| Glasgow Kelvingrove | |
|---|---|
| Formerburgh constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow College |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Maryhill andGlasgow Hillhead[1] |
Glasgow Kelvingrove was aburgh constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) using thefirst-past-the-post voting system. In February 1974 it absorbed the entire Glasgow Woodside Constituency which had existed from 1950 but lost the part of the Exchange Ward it had previously included to Glasgow Central.
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John MacLeod | 13,648 | 64.2 | |
| Independent Labour | Walter Graham Leachman | 5,012 | 23.6 | ||
| Liberal | George MacPherson | 2,582 | 12.2 | ||
| Majority | 8,636 | 40.6 | |||
| Turnout | 21,242 | 53.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 39,702 | ||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Hutchison | 13,442 | 54.8 | −9.4 | |
| Liberal | Robert Roxburgh | 11,094 | 45.2 | +33.0 | |
| Majority | 2,348 | 9.6 | −31.0 | ||
| Turnout | 24,536 | 64.5 | +11.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 38,031 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | −21.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Hutchison | 11,025 | 42.9 | −11.9 | |
| Communist | *Aitken Ferguson | 10,021 | 39.0 | New | |
| Liberal | Alexander James Grieve | 4,662 | 18.1 | −27.1 | |
| Majority | 1,004 | 3.9 | −5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 25,708 | 68.2 | +3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 37,692 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
* Ferguson labelled himself a Labour party candidate without any official endorsement, despite being an official Communist candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,488 | 55.3 | +12.4 | |
| Labour | Aitken Ferguson | 11,167 | 39.8 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal | John Pratt | 1,372 | 4.9 | −13.2 | |
| Majority | 4,321 | 15.5 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 28,027 | 70.5 | +2.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,779 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | +12.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 18,034 | 58.4 | +15.5 | |
| Labour | Thomas Archibald Kerr | 12,844 | 41.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,190 | 16.8 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 30,878 | 77.5 | +9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,841 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 17,031 | 48.9 | −9.5 | |
| Labour | John Winning | 15,173 | 43.6 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | William Reid | 2,623 | 7.5 | New | |
| Majority | 1,858 | 5.3 | −11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 34,827 | 74.9 | −2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 46,507 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 21,481 | 63.4 | +14.5 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | John Winning | 12,415 | 36.6 | −7.0 | |
| Majority | 9,066 | 26.8 | +21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 33,896 | 76.7 | +1.8 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,100 | 48.7 | −14.7 | |
| Labour | Hector McNeil | 14,951 | 48.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Henry George Rae | 1,004 | 3.2 | New | |
| Majority | 149 | 0.6 | −26.2 | ||
| Turnout | 31,055 | 72.5 | −4.2 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
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;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Williams | 12,273 | 46.0 | −2.1 | |
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 12,185 | 45.7 | −3.0 | |
| SNP | Christopher Grieve | 1,314 | 4.9 | New | |
| Liberal | Charles John Edwin Morgan | 919 | 3.4 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 88 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,691 | 61.7 | −10.8 | ||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,197 | 49.6 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | John Williams | 13,973 | 45.6 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal | Sydney John Ranger | 831 | 2.7 | −0.7 | |
| Independent | Christopher Grieve | 639 | 2.1 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 1,224 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,640 | ||||
| Unionistgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 15,837 | 52.4 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | John Williams | 14,406 | 47.6 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 1,431 | 4.8 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30,243 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 14,854 | 55.4 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | John Williams | 11,966 | 44.6 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 2,888 | 10.8 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 26,820 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary McAlister | 10,210 | 48.00 | +3.38 | |
| Unionist | Katharine Elliot | 8,850 | 41.61 | −13.77 | |
| Independent Liberal | David Murray | 1,622 | 7.63 | New | |
| Ind. Labour Party | William C Park | 587 | 2.76 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,360 | 6.39 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,269 | ||||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | +8.67 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Frank Lilley | 12,355 | 50.7 | −4.7 | |
| Labour | Mary McAlister | 11,254 | 46.2 | +1.6 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | William C Park | 740 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,101 | 4.5 | −6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 24,349 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maurice Miller | 10,340 | 54.1 | +7.9 | |
| Unionist | Frank Lilley | 8,791 | 45.9 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 1,549 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 19,131 | ||||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maurice Miller | 9,311 | 57.8 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Frank Lilley | 6,793 | 42.2 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 2,518 | 15.6 | +7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 16,104 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maurice Miller | 6,106 | 53.7 | −4.1 | |
| Conservative | Ronald E Dundas | 5,274 | 46.3 | +4.1 | |
| Majority | 832 | 7.4 | −8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,380 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Carmichael | 13,115 | 44.5 | −9.2 | |
| Conservative | Tom Kenyon | 10,717 | 36.3 | −10.0 | |
| SNP | Colin M MacKellar | 5,666 | 19.2 | New | |
| Majority | 2,398 | 8.2 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 29,498 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Carmichael | 11,567 | 42.8 | −1.7 | |
| Conservative | J Rennie | 7,448 | 27.6 | −8.7 | |
| SNP | Charles Duncan Calman | 6,274 | 23.2 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | S Glasgow | 1,735 | 6.4 | New | |
| Majority | 4,119 | 15.2 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 27,024 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Carmichael | 11,133 | 50.33 | ||
| Conservative | ACS MacDougall | 6,374 | 28.82 | ||
| Liberal | Eric Bennett | 2,412 | 10.91 | ||
| SNP | Ian O Bayne | 2,199 | 9.94 | ||
| Majority | 4,759 | 21.51 | |||
| Turnout | 22,118 | 65.63 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||