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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Glasgow Garscadden
|name = Glasgow Garscadden
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|next = [[Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Anniesland]]
|next = [[Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Anniesland]]
|region = Scotland
|region = Scotland
|county = [[City of Glasgow]]
|county = [[Glasgow (district)|City of Glasgow district]]
|towns =
|towns =
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'''Glasgow Garscadden''' 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 [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|1974]] until [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]. It elected one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) using the [[first-past-the-post]] voting system.
'''Glasgow Garscadden''' 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 [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]] until [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) using the [[first-past-the-post]] voting system.


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
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!colspan="2"|Election!! Member !! Party !! Notes
!colspan="2"|Election!! Member !! Party !! Notes
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|Feb 1974]]|| [[William Small (Scottish politician)|Willie Small]]
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]]|| [[William Small (Scottish politician)|Willie Small]]
|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Died 1978
| Died January 1978
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978|1978 by-election]]|| [[Donald Dewar]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|[[1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election|1978 by-election]]|| [[Donald Dewar]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Subsequently MP for Glasgow Anniesland 1997-2000; First Minister of Scotland 1999-2000
| Subsequently, MP for Glasgow Anniesland 1997–2000; First Minister of Scotland 1999–2000
|-
|-
|
|
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Anniesland]]''
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Anniesland]]''
|}
|}


== Election results ==
==Election results==
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===Elections of the 1970s===

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{{Election box begin | title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Glasgow Garscadden
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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==Elections of the 1970s==
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|General Election February 1974]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Small (Scottish politician)|William Small]]
|candidate = [[William Small (Scottish politician)|William Small]]
|votes = 21,035
|votes = 21,035
|percentage = 52.3
|percentage = 52.3
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 9,771
|votes = 9,771
|percentage = 24.3
|percentage = 24.3
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 8,789
|votes = 8,789
|percentage = 21.9
|percentage = 21.9
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 635
|votes = 635
|percentage = 1.6
|percentage = 1.6
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,264
|votes = 11,264
|percentage = 28.0
|percentage = 28.0
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 40,230
|votes = 40,230
|percentage = 74.1
|percentage = 74.1
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
{{Election box new seat win|
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}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, October 1974|General Election October 1974]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Glasgow Garscadden
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Small (Scottish politician)|William Small]]
|candidate = [[William Small (Scottish politician)|William Small]]
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|votes = 12,111
|votes = 12,111
|percentage = 31.2
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +9.4
|change = +9.3
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Corbett
|candidate = [[John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan|John Corbett]]
|votes = 5,004
|votes = 5,004
|percentage = 12.9
|percentage = 12.9
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|votes = 1,915
|votes = 1,915
|percentage = 4.9
|percentage = 4.9
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
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|votes = 38,767
|votes = 38,767
|percentage = 70.9
|percentage = 70.9
|change = −3.3
|change = −3.2
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
{{Election box Registered electors|
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}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

* ''Death of William Small 18 January 1978''
* ''Death of William Small 18 January 1978''
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978|By-Election 1978]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
|title=[[1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election|By-Election 1978]]: Glasgow Garscadden
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
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|votes = 407
|votes = 407
|percentage = 1.1
|percentage = 1.1
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 166
|votes = 166
|percentage = 0.5
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
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|votes = 36,364
|votes = 36,364
|percentage = 69.1
|percentage = 69.1
|change = −1.7
|change = −1.8
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
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}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1979|General Election 1979]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Glasgow Garscadden
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
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|votes = 15,198
|votes = 15,198
|percentage = 39.6
|percentage = 39.6
|change =
|change = +19.9
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==Elections of the 1980s==
===Elections of the 1980s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|General Election 1983]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Glasgow Garscadden<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
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|votes = 6,161
|votes = 6,161
|percentage = 17.6
|percentage = 17.6
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 13,474
|votes = 13,474
|percentage = 38.6
|percentage = 38.6
|change = -0.1
|change = -1.0
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
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}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Glasgow Garscadden<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1987|General Election 1987]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
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|votes = 18,977
|votes = 18,977
|percentage = 55.5
|percentage = 55.5
|change =
|change = +16.9
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,250
|votes = 34,250
|percentage = 71.4
|percentage = 71.4
|change = +2.2
|change = +2.3
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==Elections of the 1990s==
===Elections of the 1990s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Glasgow Garscadden<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1992|General Election 1992]]: Glasgow Garscadden}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
|candidate = [[Donald Dewar]]
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|votes = 61
|votes = 61
|percentage = 0.2
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
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{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,340
|votes = 13,340
|percentage = 45.4
|percentage = 45.4
|change =
|change = -10.1
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}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978]]
* [[1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* ''The BBC/ITN Guide to the New House of Commons'', (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* ''The BBC/ITN Guide to the New House of Commons'', (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984)
*{{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}

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{{Scottish Westminster constituencies}}
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 12 October 2024

Glasgow Garscadden
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandCity of Glasgow district
1974 (1974)–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromGlasgow Scotstoun
Replaced byGlasgow Anniesland

Glasgow Garscadden was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

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This constituency comprised the north western periphery of the City of Glasgow.

In 1974 Garscadden was defined as comprising the Knightswood and Yoker wards of Glasgow. Before the redistribution these areas had been part of the Glasgow Scotstoun constituency.

In the 1983 redistribution the seat was only changed slightly. The whole of the old Garscadden formed 98.5% of the new constituency. A small area, further in towards the city centre, was detached from the pre-1983 Glasgow Hillhead and contributed the remaining 1.5% of the new Garscadden's electorate.

In terms of City of Glasgow electoral divisions the 1983 seat was defined as 9 (Drumry/Summerhill), 10 (Blairdardie/Knightscliffe), and 11 (Yoker/Knightswood).

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party Notes
Feb 1974 Willie Small Labour Died January 1978
1978 by-election Donald Dewar Labour Subsequently, MP for Glasgow Anniesland 1997–2000; First Minister of Scotland 1999–2000
1997 constituency abolished: see Glasgow Anniesland

Election results

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Elections of the 1970s

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General election February 1974: Glasgow Garscadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Small 21,035 52.3
Conservative James Grant Rae 9,771 24.3
SNP Malcolm McRury 8,789 21.9
Communist Sammy Barr 635 1.6
Majority 11,264 28.0
Turnout 40,230 74.1
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Glasgow Garscadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Small 19,737 50.9 −1.4
SNP Keith Sydney Bovey 12,111 31.2 +9.3
Conservative John Corbett 5,004 12.9 −9.4
Liberal Michael Royston Kibby 1,915 4.9 New
Majority 7,626 19.7 −8.3
Turnout 38,767 70.9 −3.2
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 54,700
  • Death of William Small 18 January 1978
By-Election 1978: Glasgow Garscadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Dewar 16,507 45.4 −5.5
SNP Keith Sydney Bovey 11,955 32.9 +1.7
Conservative Iain Macdonald Lawson 6,746 18.5 +5.6
SLP Shiona Farrell 583 1.6 N/A
Communist Sammy Barr 407 1.1 New
Socialist Workers Peter Porteous 166 0.5 New
Majority 4,552 12.5 −7.2
Turnout 36,364 69.1 −1.8
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 57,603
General election 1979: Glasgow Garscadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Dewar 23,591 61.5 +10.6
Conservative Iain Macdonald Lawson 8,393 21.9 +9.0
SNP Jim Bain 6,012 15.7 −15.5
Communist Sammy Barr 374 1.0 N/A
Majority 15,198 39.6 +19.9
Turnout 38,370 73.2 +2.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1980s

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General election 1983: Glasgow Garscadden[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Dewar 19,635 56.2 −5.3
SDP William Lyden 6,161 17.6 New
Conservative Kenneth Macleod 5,368 15.4 −7.2
SNP Norman MacLeod 3,566 10.2 −5.7
Communist Sammy Barr 218 0.6 −0.4
Majority 13,474 38.6 −1.0
Turnout 34,948 69.1 −4.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Glasgow Garscadden[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Dewar 23,178 67.7 +11.5
SNP Andrew Brophy 4,201 12.2 +2.0
Conservative Thomas N.A. Begg 3,660 10.7 −4.7
SDP James Callison 3,211 9.4 −8.2
Majority 18,977 55.5 +16.9
Turnout 34,250 71.4 +2.3
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Elections of the 1990s

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General election 1992: Glasgow Garscadden[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Dewar 18,920 64.4 −3.3
SNP Dick Douglas 5,580 19.0 +6.8
Conservative James L.P. Scott 3,385 11.5 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Chic Brodie 1,425 4.9 −4.5
Natural Law William G. Orr 61 0.2 New
Majority 13,340 45.4 −10.1
Turnout 29,371 71.3 −0.1
Labour hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  • The BBC/ITN Guide to the New House of Commons, (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • 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 "G" (part 1)
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