Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Camlachie
Type = Burgh
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1955

Glasgow Camlachie was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1955.

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 on the south-east side of Cumbernauld Road where that road is intersected by the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward along the municipal boundary to a point about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence north-westward to a point on the centre line of the said railway 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence southwestward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to the centre line of London Road, thence westward along the centre line of London Road and Canning Street to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence northward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Duke Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Ark Lane, thence northward along the centre line of Ark Lane and Firpark Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade, and Cumbernauld Road to the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Reid
votes = 20,994
percentage = 51.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Charles McFarlane
votes = 19,969
percentage = 48.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,025
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Reid
votes = 21,013
percentage = 51.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Charles McFarlane
votes = 19,766
percentage = 48.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,247
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 80.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour Party
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1940s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Charles McFarlane
votes = 11,085
percentage = 43.7
change = + 1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John M. Inglis
votes = 10,690
percentage = 42.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Annie Maxton
votes = 1,622
percentage = 6.4
change = - 51.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = R. B. Wilkie
votes = 1,320
percentage = 5.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = United Socialist Movement
candidate = Guy Aldred
votes = 345
percentage = 1.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R. Goodfellow
votes = 312
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 395
percentage = 1.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,374
percentage = 56.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
loser = Independent Labour Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Campbell Stephen
votes = 15,558
percentage = 57.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Charles McFarlane
votes = 11,399
percentage = 42.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,159
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 65.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Campbell Stephen
votes = 15,070
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Stevenson OBE KC
votes = 14,186
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Reid
votes = 2,732
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent Labour Party
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Stevenson OBE KC
votes = 18,461
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Campbell Stephen
votes = 15,282
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour Party
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Campbell Stephen
votes = 15,181
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Halford John Mackinder
votes = 11,439
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W. C. Smith
votes = 1,896
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1910s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Halford John Mackinder
votes = 13,645
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = H. B. Guthrie
votes = 7,192
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D. Browning
votes = 860
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1900s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Cross
votes = 3,119
percentage = 36.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William M. R. Pringle
votes = 2,871
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Burgess
votes = 2,568
percentage = 30.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Unionist Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Cross
votes = 4,345
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A. E. Fletcher
votes = 3,107
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Unionist Party
swing =

Elections in the 1890s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Cross
votes = 3,198
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S. Chisholm
votes = 2,497
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Robert Smillie
votes = 696
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Unionist Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Alexander Cross
votes = 3,455
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J. McCulloch
votes = 3,084
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Scottish Parliamentary Labour
candidate = Robert Cunninghame-Graham
votes = 906
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Watt
votes = 179
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Unionist Party
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1880s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Watt
votes = 3,467
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Bennet Burleigh
votes = 3,308
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Watt
votes = 4,047
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Arnold Reid
votes = 2,883
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = James Martin
votes = 177
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

References

See also