Glasgow Camlachie
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Glasgow Camlachie in Glasgow 1918-49
Subdivisions of ScotlandCounty of the city of Glasgow
1885–1955
SeatsOne
Created fromGlasgow
Replaced byGlasgow Provan and Glasgow Bridgeton

Glasgow Camlachie was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1955.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

Glasgow Camlachie in Lanarkshire, 1950-55

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the second Municipal Ward, and so much of the third Municipal Ward as lies south of a line drawn along the centre of Duke Street.[1]

In 1918 the constituency consisted of

That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary on the south-east side of Cumbernauld Road where that road is intersected by the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward along the municipal boundary to a point about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence north-westward to a point on the centre line of the said railway 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence southwestward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to the centre line of London Road, thence westward along the centre line of London Road and Canning Street to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence northward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Duke Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Ark Lane, thence northward along the centre line of Ark Lane and Firpark Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade, and Cumbernauld Road to the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward to the point of commencement.

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of

The following wards (as constituted by the Local Government (Scotland) (Glasgow Wards and Councillors) Order, 1948, S.I., 1948, No. 876) of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Dennistoun, Provan 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 immediately opposite the centre of Fielden Street.

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Shettleston) Order, 1955 [2] provided for most of the area of the Camlachie constituency to be transferred to the new Glasgow Provan constituency, except for part of the Mile-End ward which was transferred to Glasgow Bridgeton.

Members of Parliament

Year Member [3] Party
1885 Hugh Watt Liberal
1892 Alexander Cross Liberal Unionist
1908 Liberal
1910 Halford Mackinder Liberal Unionist
1912 Unionist
1922 Campbell Stephen ILP
1931 James Stevenson Unionist
1935 Campbell Stephen ILP
1947 Labour
1948 Charles McFarlane Unionist
1950 William Reid Labour
1955 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Watt 4,047 56.9
Conservative Thomas Arnold Reid 2,883 40.6
Independent Liberal James Martin 177 2.5
Majority 1,164 16.3
Turnout 7,107 77.1
Registered electors 9,220
Liberal win (new seat)
Burleigh
General election 1886: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Watt 3,467 51.2 -5.7
Liberal Unionist Bennet Burleigh 3,308 48.8 +8.2
Majority 159 2.4 -13.9
Turnout 6,775 73.5 -3.6
Registered electors 9,220
Liberal hold Swing -7.0

Elections in the 1890s

Graham
General election 1892: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,455 45.3 -3.5
Liberal John McCulloch 3,084 40.5 -10.7
Scottish Labour Robert Cunninghame-Graham 906 11.9 New
Independent Liberal Hugh Watt 179 2.3 New
Majority 371 4.8 N/A
Turnout 7,624 78.5 +5.0
Registered electors 9,716
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.6
Chisholm
General election 1895: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,198 50.0 +4.7
Liberal Samuel Chisholm 2,497 39.1 -1.4
Ind. Labour Party Robert Smillie 696 10.9 New
Majority 701 10.9 +6.1
Turnout 6,391 63.6 -14.9
Registered electors 10,046
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1900s

Fletcher
General election 1900: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 4,345 58.3 +8.3
Scottish Workers Alfred Fletcher 3,107 41.7 New
Majority 1,238 16.6 +5.7
Turnout 7,452 71.1 +7.5
Registered electors 10,479
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
Burgess
General election 1906: Glasgow Camlachie [4][5][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Cross 3,119 36.5 −21.8
Liberal William Pringle 2,871 33.5 New
Labour Repr. Cmte. Joseph Burgess 2,568 30.0 New
Majority 248 3.0 −13.6
Turnout 8,558 84.1 +13.0
Registered electors 10,174
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Mackinder
General election January 1910: Glasgow Camlachie [4][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Halford Mackinder 3,227 38.1 +1.6
Liberal Alexander Cross 2,793 33.0 -3.5
Labour James Kessack 2,443 28.9 -1.1
Majority 434 5.1 +2.1
Turnout 8,463 87.6 +3.5
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +1.0
Hogge
General election December 1910: Glasgow Camlachie [4][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Halford Mackinder 3,479 40.9 +2.8
Liberal James Myles Hogge 3,453 40.6 +7.6
Labour James Kessack 1,539 18.1 -10.8
Women's Suffrage William Julius Mirrlees 35 0.4 New
Majority 26 0.3 -4.8
Turnout 8,506 86.6 -1.0
Liberal Unionist hold Swing -2.4

Mirrlees was the candidate of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies. His candidacy had the effect of ensuring the election of Mackinder, who opposed women's suffrage at the expense of Hogge, who supported it.

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Glasgow Camlachie [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Halford Mackinder 13,645 62.9 +22.0
Labour Hugh Guthrie 7,192 33.1 +15.0
Liberal Daniel Browning 860 4.0 −36.6
Majority 6,453 29.8 +29.5
Turnout 21,697 58.1 −28.5
Registered electors 37,319
Unionist hold Swing +3.5
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Glasgow Camlachie [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Stephen 15,181 53.2 +20.1
Unionist Halford Mackinder 11,439 40.2 −22.7
Liberal Walter Crawford Smith 1,896 6.6 +2.6
Majority 3,742 13.0 N/A
Turnout 28,516 81.0 +22.9
Registered electors 35,249
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +21.4
General election 1923: Glasgow Camlachie [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Stephen 14,143 56.2 +3.0
Unionist Henry Keith 11,027 43.8 +3.6
Majority 3,116 12.4 −0.6
Turnout 25,170 71.8 −9.2
Registered electors 35,046
Labour hold Swing −0.3
General election 1924: Glasgow Camlachie [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Stephen 14,588 50.4 −5.8
Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle 14,373 49.6 +5.8
Majority 215 0.8 −11.6
Turnout 28,961 80.6 +8.8
Registered electors 35,918
Labour hold Swing −5.8
General election 1929: Glasgow Camlachie [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Stephen 17,946 53.1 +2.7
Unionist James Stevenson 14,161 42.0 −7.6
National (Scotland) John MacCormick 1,646 4.9 New
Majority 3,785 11.1 +10.3
Turnout 33,752 78.6 −2.0
Registered electors 42,960
Labour hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Glasgow Camlachie[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stevenson 18,461 54.71
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,282 45.29
Majority 3,179 9.42 N/A
Turnout 33,743 78.22
Unionist gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing
General election 1935: Glasgow Camlachie [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,070 47.1 +1.8
Unionist James Stevenson 14,186 44.3 -10.4
Labour William Reid 2,732 8.6 New
Majority 884 2.8 N/A
Turnout 31,988
Ind. Labour Party gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 15,558 57.7 +10.6
Unionist Charles McFarlane 11,399 42.3 -2.0
Majority 4,159 15.4 +12.6
Turnout 26,957 65.1
Ind. Labour Party hold Swing
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Charles McFarlane 11,085 43.7 +1.4
Labour John M. Inglis 10,690 42.1 New
Ind. Labour Party Annie Maxton 1,622 6.4 -51.3
SNP Robert Blair Wilkie 1,320 5.2 New
United Socialist Movement Guy Aldred 345 1.4 New
Liberal Edward Rogers Goodfellow 312 1.2 New
Majority 395 1.6 N/A
Turnout 25,374 56.8 -8.3
Unionist gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing +26.4

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Reid 21,013 51.5 N/A
Unionist Charles McFarlane 19,766 48.5 +6.2
Majority 1,247 3.0 N/A
Turnout 40,779 80.7 +15.6
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing N/A
General election 1951: Glasgow Camlachie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Reid 20,994 51.3 -0.2
Unionist Charles McFarlane 19,969 48.8 +0.3
Majority 1,025 2.5 -0.5
Turnout 40,963 82.4 +1.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
  2. ^ Statutory Instrument 1955/23
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  5. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  6. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  8. ^ The House of Commons, February 1901, Macmillan & Co.
  9. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  11. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  12. ^ Perthshire Advertiser 29 Apr 1914
  13. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  14. ^ Liberal Yearbook, 1939
  15. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  16. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  17. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  18. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  19. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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