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14 December 1918 | 16,989/26,798 | 63.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 12,803 | 75.36 | |
Labour Party | 4,186 | 24.64 | |
Majority | 8,617 | 50.72 | |
15 November 1922 | 19,585/25,951 | 75.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,272 | 62.66 | |
Liberal Party | 7,313 | 37.34 | |
Majority | 4,959 | 25.32 | |
6 December 1923 | 19,147/26,165 | 73.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,757 | 50.96 | |
Labour Party | 5,059 | 26.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,331 | 22.62 | |
Majority | 4,698 | 24.54 | |
29 October 1924 | 21,529/27,522 | 78.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,572 | 67.69 | |
Labour Party | 6,957 | 32.31 | |
Majority | 7,615 | 35.37 | |
30 May 1929 | 27,460/36,660 | 74.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,395 | 63.35 | |
Labour Party | 10,065 | 36.65 | |
Majority | 7,330 | 26.69 | |
27 October 1931 | 28,818/36,020 | 80.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,279 | 73.84 | |
Independent Labour | 7,539 | 26.16 | |
Majority | 13,740 | 47.68 | |
Charles O'Donnell was the nominee of the local Labour Party and contested the seat despite the decision of the Glasgow Burgh Labour Party not to put forward a candidate due to lack of sufficient local organisation and finance. | |||
14 November 1935 | 26,933/36,772 | 73.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,367 | 68.20 | |
Labour Party | 8,566 | 31.80 | |
Majority | 9,801 | 36.39 | |
25 May 1937 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
10 June 1937 | 20,848/37,177 | 56.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,539 | 60.14 | |
Labour Party | 6,202 | 29.75 | |
Scottish National Party | 1,886 | 9.05 | |
Independent | 221 | 1.06 | |
Majority | 6,337 | 30.40 | |
Rt Hon James Reid was Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
David Black sought election as a "Liberal-Unionist" candidate but he had no connection with either party. | |||
5 July 1945 | 25,457/38,669 | 65.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,909 | 58.57 | |
Labour Party | 8,545 | 33.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,003 | 7.87 | |
Majority | 6,364 | 25.00 | |
October 1948 Resignation of Rt Hon James Reid on appointment as a Lord of Appeal - Lord Reid. | |||
25 November 1948 | 23,479/41,405 | 56.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,060 | 68.40 | |
Labour Party | 7,419 | 31.60 | |
Majority | 8,641 | 36.80 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 38,173/46,455 | 82.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,181 | 60.73 | |
Labour Party | 12,920 | 33.85 | |
Liberal Party | 2,072 | 5.43 | |
Majority | 10,261 | 26.88 | |
25 October 1951 | 38,013/46,238 | 82.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,654 | 64.86 | |
Labour Party | 13,359 | 35.14 | |
Majority | 11,295 | 29.71 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 29,754/40,802 | 72.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,106 | 67.57 | |
Labour Party | 9,648 | 32.43 | |
Majority | 10,458 | 35.15 | |
8 October 1959 | 29,411/38,154 | 77.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,094 | 68.32 | |
Labour Party | 9,317 | 31.68 | |
Majority | 10,777 | 36.64 | |
15 October 1964 | 26,565/35,580 | 74.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,993 | 63.97 | |
Labour Party | 9,572 | 36.03 | |
Majority | 7,421 | 27.94 | |
31 March 1966 | 25,283/34,388 | 73.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,899 | 62.88 | |
Labour Party | 9,384 | 37.12 | |
Majority | 6,515 | 25.77 | |
18 June 1970 | 23,934/34,407 | 69.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,674 | 61.31 | |
Labour Party | 7,303 | 30.51 | |
Scottish National Party | 1,957 | 8.18 | |
Majority | 7,371 | 30.80 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 32,721/41,561 | 78.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,378 | 43.94 | |
Labour Party | 7,997 | 24.44 | |
Liberal Party | 6,644 | 20.31 | |
Scottish National Party | 3,702 | 11.31 | |
Majority | 6,381 | 19.50 | |
10 October 1974 | 30,203/41,726 | 72.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,203 | 37.09 | |
Labour Party | 8,507 | 28.17 | |
Scottish National Party | 6,897 | 22.84 | |
Liberal Party | 3,596 | 11.91 | |
Majority | 2,696 | 8.93 | |
3 May 1979 | 30,133/39,793 | 75.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,368 | 41.04 | |
Labour Party | 10,366 | 34.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,349 | 14.43 | |
Scottish National Party | 3,050 | 10.12 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 6.64 | |
2 January 1982 Death of Hon Sir Thomas Galbraith. | |||
25 March 1982 | 30,289/39,626 | 76.44 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 10,106 | 33.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,068 | 26.64 | |
Labour Party | 7,846 | 25.90 | |
Scottish National Party | 3,416 | 11.28 | |
Independent | 388 | 1.28 | |
Independent | 282 | 0.93 | |
Ecology Party | 178 | 0.59 | |
Independent | 5 | 0.02 | |
Majority | 2,038 | 6.73 | |
Rev Jack Glass sought election for the "Protestant Crusade against the Papal Visit". | |||
Roy Jenkins (Ind) had changed his name from Douglas Parkin, and was nominated by the Social Democratic Party founded by Kean in Manchester in July 1979. | |||
2 July 1982 Rt Hon Roy Jenkins elected leader of the SDP. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 41,056/57,470 | 71.44 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 14,856 | 36.18 | |
Labour Party | 13,692 | 33.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,678 | 23.57 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,203 | 5.37 | |
Independent Conservative | 249 | 0.61 | |
Ecology Party | 239 | 0.58 | |
Independent | 139 | 0.34 | |
Majority | 1,164 | 2.84 | |
13 June 1983 Roy Jenkins resigns as leader of the SDP. | |||
11 June 1987 | 41,869/58,246 | 71.88 | |
Labour Party | 17,958 | 42.89 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 14,707 | 35.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,048 | 14.45 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,713 | 6.48 | |
Green Party | 443 | 1.06 | |
Majority | 3,251 | 7.76 | |
9 April 1992 | 39,373/57,223 | 68.81 | |
Labour Party | 15,148 | 38.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10,322 | 26.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,728 | 17.09 | |
Scottish National Party | 6,484 | 16.47 | |
Green Party | 558 | 1.42 | |
Revolutionary Communist Party | 73 | 0.19 | |
Natural Law Party | 60 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 4,826 | 12.26 | |