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Glasgow Cathcart was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. It was replaced by the larger Glasgow South constituency.

Boundaries

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 Kilmarnock Road, thence northward along the centre line of Kilmarnock Road to the centre line of the River Cart, thence south-eastward and eastward along the centre line of the River Cart to the centre line of Langside Road at Millbrae Bridge, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Langside Road, Millbrae Road and Langside Road, to the centre line of the main avenue in the Queen's Park near Victoria Infirmary, thence northward along the centre line of the said main avenue to the centre line of Queen's Drive, thence northward along the centre line of Victoria Road to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway about 46 yards north of the centre line of Butterbiggins Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of the Caledonian Railway Main Line from Glasgow to Rutherglen, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the said Caledonian Railway to the municipal boundary, thence south-westward and westward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement "

History

For generations, Glasgow Cathcart was an extremely safe Conservative seat and for 56 years the constituency always voted for a Conservative. The area was the wealthiest party of the city and was mainly inhabited by 'well to do' business families and contained large detached houses. It was Glasgow's equivalent of Kensington and Chelsea in London. However, when Labour was elected to power in 1964 Glasgow had a lot of slum clearance and Cathcart had a lot of council housing built and areas which had previously been fields now housed the families from the old slums. These families naturally voted Labour and time and time again the Conservative majorities dwindled. In 1966, the Conservative majority fell to a record low of 1,200 votes.

In 1970, the Conservatives increased their majority to around 5,000 but at the next two general elections in 1974 it soon fell again. In 1979 when Margaret Thatcher took office and the national trend was a big Coservative swing, the Conservatives lost the seat to Labour. After redrawn boundaries were made in 1983 the seat was notionally Conservative but like 1979 the seat went against the national trend and the Labour MP increased his majority. From 1983 to 1997 the Conservatives lost more ground time after time except for a small improvement in 1992 (again this was against the national trend). In 1997, Labour won a landslide and the seat became ultra safe Labour.

Since then the Conservatives have fallen into third and fourth place. The seat still has more Conservative voters than any other Glasgow seat but only 5,000 at the last election when it was replaced by Glasgow South.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 John Pratt Coalition Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 John Primrose Hay Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Robert MacDonald Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Sir John Train Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1942 by-election Francis Beattie Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1946 by-election John Henderson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1964 Teddy Taylor Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1979 John Maxton Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2001 Tom Harris Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Cathcart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Harris 14,902 54.4 −3.0
SNP Josephine Docherty 4,086 14.9 −3.6
Conservative Richard Cook 3,662 13.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Henery 3,006 11.0 +4.1
Scottish Socialist Ronnie Stevenson 1,730 6.3 N/A
Majority 10,816 39.5
Turnout 27,386 52.6 −15.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Glasgow Cathcart [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Maxton 19,158 56.2 +6.8
SNP Maire Whitehead 6,913 20.3 +1.2
Conservative Alastair Muir 4,248 12.4 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Legg 2,302 6.7 −0.4
ProLife Alliance Zofia Indyk 687 2.0 N/A
Scottish Socialist Ronnie Stevenson 458 1.3 N/A
Referendum Strang Haldane 344 1.0 N/A
Majority 12,245 35.9 +8.1
Turnout 34,110
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Glasgow Cathcart (Notional)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 18,713 49.3 N/A
Conservative 8,167 21.5 N/A
SNP 7,244 19.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats 2,732 7.2 N/A
Others 1,072 2.8 N/A
Majority 10,552 27.8 N/A
General Election 1992: Glasgow Cathcart[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Maxton 16,265 48.3 N/A
Conservative John Young 8,264 24.5 N/A
SNP William Steven 6,107 18.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats G.C. Dick 2,614 7.8 N/A
Scottish Green Kay Allan 441 1.3 N/A
Majority 8,001 23.8 N/A
Turnout 33,691
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Glasgow Cathcart[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Maxton 19,623 52.1 N/A
Conservative W. A. Harvey 8,420 22.4 N/A
SDP M. Craig 5,722 15.2 N/A
SNP William Steven 3,883 10.3 N/A
Majority 11,203 29.7 N/A
Turnout 37,648
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Glasgow Cathcart[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Maxton 16,037 41.4 N/A
Conservative D. J. May 11,807 30.5 N/A
SDP K. Bloomer 8,710 22.5 N/A
SNP William Steven 2,151 5.6 N/A
Majority 4,230 10.9 N/A
Turnout 38,705
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

United Kingdom general election, 1979: Glasgow Cathcart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Maxton 17,550 45.9
Conservative Teddy Taylor 15,950 41.8
SNP A Ewing 2,653 6.9
Liberal H Wills 2,042 5.4

Elections in the 1940s

By-election 1942: Glasgow Cathcart [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Beattie 10,786
Independent William Douglas-Home 3,807
Ind. Labour Party James Carmichael 2,493
SNP William Whyte 1,000

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Glasgow Cathcart [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir John Train 21,331
Labour A.A. MacGregor 12,995
General Election 1931: Glasgow Cathcart[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Train 26,642
Labour A. L. Ritchie 8,919
New Party J. Mellick 529

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Glasgow Cathcart [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert MacDonald 18,440
Labour Capt John Primrose Hay 9,915

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Glasgow Cathcart [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Pratt 16,310
Labour Dr Gavin Brown Clark 4,489

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/ge01/gr03.html
  2. ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/ge01/gr03.html
  3. ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/elections/pelectb.html
  4. ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/elections/pelectb.html
  5. ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/elections/pelectb.html
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
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