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Glasgow Partick (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow Partick was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1950.

Boundaries

From 1885 the 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 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." [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

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Alexander Craig Sellar Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1886 Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1890 James Parker Smith Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Sir Robert Balfour Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" | 1918 Coalition Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Sir Robert John Collie National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1923 Andrew Young Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 George Humphrey Maurice Broun-Lindsay Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Adam McKinlay Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Charles Glen MacAndrew, later Baron MacAndrew Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young Conservative

Election results

General Election 1935: Glasgow Partick [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maj Charles MacAndrew 18,904
Labour Adam McKinlay 11,252
General Election 1931: Glasgow Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Young 15,616
Labour Adam McKinlay 13,316
General Election 1918: Partick [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Robert Balfour 12,156
Labour W. Mackie 5,173
General Election 1906: Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Balfour 9,477 54.3
Conservative Rt Hon James Parker Smith 7,960 45.7
General Election 1886: Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Craig Sellar 3,745
Liberal Robert Allan McLean 2,944
General Election 1885: Partick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Craig Sellar 3,726
Conservative Rt Hon Lord Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox 3,385
Liberal John Murdoch 74

References

  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

See also