Glasgow Queen's Park was a short-lived burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system
| Glasgow Queen's Park | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow district |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow Gorbals Glasgow Cathcart |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Cathcart |
Boundaries
editThe County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals, Govanhill, and Hutchesontown, and part of Langside ward.
The constituency covered part of inner city Glasgow, to the south of the River Clyde and in the south-west of the city.
Before the February 1974 general election, the area had formed the major part of Glasgow Gorbals (Gorbals, Hutchesontown and part of Govanhill wards) and part of Glasgow Cathcart (the rest of Govanhill and Langside wards).[1]
In the 1983 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. 675 voters (2.0% of its electorate) were transferred to Glasgow Cathcart, 27,528 electors became part of Glasgow Central (79.7%), and the remaining 6,332 voters (18.4%) were included in the electorate of Glasgow Rutherglen.[2]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Frank McElhone | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Gorbals from 1969 by-election. Died September 1982 | |
| 1982 by-election | Helen McElhone | Labour | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 15,883 | 56.2 | ||
| Conservative | William Shearer | 7,517 | 26.6 | ||
| SNP | David Graham MacKellar | 4,394 | 15.6 | ||
| Communist | John Robert Kay | 372 | 1.3 | ||
| International Marxist | Robert McGoven Purdie | 90 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 8,366 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 28,256 | 73.3 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Registered electors | 38,567 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 14,574 | 56.1 | −0.1 | |
| SNP | David Graham MacKellar | 5,660 | 21.8 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Iain David MacKinnon | 4,421 | 17.0 | −9.6 | |
| Liberal | Moira Hughes Aitchison | 966 | 3.7 | New | |
| Communist | John Robert Kay | 354 | 1.4 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 8,914 | 34.3 | +4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 25,975 | 67.0 | −6.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Registered electors | 38,776 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 15,120 | 64.4 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Julius Collins | 5,642 | 24.0 | +7.0 | |
| SNP | Philip Greene | 2,276 | 9.7 | −12.1 | |
| Communist | John Robert Kay | 263 | 1.1 | −0.3 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Jean Kerrigan | 99 | 0.4 | New | |
| Socialist Unity | Walter MacLellan | 92 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 9,478 | 40.4 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 23,492 | 68.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 34,332 | ||||
- Death of Frank McElhone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen McElhone | 8,851 | 56.0 | −8.4 | |
| SNP | Peter Mallan | 3,157 | 20.0 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Jackson Carlaw | 1,888 | 12.0 | −12.0 | |
| Liberal | Graham Watson | 1,487 | 9.4 | New | |
| Communist | John Robert Kay | 339 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | John Connell | 40 | 0.3 | New | |
| Scottish Republican Socialist | Alistair H. Tennent | 39 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 5,694 | 36.0 | −4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 15,701 | 47.0 | −21.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 33,641 | ||||
References
edit- British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984).
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Q"