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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950}}
{{About|the 1918–1950 burgh constituency|the 1885–1918 county constituency|Partick (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Glasgow Partick
|name = Glasgow Partick
|parliament = uk
|parliament = uk
|image=<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:1918-1949 Glasgow Partick.png|250px|]] -->
|caption=Glasgow Partick in Glasgow 1918-49
|map1 =
|map1 =
|map2 =
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|map_entity =
|map_entity =
|map_year =
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|year = 1885
|year = 1918
|abolished = 1950
|abolished = 1950
|type = Burgh
|type = Burgh
|elects_howmany = One
|elects_howmany = One
|previous =
|previous = [[Partick (UK Parliament constituency)|Partick]]
|next = [[Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)]] and [[Glasgow Woodside (UK Parliament constituency)]]
|next = [[Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Hillhead]] and [[Glasgow Scotstoun (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Scotstoun]]
|region = Scotland
|region = Scotland
|county = [[City of Glasgow]]
|county = [[County of city|County of city of Glasgow]]
|towns =
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}}
}}


'''Glasgow Partick''' was a [[burgh constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1885 until 1950.
'''Glasgow Partick''' was a [[burgh constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1918 until 1950.


== Boundaries ==
== Boundaries ==


From 1885 the constituency consisted of "So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the wst of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the [[North British Railway]] Company (being the old [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]]) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow." <ref> Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 </ref>
The previous 1885–1918 county constituency consisted of "So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the west of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the [[North British Railway]] Company (being the old [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]]) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow."<ref>Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</ref>


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 line of the [[North British Railway]] (Stobcross Branch), thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of the [[River Kelvin]], thence south-westward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the [[River Clyde]], thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde, to the municipal boundary, thence northward and north-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."
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 line of the [[North British Railway]] (Stobcross Branch), thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of the [[River Kelvin]], thence south-westward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the [[River Clyde]], thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde, to the municipal boundary, thence northward and north-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."
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! Party
! Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885]]
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
| Sir [[Sir Robert Balfour, 1st Baronet|Robert Balfour]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Alexander Craig Sellar]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1886|1886]]
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color}}" |
| 1890
| [[James Parker Smith]]
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906]]
|rowspan="2"| Sir [[Robert Balfour (MP)|Robert Balfour]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Coalition Liberal/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]]
| [[Coalition Liberal]]
| [[Coalition Liberal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]]
| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]
| Sir [[Robert John Collie]]
| Sir [[John Collie (doctor)|John Collie]]
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)|National Liberal]]
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)|National Liberal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Co-operative/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923]]
| [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]
| [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
| [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
| [[Labour Co-operative]]
| [[Labour Co-operative]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (Scotland)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|1924]]
| [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]
| [[George Humphrey Maurice Broun-Lindsay]]
| [[George Broun-Lindsay]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929]]
| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]
| [[Adam McKinlay]]
| [[Adam McKinlay]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (Scotland)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]]
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
| [[Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew|Charles Glen MacAndrew]], later [[Baron MacAndrew]]
| [[Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew|Charles MacAndrew]], later [[Baron MacAndrew]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (Scotland)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|1935]]
| [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]
| Sir [[Arthur Young (politician)|Arthur Stewart Leslie Young]]
| Sir [[Sir Arthur Young, 1st Baronet|Arthur Young]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Elections==
== Election results ==
=== Elections in the 1910s ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1935|General Election 1935]]: Glasgow Partick <ref> Whitaker's Almanack, 1939 </ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Glasgow Partick <ref>Whitaker's Almanack, 1920</ref><ref name="craig1918">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F.W.S.|title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949|url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai|url-access=registration|date=1969|publisher=Political Reference Publications|location=Glasgow|isbn=0-900178-01-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/page/594 594]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Young (politician)|Arthur Young]]
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Balfour, 1st Baronet|Robert Balfour]]
|votes = 18,904
|votes = 12,156
|percentage = 62.7
|percentage = 70.15
|change = +8.7
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Adam McKinlay]]
|candidate = William Mackie
|votes = 11,252
|votes = 5,173
|percentage = 37.3
|percentage = 29.85
|change = -8.7
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,983
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +8.7
|percentage = 40.30
|change =
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 17,329

|percentage = 61.07
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1931|General Election 1931]]: Glasgow Partick<ref> Whitaker's Almanack, 1934 </ref>}}
|change =
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maj [[Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew|Charles MacAndrew]]
|votes = 15,616
|percentage = 54.0
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 28,376
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Adam McKinlay]]
|votes = 13,316
|percentage = 46.0
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}


=== Elections in the 1920s ===
{{election box end}}
[[File:1920 Sir John Collie.jpg|thumb|120px|Collie]]

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1924|General Election 1924]]: Glasgow Partick <ref> Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927 </ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Glasgow Partick<ref name="craig1918" />
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|candidate = Maj [[Humphrey Broun-Lindsay]]
|candidate = [[John Collie (doctor)|John Collie]]
|votes = 13,167
|percentage = 57.8
|votes = 11,754
|change = +24.7
|percentage = 65.17
|change = &minus;4.98
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
|candidate = [[Daniel Macaulay Stevenson]]
|votes = 9,612
|votes = 6,282
|percentage = 42.2
|percentage = 34.83
|change = -1.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,472
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|percentage = 30.34
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = 13.25
|change = &minus;9.96
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 18,036
|percentage = 66.68
|change = +5.61
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,048
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|swing = &minus;4.98
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Glasgow Partick <ref>The Times, 8 December 1923</ref><ref name="craig1918" />

}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1923|General Election 1923]]: Glasgow Partick <ref> The Times, 8 December 1923 </ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
|candidate = [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
|votes = 8,397
|votes = 8,397
|percentage = 44.0
|percentage = 44.03
|change =
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Sir Allan Smith
|candidate = [[Allan Smith (solicitor)|Allan Smith]]
|votes = 6,315
|votes = 6,315
|percentage = 33.1
|percentage = 33.11
|change =
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alexander MacCallum Scott]]
|candidate = [[MacCallum Scott]]
|votes = 4,358
|votes = 4,358
|percentage = 22.9
|percentage = 22.85
|change =
|change = &minus;11.98
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =2,082

|percentage = 10.92
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1918|General Election 1918]]: Partick <ref> Whitaker's Almanack, 1920 </ref>}}
|change = ''N/A''
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Balfour (MP)|Robert Balfour]]
|votes = 12,156
|percentage = 70.1
|change = +19.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,070
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|percentage = 71.14
|candidate = William Mackie
|votes = 5,173
|change = +4.46
|percentage = 29.9
|change = +29.9
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 26,806
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
|swing = -5.4
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Glasgow Partick <ref>Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927</ref><ref name="craig1918" />

}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, December 1910|General Election Dec 1910]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 </ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = [[Robert Balfour (MP)|Robert Balfour]]
|candidate = [[George Broun-Lindsay]]
|votes = 10,535
|votes = 13,167
|percentage = 50.8
|percentage = 57.80
|change = -0.7
|change = +24.59
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Archibald White Maconochie]]
|candidate = [[Andrew Young (Scottish politician)|Andrew Young]]
|votes = 10,190
|votes = 9,612
|percentage = 49.2
|percentage = 42.20
|change = +0.7
|change = &minus;1.83
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,555
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = -0.7
|percentage = 15.60
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,779

|percentage = 82.35
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, January 1910|General Election Jan 1910]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 </ref>}}
|change = +11.21
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Balfour (MP)|Robert Balfour]]
|votes = 10,093
|percentage = 51.5
|change = -2.8
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,660
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Archibald White Maconochie]]
|votes = 9,522
|percentage = 48.5
|change = +2.8
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = -2.8
|loser = Labour Co-operative
|swing = +13.21
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin |

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1906|General Election 1906]]: Partick <ref> Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 </ref>}}
|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Glasgow Partick<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><ref name="craig1918" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Adam McKinlay]]
|votes = 13,110
|percentage = 45.54
|change = +3.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = [[Robert Balfour (MP)|Robert Balfour]]
|candidate = [[George Broun-Lindsay]]
|votes = 9,477
|votes = 12,701
|percentage = 54.3
|percentage = 44.12
|change = +14.3
|change = &minus;13.68
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[James Parker Smith|Rt Hon. James Parker Smith]]
|candidate = John Taylor
|votes = 7,960
|votes = 2,975
|percentage = 45.7
|percentage = 10.33
|change = -14.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 409
|percentage = 1.42
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,786
|percentage = 78.83
|change = &minus;3.52
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,517
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = 14.3
|swing = +8.51
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}


=== Elections in the 1930s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1900|General Election 1900]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901 </ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Glasgow Partick<ref>Whitaker's Almanack, 1934</ref><ref name="craig1918" />
{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[James Parker Smith]]
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|votes = 6,950
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = [[Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew|Charles MacAndrew]]
|percentage = 60.0
|change = +3.9
|votes = 18,904
|percentage = 62.68
|change = +18.56
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Lambie
|candidate = [[Adam McKinlay]]
|votes = 4,717
|votes = 11,252
|percentage = 40.0
|percentage = 37.31
|change = -3.9
|change = &minus;8.23
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,652
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +3.9
|percentage = 25.37
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,156

|percentage = 83.46
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1895|General Election 1895]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901 </ref>}}
|change = +4.63
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[James Parker Smith]]
|votes = 5,551
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +2.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,134
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Lyon Mackenzie]]
|votes = 4,344
|percentage = 43.9
|change = -2.2
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = +2.2
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +13.40
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Glasgow Partick <ref>Whitaker's Almanack, 1939</ref><ref name="craig1918" />

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1892|General Election 1892]]: Partick <ref> Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 </ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[James Parker Smith]]
|votes = 5,005
|percentage = 53.9
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = [[Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner|Edward P Tennant]]
|candidate = [[Sir Arthur Young, 1st Baronet|Arthur Young]]
|votes = 4,278
|votes = 15,616
|percentage = 46.1
|percentage =53.97
|change =
|change = &minus;8.71
}}
}}
{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1886|General Election 1886]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889 </ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alexander Craig Sellar]]
|candidate = [[Adam McKinlay]]
|votes = 3,745
|votes = 13,316
|percentage = 56.0
|percentage = 46.03
|change = +7.9
|change = +8.72
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,300
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|percentage = 7.94
|candidate = Robert Allan McLean
|change = &minus;17.43
|votes = 2,944
|percentage = 44.0
|change = -7.9
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,932
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|percentage = 78.20
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = 7.9
|change = &minus;5.26
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,999
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = &minus;8.72
}}
}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}
'''General Election 1939–40'''


Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1885|General Election 1885]]: Partick <ref> Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889 </ref>}}
*'''Unionist''': [[Sir Arthur Young, 1st Baronet|Arthur Young]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
*'''Labour''': [[Adam McKinlay]]<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>
|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Alexander Craig Sellar]]
=== Elections in the 1940s ===
|votes = 3,726
{{Election box begin |
|percentage = 51.9
|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Glasgow Partick <ref name="craig1918" />
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = [[Sir Arthur Young, 1st Baronet|Arthur Young]]
|votes = 13,851
|percentage = 51.59
|change = &minus;2.38
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate =George Alexander Younger
|candidate = Rt Hon [[Lord Henry Lennox|Lord Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox]]
|votes = 3,385
|votes = 12,998
|percentage = 48.1
|percentage = 48.41
|change = n/a
|change = +2.38
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 853
|party = [[Scottish Land Restoration League|Scottish Land Restoration]]
|percentage = 3.18
|candidate = John Murdoch
|change = &minus;4.77
|votes = 74
|percentage = 0.0
|change = n/a
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,849
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = new seat
|percentage = 69.02
|change = &minus;9.18
|swing =n/a
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Latest revision as of 07:45, 15 July 2024

This article is about the 1918–1950 burgh constituency. For the 1885–1918 county constituency, see Partick (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Partick
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandCounty of city of Glasgow
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Created fromPartick
Replaced byGlasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Scotstoun

Glasgow Partick was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.

Boundaries

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The previous 1885–1918 county constituency consisted of "So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the Clyde and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the west of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the North British Railway Company (being the old Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow."[1]

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 line of the North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence south-westward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde, to the municipal boundary, thence northward and north-eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

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Election Member [2] Party
1918 Sir Robert Balfour Coalition Liberal
1922 Sir John Collie National Liberal
1923 Andrew Young Labour Co-operative
1924 George Broun-Lindsay Unionist
1929 Adam McKinlay Labour
1931 Charles MacAndrew, later Baron MacAndrew Unionist
1935 Sir Arthur Young Unionist

Elections

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Glasgow Partick [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Robert Balfour 12,156 70.15
Labour William Mackie 5,173 29.85
Majority 6,983 40.30
Turnout 17,329 61.07
Registered electors 28,376
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Collie
General election 1922: Glasgow Partick[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal John Collie 11,754 65.17 −4.98
Liberal Daniel Macaulay Stevenson 6,282 34.83 N/A
Majority 5,472 30.34 −9.96
Turnout 18,036 66.68 +5.61
Registered electors 27,048
National Liberal hold Swing −4.98
General election 1923: Glasgow Partick [5][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andrew Young 8,397 44.03 New
Unionist Allan Smith 6,315 33.11 New
Liberal MacCallum Scott 4,358 22.85 −11.98
Majority 2,082 10.92 N/A
Turnout 19,070 71.14 +4.46
Registered electors 26,806
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1924: Glasgow Partick [6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Broun-Lindsay 13,167 57.80 +24.59
Labour Co-op Andrew Young 9,612 42.20 −1.83
Majority 3,555 15.60 N/A
Turnout 22,779 82.35 +11.21
Registered electors 27,660
Unionist gain from Labour Co-op Swing +13.21
General election 1929: Glasgow Partick[7][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam McKinlay 13,110 45.54 +3.34
Unionist George Broun-Lindsay 12,701 44.12 −13.68
Liberal John Taylor 2,975 10.33 New
Majority 409 1.42 N/A
Turnout 28,786 78.83 −3.52
Registered electors 36,517
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.51

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Glasgow Partick[8][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Charles MacAndrew 18,904 62.68 +18.56
Labour Adam McKinlay 11,252 37.31 −8.23
Majority 7,652 25.37 N/A
Turnout 30,156 83.46 +4.63
Registered electors 36,134
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +13.40
General election 1935: Glasgow Partick [9][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Young 15,616 53.97 −8.71
Labour Adam McKinlay 13,316 46.03 +8.72
Majority 2,300 7.94 −17.43
Turnout 28,932 78.20 −5.26
Registered electors 36,999
Unionist hold Swing −8.72

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Glasgow Partick [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Young 13,851 51.59 −2.38
Labour Co-op George Alexander Younger 12,998 48.41 +2.38
Majority 853 3.18 −4.77
Turnout 26,849 69.02 −9.18
Registered electors 38,899
Unionist hold Swing −2.38

References

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  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 594. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
  5. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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