Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central Burgh constituency
Glasgow Central shown within Scotland
Created:	1885, recreated 2005
MP:	Mohammad Sarwar
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	City of Glasgow
EP constituency:	Scotland

Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). In its current form, the constituency was first used in the general election of 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 1885 to 1997 2.2 2005 to present 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 3.7 Elections in the 1940s 3.8 Elections in the 1930s 3.9 Elections in the 1920s 3.10 Elections in the 1910s 3.11 Elections in the 1900s 3.12 Elections in the 1890s 3.13 Elections in the 1880s 4 Notes and references 5 See also

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Municipal Wards. ^[1]

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point at the intersection of the centre lines of Parliamentary Road and Castle Street, thence southward along the centre line of Castle Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade to the centre line of Firpark Street, thence southward along the centre line of Firpark Street and Ark Lane to the centre line of Duke Street, thence westward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence southward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Saltmarket, thence southward along the centre line of Saltmarket and Albert Bridge to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence westward along the centre line of the River Clyde to a point in line with the centre line of McAlpine Street, thence northward along the centre line of McAlpine Street, Pitt Street and Scott Street to the centre line of New City Road, thence south-eastward along the centre line of New City Road and Cowcaddens to the centre line of Buchanan Street, thence southward along the centre line of Buchanan Street to the centre line of Parliamentary Road, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Parliamentary Road to the point of commencement."

Glasgow Central is now one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas.

The Central constituency, as defined in 2005, includes parts of the former Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Pollok and Glasgow Rutherglen constituencies.^[2] Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

The new Central constituency sits across the River Clyde, and includes Kelvingrove, Anderston, Merchant City, Calton, Pollokshields and Govanhill areas.

Of the seven Glasgow constituencies, Glasgow Central has the largest ethnic minority population, and is currently represented by Mohammad Sarwar, who is the first Muslim to be elected as a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP).

Members of Parliament

1885 to 1997

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Gilbert Beith	Liberal
	1886	John George Alexander Baird	Conservative
	1906	Andrew Mitchell Torrance	Liberal
	1909 by-election	Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative
	1915 by-election	John Mackintosh McLeod	Conservative
	1918	Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative
	1923	William Alexander	Conservative
	1945	James Hutchison	Conservative
	1950	James McInnes	Labour
	1966	Thomas McMillan	Labour
	1980 by-election	Robert McTaggart	Labour
	1989 by-election	Mike Watson	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

2005 to present

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Mohammad Sarwar	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bradley
	SNP	Osama Saeed
	Labour	Anas Sarwar
	UK Independence	Ramsay Urquhart
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Young

General Election 2005: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Sarwar	13,518	48.2	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Nelson	4,987	17.8	+8.2
	SNP	Bill Kidd	4,148	14.8	-6.1
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	1,757	6.3	+0.1
	Scottish Green	Gordon Masterton	1,372	4.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Marie Gordon	1110	4.0	-2.5
	BNP	Walter Hamilton	671	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ian Johnson	255	0.9	+0.5
	Christian Vote	Thomas Greig	139	0.5	N/A
	Communist	Elinor McKenzie	80	0.3	+0.1
Majority			8,531	30.4
Turnout			28,037	43.8	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	17,341	57.2
	SNP	B. O'Hara	6,322	20.8
	Conservative	E. N. Stewart	4,208	13.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Rennie	1,921	6.3
	Scottish Green	I. F. Brandt	435	1.4	+0.5
	Communist	T. Burn	106	0.4
Majority			11,019	36.3
Turnout			48,107	63.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

Glasgow Central by-election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	14,480	54.6	-9.9
	SNP	Alex Neil	8,018	30.2	+20.3
	Conservative	A. Hogarth	2,028	7.6	-5.4
	Scottish Green	I. F. Brandt	1,019	3.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	R. McCreadie	411	1.5	-9.0
	Social Democrat	P. Kerr	253	1.0	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	L. Murdoch	141	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Kidd	137	0.5	N/A
	Workers' Revolutionary	D. Lettice	48	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,462	24.4	-27.1
Turnout				52.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	21,619	64.5
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	4,366	13.0
	Liberal	J. Bryden	3,528	10.5
	SNP	A. Wilson	3,339	10.0
	Green	A. Brooks	290	0.9	N/A
	Communist	J. McGoldrick	265	0.8
	Red Front	D. Owen	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			17,253	51.5
Turnout				65.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	17,066	53.0
	Conservative	W. Harvey	6,104	19.0
	Liberal	I. Nelson	5,366	16.7	N/A
	SNP	P. Mallam	3,300	10.3
	Communist	J. McGoldrick	347	1.1
Majority			10,962	34.1
Turnout				62.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Glasgow Central by-election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	4,902	60.8	-11.7
	SNP	Gil Paterson	2,122	26.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Anna McCurley	707	8.8	-7.6
	National Front	John MacKenzie	148	1.8	N/A
	Scottish Young Liberal	Graham Watson	134	1.7	N/A
	Ecology	David Mellor	45	0.6	N/A
	Social Democrat (1979)	Donald Kean	10	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,780
Turnout			8,062
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	8,542	72.5
	Conservative	F. Saleem	1,937	16.4
	SNP	S. Bird	1,308	11.1
Majority			6,605	56.0
Turnout				59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	9,231	63.6
	SNP	B. Nugent	2,790	19.2
	Conservative	N. Woolfson	1,880	13.0
	Liberal	E. Bennett	605	4.2
Majority			6,441	44.4
Turnout				56.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	9,400	58.7
	Conservative	M. Gourlay	3,435	21.4
	SNP	S. Ewing	2,790	19.2
	Liberal	A. Brodie	982	6.1	N/A
Majority			5,965	37.2
Turnout				63.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	7,936	66.0
	Conservative	G. Rennie	2,394	19.9
	SNP	A. McIntosh	1,688	14.1	N/A
Majority			5,542	46.1
Turnout				59.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	11,673	74.8
	Conservative	R. Anderson	3,924	25.2
Majority			7,749	49.7
Turnout				58.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	13,343	70.2
	Conservative	G. Boyd	5,679	29.9
Majority			7,664	40.3
Turnout				62.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	15,918	64.6
	Conservative	I. Barber-Fleming	8,712	35.4
Majority			7,206	29.3
Turnout				67.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	16,674	61.8
	Conservative	I. Barber-Fleming	10,307	38.2
Majority			6,367	23.6
Turnout				62.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	15,757	58.2
	Conservative	W. Sinclair	10,875	40.2
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	411	1.5
Majority			4,882	18.1
Turnout				74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McInnes	14,861	54.6
	Conservative	James Hutchison	11,857	43.6
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	485	1.8
Majority			3,004	11.0
Turnout				73.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hutchison	9,365	44.0
	Labour	James McInnes	7,849	36.9
	Communist	R. Cooney	2,709	12.7
	Liberal	N. M. Glen	1,072	5.0
	United Socialist Movement	Guy Aldred	300	1.4
Majority			1,516	7.1
Turnout			21,295	59.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Glasgow Central [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brig Gen Sir William Alexander	16,707	55.9
	Labour	R. R. Stokes	13,186	44.1
Majority			3,521	11.8
Turnout			29,893
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Glasgow Central[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brig Gen Sir William Alexander KBE CB CMG DSO TD	21,547	65.3
	Labour	W. H. Martin	11,456	34.7
Majority			10,091	30.6
Turnout			33,003
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Glasgow Central [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brig Gen Sir William Alexander	18,258
	Labour	J.D. White	12,617

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Glasgow Central [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law	17,653
	Labour	D.J.M. Quin	4,736

By-election 15 July 1915: Glasgow Central [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mackintosh MacLeod	5,341
	Unionist	Gavin William Ralston	266

General Election Dec 1910: Glasgow Central [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon Charles Dickson KC	6,888
	Liberal	Prof. Alexander Falconer Murison LLD	5,907

General Election Jan 1910: Glasgow Central [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon Charles Dickson KC	6,713
	Liberal	Prof. Alexander Falconer Murison LLD	6,058

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Glasgow Central [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Andrew Mitchell Torrance	6,720	51.7
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	6,289	48.3

General Election 1900: Glasgow Central [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	unopposed

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Glasgow Central [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	5,621
	Liberal	Edwin Adam	3,792

General Election 1892: Glasgow Central [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	6,085
	Liberal	Walter Menzies	5,245

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Glasgow Central [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	5,780
	Liberal	Gilbert Beith	4,423

General Election 1885: Glasgow Central [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gilbert Beith	5,846
	Conservative	John George Alexander Baird	4,779

Notes and references

1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
2. ^ Fifth Periodical Review, Boundary Commission for Scotland
3. ^ Glasgow Central, UKPollingReport
4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
13. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
14. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
15. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
16. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

17. Ramsay Urquhart PPC http://www.ukip.org/scotland/page/?id=82&region=7

See also

• Politics of Glasgow

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