Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until the 2005 general election, when it was largely replaced by the Glasgow North East constituency.
Glasgow Springburn | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
1918–2005 | |
Replaced by | Glasgow North East |
Created from | Glasgow Partick and North West Lanarkshire |
The last and longest-serving Member of Parliament, Michael Martin, formerly a member of the Labour Party, was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000 and held the post until his resignation in 2009. By convention, the major parties (Labour, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats) do not stand against a sitting Speaker in a general election, and in the 2001 and 2005 general elections he stood as "Speaker seeking re-election." Other parties, including the Scottish National Party, however, continued to contest the seat.
Boundaries
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1918–1950: "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 northward to the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence south-westward and westward along the centre line of Cumbernauld Road and Alexandra Parade to the centre line of Castle Street, thence northward along the centre line of Castle Street and Springburn Road to the centre line of Fountainwell Road, thence north-westward along the centre line of Fountainwell Road to the centre line of the North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line), thence northward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to a Point on the municipal boundary about 327 yards north of the centre of Hawthorn Street, where the said North British Railway intersects that street, thence northward, eastward, southward, eastward, southward, westward, south-eastward and southwestward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowcaddens, Cowlairs, and Springburn.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowlairs and Springburn.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowlairs, Dennistoun, and Springburn.
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Alexandra Park/Dennistoun and Keppochhill/Cowlairs.
1997–2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Carntyne/Robroyston, Royston/Dennistoun, and Springburn/Barmulloch.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1918 | F. A. Macquisten | Unionist | |
1922 | George Hardie | Labour | |
1931 | Charles Emmott | Conservative | |
1935 | George Hardie | Labour | |
1937 by-election | Agnes Hardie | Labour | |
1945 | John Forman | Labour and Co-operative | |
1964 | Dick Buchanan | Labour | |
1979 | Michael Martin | Labour | |
2000 | Speaker | ||
2005 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | F. A. Macquisten | 10,786 | 52.7 | |
Labour | George Hardie | 7,996 | 39.1 | ||
Liberal | William Pringle | 1,669 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 2,790 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 20,451 | 60.9 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hardie | 15,771 | 60.5 | +21.4 | |
Unionist | F. A. Macquisten | 10,311 | 39.5 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 5,460 | 21.0 | 34.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,082 | 78.5 | +17.6 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +17.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hardie | 14,535 | 62.3 | +1.8 | |
Unionist | David Alexander Guild | 8,814 | 37.7 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 5,721 | 24.6 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,349 | 68.1 | −10.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hardie | 15,635 | 56.5 | −5.8 | |
Unionist | David Alexander Guild | 12,043 | 43.5 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 3,592 | 13.0 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,678 | 79.3 | +11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hardie | 21,079 | 65.5 | +9.0 | |
Unionist | John McSkimming | 11,110 | 34.5 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 9,969 | 31.0 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,189 | 73.6 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Emmott | 16,092 | 47.2 | +12.7 | |
Labour | George Hardie | 16,058 | 47.0 | −18.5 | |
Communist | A. Haines | 1,997 | 5.8 | New | |
Majority | 34 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,147 | 75.4 | +1.8 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +15.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hardie | 20,286 | 63.1 | +16.1 | |
Unionist | J. McNicol | 11,859 | 36.9 | −10.3 | |
Majority | 8,427 | 26.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,145 | 71.1 | −4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Agnes Hardie | 14,859 | 62.6 | −0.5 | |
Unionist | McInnes Shaw | 8,881 | 37.4 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 5,978 | 25.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,740 | 50.9 | −20.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Forman | 21,698 | 65.0 | +1.9 | |
Unionist | Robert Henry Sherwood Calver | 11,690 | 35.0 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 10,008 | 30.0 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,388 | 63.6 | −7.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Forman | 25,603 | 59.7 | −5.3 | |
Unionist | J. McNicol | 13,666 | 31.9 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | David W Campbell | 1,853 | 4.3 | New | |
Communist | R. F. Horne | 1,764 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,937 | 27.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,886 | 76.9 | +13.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Forman | 27,749 | 62.4 | +2.7 | |
Unionist | Walter H. Bennett | 16,748 | 37.8 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 11,001 | 24.6 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,497 | 78.0 | +3.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Forman | 16,131 | 57.5 | −4.9 | |
Unionist | James A. Young | 10,358 | 37.0 | −0.8 | |
Communist | Finlay Hart | 1,532 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,773 | 20.5 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 28,021 | 69.1 | −8.9 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Forman | 16,297 | 58.8 | +1.3 | |
Unionist | Teddy Taylor | 10,167 | 36.7 | −0.3 | |
Communist | Finlay Hart | 1,235 | 4.5 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 6,130 | 22.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,699 | 72.6 | +3.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Buchanan | 16,828 | 65.3 | +6.5 | |
Unionist | Robert B. J. C. Black | 5,632 | 21.8 | −14.9 | |
SNP | Angus Mclntosh | 2,366 | 9.2 | New | |
Communist | Neil McLellan | 950 | 3.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 11,196 | 43.5 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,776 | 69.2 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Buchanan | 15,998 | 67.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Douglas H. Heatlie | 4,499 | 19.1 | −2.7 | |
SNP | William J. Morton | 2,222 | 9.4 | +0.2 | |
Communist | Neil McLellan | 867 | 3.7 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 11,499 | 48.7 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,586 | 66.6 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Buchanan | 14,968 | 64.3 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | John Sorbie | 4,574 | 19.6 | +0.5 | |
SNP | William J. Morton | 3,323 | 14.3 | +4.9 | |
Communist | Neil McLellan | 423 | 1.8 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 10,394 | 44.7 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,288 | 61.3 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Buchanan | 18,067 | 53.7 | −10.6 | |
SNP | William J. Morton | 7,672 | 22.8 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | N.M. McCune | 7,452 | 22.1 | +2.5 | |
Communist | Neil McLellan | 478 | 1.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 10,395 | 30.9 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,669 | 70.4 | +9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Buchanan | 17,444 | 54.6 | +0.9 | |
SNP | William J. Morton | 9,049 | 28.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | S. Taylor | 4,245 | 13.3 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | T. Marshall | 865 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Communist | Neil McLellan | 352 | 1.1 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 8,395 | 26.3 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,955 | 66.5 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Martin | 18,871 | 66.1 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | G. Ross McKay | 6,100 | 21.3 | +8.0 | |
SNP | William J. Morton | 3,587 | 12.6 | −15.7 | |
Majority | 12,771 | 44.8 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,558 | 67.8 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Martin | 22,481 | 64.7 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | James Kelly | 4,882 | 14.1 | New | |
Conservative | D. Tweedie | 4,565 | 13.1 | −8.2 | |
SNP | John F. McLaughlin | 2,804 | 8.1 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 17,599 | 50.6 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,732 | 65.1 | −2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Martin | 25,617 | 73.6 | +8.9 | |
SNP | Brendan O'Hara | 3,554 | 10.2 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Call | 2,870 | 8.3 | −4.8 | |
Liberal | David Rennie | 2,746 | 7.9 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 22,063 | 63.4 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,787 | 67.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Martin | 20,369 | 67.7 | −5.9 | |
SNP | Stuart Miller | 5,863 | 19.5 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew C.R. Barnett | 2,625 | 8.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Ackland | 1,242 | 4.1 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 14,506 | 48.2 | −15.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,099 | 65.7 | −1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Martin | 22,534 | 71.4 | +3.7 | |
SNP | John R. Brady | 5,208 | 16.5 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Mark B. Holdsworth | 1,893 | 6.0 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Alexander | 1,349 | 4.3 | +0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | John Lawson | 407 | 1.3 | New | |
Referendum | Andrew J. Keating | 186 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,326 | 54.9 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,577 | 58.9 | −6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Speaker | Michael Martin | 16,053 | 66.6 | N/A | |
SNP | Sandy Bain | 4,675 | 19.4 | +2.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Carolyn Leckie | 1,879 | 7.8 | New | |
Scottish Unionist | Daniel Houston | 1,289 | 5.3 | New | |
Independent | Richard E.W. Silvester | 208 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,378 | 47.2 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 24,104 | 43.7 | −15.2 | ||
Speaker hold | Swing |
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by West Bromwich West |
Constituency represented by the Speaker 2000 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Glasgow North East |