Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Bridgeton
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Glasgow
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow Central, Glasgow Shettleston^[1]
Created from	Glasgow

Glasgow Bridgeton was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

For many years it was represented by James Maxton, the leader of the Independent Labour Party whose policies were to the left of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the first and fourth Municipal Wards.^[2]

The constituency was described in the Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions Act 1896 as being-

"The area within a line beginning at a point in the centre of Albert Bridge, where the same intersects the centre line of the River Clyde, and thence proceeding eastwards along the centre of that river till it meets the parliamentary boundary of the city at Harvie's Dyke; thence northwards along the said parliamentary boundary to the centre of London Road; thence westwards along the centres of London Road and Canning Street to a point opposite the centre of Clyde Street; thence northwards along the centres of Clyde Street and Abercromby Street to the centre of Gallowgate; thence westwards along the centre of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre of Saltmarket; thence southwards along the centre of Saltmarket to the centre of the River Clyde at the point first described."

In the Representation of the People Act 1918 it was described as-

"That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the centre line of London Road, where the road is crossed by the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence south-westward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to where it joins the Caledonian Railway Branch Line from Dalmarnock to Rutherglen, thence southward along the centre line of the said last-mentioned railway to a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-westward and north-westward along the municipal boundary of the city to a point on the centre line of the River Clyde about 77 yards south-eastward from the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence westward, northward and westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the centre of Albert Bridge thence northward along the centre line of Saltmarket to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence southwestward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Canning Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Canning Street and London Road to the point of commencement."

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Calton and Dalmarnock wards of the City of Glasgow. The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Shettleston) Order, 1955 ^[3] added to this the portion of the Mile-End ward that had previously been part of the Glasgow Camlachie constituency.

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970^[4] provided that the constituency was to consist of "The following wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Calton and Dalmarnock and that part of Mile-End ward which lies to the west of a line commencing at a point on the northern boundary of the ward immediately opposite the centre line of Millerston Street; thence southward to and along the centre line of Millerston Street to the centre line of Gallowgate; thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre line of Fielden Street; thence southward along the centre line of Fielden Street to the termination of the line on the southern boundary of the Mile-End ward opposite the centre of Fielden Street."

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Sir Edward Richard Russell	Liberal
1887 by-election	Sir George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal
1897 by-election	Sir Charles Cameron	Liberal
1900	Charles Scott Dickson	Unionist
1906	James William Cleland	Liberal
1910 (Dec)	Alexander MacCallum Scott	Liberal
1922	James Maxton	Labour
1931	James Maxton	Independent Labour Party
1946 by-election	James Carmichael	Independent Labour Party
1947^[5]	James Carmichael	Labour
1961 by-election	James Bennett	Labour
1974 (Feb)	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

E.R. Russell

General Election 1885: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Edward Richard Russell	3,601
Conservative	Elphinstone Vans Agnew Maitland	3,478
Scottish Land Restoration	William Forsyth	978

General Election 1886: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Richard Russell	4,364
	Conservative	Colin Mackenzie	3,567

Trevelyan

Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1887^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan	4,654
	Liberal Unionist	Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	3,253

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan	4,729
	Conservative	William Charles Maughan	3,351

Having accepted office as Secretary for Scotland, George Otto Trevelyan was returned unopposed at Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1892.^[7]

Trevelyan

General Election 1895: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan	3,161
Conservative	Charles Scott Dickson	2,719
Ind. Labour Party	James Robertson Watson	609

Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1897 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Charles Cameron	4,506
	Conservative	Charles Scott Dickson	4,381

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Scott Dickson	5,032
	Liberal	Alexander Falconer Murison	4,041
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

James Cleland

General Election 1906: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James William Cleland	5,585	58.2
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Charles Scott Dickson	4,019	41.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James William Cleland	5,336
	Conservative	Patrick Keith Lang	3,539
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alexander MacCallum Scott	4,759
	Conservative	William Hutchison	3,816

James Maxton

General Election 1918: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±
	Liberal	Alexander MacCallum Scott	10,887
	Labour	James Maxton	7,860	n/a
	Independent	Eunice Guthrie Murray	991	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Unionist candidate William Hutchison withdrew when Coalition Government endorsed the Liberal candidate

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Maxton	17,890	63.7
	National Liberal	Alexander MacCallum Scott	10,198	36.3
Majority			7,692	27.4
Turnout			28,088
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Maxton	15,735
	Unionist	John Bennett Black	6,101
	Liberal	Thomas Randall Anderson	2,445
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[12]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	James Maxton	16,850
Unionist	Maurice James McCracken	10,633
Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Maxton	21,033	67.7
	Unionist	Maurice James McCracken	10,049	32.3
Majority			10,984	35.4
Turnout			31,082
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Glasgow Bridgeton^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Labour Party	James Maxton	16,630	58.21
	Unionist	Catherine Gavin	11,941	41.79
Majority			4,689	32.09
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Glasgow Bridgeton ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Labour Party	James Maxton	17,691	64.95
	Unionist	Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw	8,951	32.86
	Labour	Samuel MacLaren	594	2.18
Majority			8,740	16.41
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Bridgeton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Labour Party	James Maxton	13,220	66.38
	Unionist	Richard Charles Brooman-White	6,695	33.62
Majority			6,525	32.8
Turnout				58.4
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ind. Labour Party	James Carmichael	6,351	34.3	- 32.1
	Labour	John Thomas Wheatley	5,180	28.0	N/A
	Unionist	Victor Dunn Warren	3,987	21.6
	Independent	Wendy Wood	2,575	13.9	N/A
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Alfred Aldred	405	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,171	6.3
Turnout			18,498
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Glasgow Bridgeton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Carmichael	20,268	59.4
	Unionist	Francis Charles Irwin	11,025	32.3
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Duncan	1,974	5.8
	Communist	D. Kelly	858	2.5
Majority			9,243	27.1
Turnout				76.9
	Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party		Swing	N/A

General Election 1951: Glasgow Bridgeton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Carmichael	21,307	63.6
	Unionist	Richard A. Thomson	10,382	31.0
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Duncan	1,796	5.4
Majority			10,925	32.6
Turnout				76.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Glasgow Bridgeton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Carmichael	20,476	57.7
	Unionist	Paul Thomas Cowcher	12,375	34.9
	Ind. Labour Party	George William Stone	2,619	7.4
Majority			8,101	22.8
Turnout				66.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Glasgow Bridgeton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Carmichael	21,048	63.4
	Unionist	Iain Docherty	12,139	36.6
Majority			8,909	26.8
Turnout				68.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1961 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Bennett	10,930	57.53
	Unionist	M. McNeill	3,935	20.71
	SNP	Ian C. H. Macdonald	3,549	18.68
	Ind. Labour Party	George William Stone	586	3.08
Majority			6,995	36.82
Turnout			19,000	41.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Glasgow Bridgeton^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Bennett	18,879	71.59	+8.19
	Unionist	John Hogg	12,139	28.41	-8.19
Majority			11,387	43.18	+16.38
Turnout			26,371	63.57	-4.93
Registered electors			41,482
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.19

General Election 1966: Glasgow Bridgeton^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Bennett	16,219	74.27	+2.68
	Conservative	John Hogg	5,619	25.73	-2.68
Majority			10,600	48.54	+5.36
Turnout			21,838	58.77	-4.80
Registered electors			37,159
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.68

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Glasgow Bridgeton^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Bennett	11,056	62.86	-11.41
	Conservative	Robert Gavin	3,801	21.61	-4.12
	SNP	Gordon E J Wallace	1,550	8.81	N/A
	Independent Protestant	Rev. Jack T A Glass	1,180	6.71	N/A
Majority			7,255	41.25	-7.29
Turnout			15,787	56.26	-1.49
Registered electors			31,262
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.65

Notes

↑ Statutory Instrument 1970 No. 1680 (section Two) The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (Coming into force 25 November 1970)
↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
↑ Statutory Instrument 1995/23
↑ S.I. 1970/1680.
↑ James Carmichael was elected in 1946 as an Independent Labour Party candidate. However, he and the two other ILP MPs defected to the Labour Party in 1947.
1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
1 2 Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
1 2 3 The Constitutional Year Book, 1930
↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1932
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ The Times, 17 Nov 1961
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)

Glasgow Constituencies

Current	Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West

Historic	Clyde Burghs (1708–1832) Glasgow (1832–85) Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (1885–1918) Glasgow College (1885–1918) Glasgow St Rollox (1885–1950) Glasgow Camlachie (1885–1955) Glasgow Tradeston (1885–1955) Glasgow Bridgeton (1885–1974) Glasgow Govan (1885–2005) Glasgow Gorbals (1918–74) Glasgow Kelvingrove (1918–83) Rutherglen (1918–83) Glasgow Hillhead (1918–97) Glasgow Cathcart (1918–2005) Glasgow Maryhill (1918–2005) Glasgow Pollok (1918–2005) Glasgow Shettleston (1918–2005) Glasgow Springburn (1918–2005) Glasgow Scotstoun (1950–74) Glasgow Woodside (1950–74) Glasgow Craigton (1955–83) Glasgow Queen's Park (1974–83) Glasgow Provan (1955–97) Glasgow Garscadden (1974–97) Glasgow Rutherglen (1983–2005) Glasgow Anniesland (1997–2005) Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005) Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005)

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire

« 1918–1950 « Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950–1955 *» 1955–1974* »**

Burgh constituencies	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Coatbridge and Airdrie Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline Burghs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East Edinburgh Leith Edinburgh North Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh West Glasgow Bridgeton Glasgow Camlachie Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Central Glasgow Gorbals Glasgow Govan Glasgow Hillhead Glasgow Kelvingrove Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Scotstoun Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn Glasgow Tradeston Glasgow Woodside Greenock Kirkcaldy Burghs Paisley Stirling and Falkirk Burghs

County constituencies	Argyll Ayr Banffshire Berwick and East Lothian Bothwell Bute and Northern Ayrshire Caithness and Sutherland Central Ayrshire CC Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Dumfriesshire East Aberdeenshire East Dunbartonshire East Fife East Renfrewshire Galloway Hamilton Inverness Kilmarnock Kinross and Western Perthshire Lanark Midlothian and Peebles Moray and Nairn Motherwell North Angus and Mearns North Lanarkshire Orkney and Zetland Perth and East Perthshire Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh and Selkirk Rutherglen South Angus South Ayrshire West Aberdeenshire West Dunbartonshire West Fife West Lothian West Renfrewshire West Stirlingshire Western Isles

Lists	1708–1832 1832–1868 1868–1885 1885–1918 1918–1950 1950–1955 1955–1974 1974–1983 1983–1997 1997–2005 2005–

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.