. Nelson	5366	16.7	+16.7
SNP	P. Mallam	3300	10.3	−16.0
Communist	J. McGoldrick	347	1.1	+1.1

General election 1987

Results of the 1987 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Robert McTaggart	21,619	64.5	+11.5
Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	4366	13.0	−6.0
Liberal	J. Bryden	3528	10.5	−6.2
SNP	A. Wilson	3339	10.0	−0.3
Green	A. Brooks	290	0.9	+0.9
Communist	J. McGoldrick	265	0.8	−0.3
Red front	D. Owen	126	0.4	+0.4

By-elections in 1989

Results of the 1989 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Michael Watson	14,480	54.6	−9.9
SNP	Alex Neil	8018	30.2	+20.2
Conservative	A. Hogarth	2028	7.6	−5.4
Green	Irene F. Brandt	1019	3.8	+2.9
Liberal Democrats	R. McCreadie	411	1.5	−9.0
SDP	P. Kerr	254	1.0	+1.0
Revolutionary Communist	L. Murdoch	141	0.5	+0.5
Scottish Socialist	Bill Kidd	137	0.5	+0.5
Workers Revolutionary	D. Lettice	48	0.2	+0.2

General election 1992

Results of the general election in 1992
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Michael Watson	17,341	57.2	+2.6
SNP	Brendan O'Hara	6322	20.8	−9.4
Conservative	Ewen N. Stewart	4208	13.9	+6.3
Liberal Democrats	Alan Rennie	1921	6.3	+4.8
Green	Irene F. Brandt	435	1.4	−2.4
Communist	Tam Dean Burn	106	0.4	+0.4

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Mohammad Sarwar	13,518	48.2	−9.0
Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	4987	17.8	+11.5
SNP	Bill Kidd	4148	14.8	−6.0
Conservative	Richard Sullivan	1757	6.3	−7.6
Green	Gordon Masterton	1372	4.9	+3.5
Socialist	Marie Gordon	1110	4.0	+4.0
BNP	Walter Hamilton	671	2.4	+2.4
Socialist Labor	Ian Johnson	255	0.9	+0.9
Christian Vote	Thomas Greig	139	0.5	+0.5
Communist	Elinor McKenzie	80	0.3	−0.1

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Anas Sarwar	15,908	52.0	+3.8
SNP	Osama Saeed	5357	17.5	+2.7
Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	5010	16.4	−1.4
Conservative	John Bradley	2158	7.1	+0.8
Green	Alastair Whitelaw	800	2.6	−2.3
BNP	Ian Holt	616	2.0	−0.4
Socialist	James Nesbitt	357	1.2	−2.8
UKIP	Ramsay Urquhart	246	0.8	+0.8
Pirates	Finlay Archibald	128	0.4	+0.4

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Alison Thewliss	20,658	52.5	+35.0
Labor	Anas Sarwar	12,996	33.1	−19.0
Conservative	Simon Bone	2359	6.0	−1.1
Green	Cass MacGregor	1559	4.0	+1.4
UKIP	Stuart Maskell	786	2.0	+1.2
Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	612	1.6	−14.8
Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol	James Marris	171	0.4	+0.4
TUSC	Andrew Elliot	119	0.3	+0.3
Socialist Equality	Katie Rhodes	58	0.1	+0.1

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Alison Thewliss	16.096	44.7	−7.8
Labor	Faten Hameed	13,829	38.4	+5.3
Conservative	Charlotte Fairbanks	5014	13.9	+7.9
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	1045	2.9	+1.3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1886, p. 192.
3. ^ Liberal Year Book 1908
4. ^ Mansons' Shetland Almanac and Directory for 1893 , T & Manson, Lerwick, 1893, p. 18.
5. ↑ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1902, p. 200. ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ ^{A b c} The West Australian: British Elections , January 21, 1910
7. ↑ United Press release
8. ↑ ^{a b} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 216.
9. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1922, p. 212.
10. ^ The Liberal Yearbook 1926, p. 296
11. ^ The Constitutional Year Book 1934, p. 244
12. ^ The Constitutional Year Book 1933, p. 238
13. ^ The Constitutional Year Book 1938, p. 256
14. ↑ Results of the 1931 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Results of the general election in 1935 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Results of the general election in 1945 ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1950 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1951 ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1955 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1959 ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ↑ Results of the 1964 general election ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ Results of the 1966 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Results of the 1970 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ Results of the February 1974 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Results of the 1979 general election ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ^ R. Ramsay: A Guide to Post-War Scottish By-Elections to the UK Parliament , Paragon, 2011, p. 41. ISBN 978-1-908341-26-6
28. ↑ Results of the parliamentary elections in 1983 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
29. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 1987 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
30. ^ MJ Bedford (Ed.): Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1991 , Vacher Dod Publishing, 1991, p. 159. ISBN 978-0-905702-17-9
31. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
32. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
33. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
34. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015