Glasgow | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City and royal burgh of Glasgow |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two (1832–1868) Three (1868–1885) |
Created from | Clyde Burghs |
Replaced by | Blackfriars & Hutchesontown Bridgeton Camlachie College Central St Rollox Tradeston |
Glasgow was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It returned two Member of Parliament (MPs) until 1868, and then three from 1868 to 1885. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
Until 1832, Glasgow had been one of the parliamentary burghs in the Clyde Burghs constituency (also known as "Glasgow Burghs"), which was abolished by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832. The Act created the new Glasgow constituency with two seats, which was increased to three by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was finally divided into seven new single-seat constituencies, with effect from the 1885 general election:
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | 3rd Member | 3rd Party | |||
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1832 | James Ewing | Whig[2] | James Oswald | Whig[2][3] | Only two seats until 1868 | ||||
1835 | Colin Dunlop | Radical[3][4] | |||||||
Feb 1836 by-election | William Bentinck | Whig[2][5][6] | |||||||
May 1837 by-election | John Dennistoun | Whig[2][7] | |||||||
Jun 1839 by-election | James Oswald | Whig[2][3] | |||||||
1847 | John MacGregor | Whig[8][9] | Alexander Hastie | Whig[9] | |||||
Mar 1857 by-election | Walter Buchanan | Whig[10][11][12] | |||||||
1857 | Robert Dalglish | Radical[13][14][15] | |||||||
1859 | Liberal | Liberal | |||||||
1865 | William Graham | Liberal | |||||||
1868 | George Anderson | Liberal | |||||||
1874 | Sir Charles Cameron | Liberal | Alexander Whitelaw | Conservative | |||||
Jul 1879 by-election | Charles Tennant | Liberal | |||||||
1880 | Robert Tweedie Middleton | Liberal | |||||||
Mar 1885 by-election | Thomas Russell | Liberal | |||||||
1885 | Constituency abolished by Redistribution of Seats Act |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Russell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Anderson | 24,016 | 25.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Cameron | 23,658 | 25.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Tweedie Middleton | 23,360 | 24.9 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | William Pearce | 11,622 | 12.4 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | James Bain | 11,071 | 11.8 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 11,738 | 12.5 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 35,025 (est) | 60.5 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 57,920 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Tennant | Unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Cameron | 18,455 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Anderson | 17,902 | 23.8 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Alexander Whitelaw | 14,134 | 18.8 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | James Hunter | 12,533 | 16.7 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Alexander Crum | 7,453 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Ernest Kerr[17] | 4,444 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Joseph Cheney Bolton | 169 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 29,474 (est) | 54.2 (est) | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 54,374 | ||||
Majority | 3,768 | 5.0 | −5.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Majority | 6,681 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Bolton withdrew before the election.[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Dalglish | 18,287 | 28.1 | −11.3 | |
Liberal | William Graham | 18,062 | 27.8 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | George Anderson | 17,803 | 27.4 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Sir George Campbell, 4th Baronet | 10,820 | 16.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,983 | 10.7 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,871 (est) | 60.3 (est) | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 47,854 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Seat increased to three members
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Dalglish | 8,171 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Graham | 6,713 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Ramsay[21] | 5,832 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 881 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,358 (est) | 61.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 16,819 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Dalglish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Walter Buchanan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 18,611 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Walter Buchanan | 7,060 | 37.4 | −0.1 | |
Radical | Robert Dalglish | 6,765 | 35.9 | N/A | |
Whig | Alexander Hastie | 5,044 | 26.7 | −11.6 | |
Turnout | 9,435 (est) | 52.1 (est) | +25.1 | ||
Registered electors | 18,118 | ||||
Majority | 295 | 1.5 | −15.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1,721 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Walter Buchanan | 5,792 | 66.3 | -13.9 | |
Radical | James Merry | 2,943 | 33.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,849 | 32.6 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,735 | 48.2 | +21.2 | ||
Registered electors | 18,118 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Hastie | 3,209 | 38.3 | +11.7 | |
Whig | John MacGregor | 3,140 | 37.5 | +9.5 | |
Peelite | Peter Blackburn[22] | 1,681 | 20.1 | New | |
Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | 354 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,459 | 17.4 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,192 (est) | 27.0 (est) | −13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,502 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John MacGregor | 2,193 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Alexander Hastie | 2,081 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Whig | William Dixon[23][24] | 1,814 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Whig | John Dennistoun | 1,745 | 22.3 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 267 | 3.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,917 (est) | 40.8 (est) | −9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,589 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Oswald | 2,776 | 33.5 | +5.0 | |
Whig | John Dennistoun | 2,728 | 33.0 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | James Campbell[25] | 2,416 | 29.2 | −14.1 | |
Chartist | George Mills[26] | 355 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 312 | 3.8 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | c. 4,138 | c. 50.2 | c. −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,241 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Oswald | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cavendish-Bentinck | 2,767 | 28.5 | +8.1 | |
Whig | John Dennistoun | 2,743 | 28.2 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | James Campbell | 2,124 | 21.8 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Monteith[27] | 2,090 | 21.5 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 619 | 6.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | c. 4,862 | c. 56.0 | c. −13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,676 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Dennistoun | 3,049 | 57.0 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Monteith | 2,298 | 43.0 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 751 | 14.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,347 | 61.6 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 8,676 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,995 | 68.8 | +28.0 | |
Radical | George Mills | 903 | 31.2 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,092 | 37.6 | +31.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,898 | 32.9 | −36.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,819 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Oswald | 3,832 | 40.8 | +17.9 | |
Radical | Colin Dunlop (politician) | 3,267 | 34.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Ewing | 2,297 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,479 | 69.2 | c. −19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,922 | ||||
Majority | 565 | 6.0 | +0.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Majority | 970 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Ewing | 3,214 | 25.9 | ||
Whig | James Oswald | 2,838 | 22.9 | ||
Whig | Daniel Sandford | 2,168 | 17.5 | ||
Radical | John Crawfurd | 1,850 | 14.9 | ||
Radical | John Douglas | 1,340 | 10.8 | ||
Whig | Joseph Dixon (MP) | 995 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | 670 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | c. 6,203 | c. 88.8 | |||
Registered electors | 6,989 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |