Glasgow Woodside was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1974.
Glasgow Woodside | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | County of city of Glasgow |
1950–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glasgow St Rollox, Glasgow Maryhill and Glasgow Hillhead[1] |
Replaced by | Glasgow Hillhead Glasgow Maryhill |
The constituency was preceded by the Labour held St Rollox, which was composed of the Glasgow City Council wards of Cowcaddens and Woodside. The seat was extended to include North Kelvin Ward, which had been part of Glasgow Maryhill. The name was changed to reflect the new central area of the constituency, which was Woodside.
On the new boundaries, and following a national swing, Glasgow Woodside was narrowly gained by the Conservatives in 1950.
In 1955, Cowcaddens Ward was moved to Glasgow Central while Partick East Ward was gained from Glasgow Hillhead, culminating in an increased Conservative majority of over 4000 in that year.
Despite a national swing to the Tories in the 1959 general election, there was a swing to Labour in Scotland, and four Conservative held seats fell to Labour (Ayrshire Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Scotstoun and Lanark). The pro-Labour swing saw the Conservative majority in Glasgow Woodside cut in half.
In a 1962 by election, Glasgow Woodside fell to Labour (seeing the return of Neil Carmichael), and was retained by Labour in 1964 and 1966.
Despite winning 7 of the 9 council seats in the constituency, the Conservatives narrowly failed to regain the seat in 1970.
In February 1974, Glasgow Woodside was abolished in name. In fact post Feb 1974 Glasgow Kelvingrove became a combination of 100% of Glasgow Woodside and part of the old Glasgow Kelvingrove (the rest of which was absorbed by Glasgow Central). The Woodside MP Neil Carmichael became the MP for the new Kelvingrove, while the old Kelvingrove MP (Maurice Miller) stood in the new East Kilbride seat which had been formed from much of Lanark.
In 1983, Glasgow Kelvingrove was more or less equally divided between Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Maryhill. Neil Carmichael stood and lost against the SDP MP for Hillhead, Roy Jenkins.
Boundaries
edit1950–1955: The North Kelvin and Woodside wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and the part of the Partick (East) ward which is not included in the Hillhead constituency.[2]
1955–1974: The North Kelvin, Partick East and Woodside wards of the county of the city of Glasgow.[3]
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1950 | William Gordon Bennett | Unionist | |
1955 | William Grant | Unionist | |
1962 by-election | Neil George Carmichael, later Baron Carmichael of Kelvingrove | Labour | |
1974 (Feb) | constituency abolished |
Election results
editElections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 17,075 | 48.7 | ||
Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 15,966 | 45.6 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Ledbetter Woodside | 2,005 | 5.7 | ||
Majority | 1,109 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,046 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 18,533 | 53.4 | +4.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard McCutcheon | 16,210 | 46.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,343 | 6.8 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,743 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Grant | 19,846 | 56.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John McGinley | 15,543 | 43.9 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 4,303 | 12.2 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,389 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Grant | 16,567 | 49.3 | −6.8 | |
Labour | John McGinley | 14,483 | 43.1 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | George Vincent McLaughlin (solicitor) | 2,583 | 7.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,084 | 6.2 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 33,633 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 8,303 | 36.1 | −7.0 | |
Unionist | Norman Macleod Glen | 6,936 | 30.1 | −19.2 | |
Liberal | Jack House | 5,000 | 21.7 | +14.0 | |
SNP | A. Niven | 2,562 | 11.1 | New | |
Independent Socialist | Guy Alfred Aldred | 134 | 0.6 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 83 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,368 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,018 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 15,521 | 49.1 | +13.0 | |
Unionist | Norman Macleod Glen | 11,954 | 37.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Jack House | 2,443 | 7.7 | −14.0 | |
SNP | David J. Stevenson | 1,600 | 5.1 | −6.0 | |
Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 88 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 3,567 | 11.3 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 31,606 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 13,540 | 50.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Norman Macleod Glen | 11,202 | 41.8 | +4.0 | |
SNP | Robert Fairlie | 1,916 | 7.1 | +2.0 | |
Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 122 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2,338 | 8.8 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,780 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 10,785 | 47.4 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Victor J MacColl | 9,457 | 41.5 | −0.3 | |
SNP | David Rollo | 1,912 | 8.4 | +1.3 | |
Ind. Conservative | G Ross MacKay | 614 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,328 | 5.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,768 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ^ The Times, 23 Nov 1962