Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997
Glasgow Hillhead |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow (1975–1996) |
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1918–1997 |
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Seats | One |
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Created from | Partick |
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Replaced by | Glasgow Kelvin |
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Glasgow Hillhead was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
1918–1950: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point in the municipal boundary at its intersection with the centre line of the River Kelvin, thence southeastward, southward and southwestward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the North British Railway (Stobcross Branch), thence north-westward along the centre of the said North British Railway to its intersection with the municipal boundary, thence northeastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement".
1950–1955: The Kelvinside and Partick (West) wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Partick (East) ward.[1]
1955–1974: The Kelvinside and Partick West wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Whiteinch ward.[2]
1974–1983: The Glasgow wards of Kelvinside, Partick West, and Whiteinch.
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Kelvindale/Kelvinside, Partick/Anderston, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.
History
Along with Glasgow Cathcart, Hillhead was one of two safe Conservative Party seats in Glasgow for several decades. However, Labour reduced the Conservatives' majorities in both constituencies in the 1970s; Labour even won Cathcart in 1979 (making it the only seat the Conservative Party lost in its electoral victory that year), while Hillhead remained Conservative with a narrow majority. In the subsequent by-election of 1982, the Conservatives lost their last seat in Glasgow not to Labour, but to the year-old SDP, with the former Labour cabinet minister Roy Jenkins becoming the new MP for the constituency. Jenkins retained the seat for the SDP in the 1983 general election, but lost the seat to George Galloway of the Labour Party in 1987.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Glasgow Hillhead [7] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Unionist | Robert Horne | 21,279 | 73.84 | +10.5 |
| Labour | Charles Aloysius O'Donnell | 7,539 | 26.16 | −10.5 |
Majority | 13,740 | 47.68 | +21.1 |
Turnout | 28,818 | 80.0 | +5.1 |
| Unionist hold | Swing | | |
- endorsed by constituency party but not by borough party
General election 1935: Glasgow Hillhead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Unionist | Robert Horne | 18,367 | 68.20 | |
| Labour | James McCullock | 8,566 | 31.80 | |
Majority | 9,801 | 36.40 | −11.28 |
Turnout | 26,933 | 73.24 | −6.8 |
| Unionist hold | Swing | | |
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
General election February 1974: Glasgow Hillhead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tam Galbraith | 14,378 | 44.0 | ―17.3 |
| Labour | D. Welsh | 7,997 | 24.4 | ―6.1 |
| Liberal | Louise Steedman | 6,644 | 20.3 | New |
| SNP | Keith Sydney Bovey | 3,702 | 11.3 | +3.1 |
Majority | 6,381 | 19.6 | ―11.2 |
Turnout | 32,721 | 78.8 | +9.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Glasgow Hillhead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tam Galbraith | 11,203 | 37.1 | ―6.9 |
| Labour | D. Welsh | 8,507 | 28.2 | +3.8 |
| SNP | G. Borthwick | 6,897 | 22.9 | +11.6 |
| Liberal | Alan Rennie | 3,596 | 11.9 | ―8.4 |
Majority | 2,696 | 8.9 | ―10.7 |
Turnout | 30,203 | 72.4 | ―6.4 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Glasgow Hillhead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tam Galbraith | 12,368 | 41.0 | +3.9 |
| Labour | Richard Mowbray | 10,366 | 34.4 | +6.2 |
| Liberal | Marshall Harris | 4,349 | 14.4 | +2.5 |
| SNP | G. Borthwick | 3,050 | 10.1 | ―12.8 |
Majority | 2,002 | 6.6 | ―2.3 |
Turnout | 30,133 | 71.9 | ―0.5 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | ―1.2 | |
Elections in the 1980s
1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| SDP | Roy Jenkins | 10,106 | 33.4 | +19.0 |
| Conservative | Gerry Malone | 8,068 | 26.6 | ―14.4 |
| Labour | David Wiseman | 7,846 | 25.9 | ―8.5 |
| SNP | George Leslie | 3,416 | 11.3 | +1.2 |
| Protestant Crusade against the Papal Visit | Jack Glass | 388 | 1.3 | New |
| Social Democrat (1979) | Roy Harold Jenkins | 282 | 0.9 | New |
| Ecology | Nicolette Carlaw | 178 | 0.6 | New |
| Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident | Bill Boaks | 5 | 0.0 | New |
Majority | 2,038 | 6.8 | N/A |
Turnout | 30,289 | 76.4 | +4.5 |
| SDP gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.9 | |
The constituency's boundaries were significantly altered for the 1983 general election and it was estimated by the BBC and ITN that on the new boundaries Labour would have captured the seat with a majority of just over 2,000 votes in 1979, thus making this a notional SDP gain from Labour.[17] Neil Carmichael was the sitting Labour MP for the Glasgow Kelvingrove constituency which had been abolished for this election.[18]
General election 1987: Glasgow Hillhead[19][20] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Galloway | 17,958 | 42.9 | +9.5 |
| SDP | Roy Jenkins | 14,707 | 35.1 | ―1.1 |
| Conservative | Brian David Cooklin | 6,048 | 14.5 | ―9.0 |
| SNP | Bill Kidd | 2,713 | 6.5 | +1.1 |
| Green | Alastair Whitelaw | 443 | 1.1 | +0.5 |
Majority | 3,251 | 7.8 | N/A |
Turnout | 41,869 | 72.4 | +0.5 |
| Labour gain from SDP | Swing | | |
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Glasgow Hillhead[21] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Galloway | 15,148 | 38.5 | ―4.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Mason | 10,322 | 26.2 | ―8.9 |
| Conservative | Aileen Bates | 6,728 | 17.1 | +2.6 |
| SNP | Sandra White | 6,484 | 16.5 | +10.0 |
| Scottish Green | Lizbeth R. Collie | 558 | 1.4 | +0.3 |
| Revolutionary Communist | Helen Gold | 73 | 0.2 | New |
| Natural Law | Duncan Patterson | 60 | 0.1 | New |
Majority | 4,826 | 12.3 | +4.5 |
Turnout | 39,373 | 68.7 | ―3.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Scotstoun, Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Woodside) Order 1955. SI 1955/25". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2202–2204.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ a b British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949.
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923.
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 279. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
- ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books Ltd. 1983. p. 119. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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