Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Pollok
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1918–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Glasgow South West

Glasgow Pollok was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005, when it was replaced by Glasgow South West. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1918-1945: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, thence eastward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway and the Caledonian Railway to the centre line of Shields Road, thence southward along the centre line of Shields Road to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Paisley Canal Line), thence, eastward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of Eglinton Street, thence southward along the centre line of Eglinton Street and Victoria Road to the centre line of Queen's Drive, thence southward along the centre line of the main avenue in the Queen's Park to the centre line of Langside Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Langside Road to the centre line of Millbrae Road, thence south-westward along the centre line of Millbrae Road and Langside Road to the centre line of the River Cart at Millbrae Bridge, thence westward and north-westward along the centre line of the River Cart to the centre line of Kilmarnock Road, thence southward along the centre line of Kilmarnock Road to the municipal boundary, thence northwestward, south-westward, northward, westward and northward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1918	Sir John Gilmour	Unionist
	1940 by-election	Thomas Galbraith	Unionist
	1955	Sir John George	Unionist
	1964	Alex Garrow	Labour
	1967 by-election	Esmond Wright	Conservative
	1970	James White	Labour
	1987	Jimmy Dunnachie	Labour
	1997	Ian Davidson	Labour Co-operative
2005		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Ian Davidson	15,497	61.3	+1.4
	SNP	David Ritchie	4,229	16.7	−1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Keith Baldassara	2,522	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Nelson	1,612	6.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Rory O’Brien	1,417	5.6	−0.4
Majority			11,268	44.6
Turnout			25,277	51.4	−15.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Glasgow Pollok^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Davidson	19,653	59.9	+16.5
	SNP	David Logan	5,862	17.9	+2.2
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	3,639	11.1	N/A
	Conservative	Edwin S. Hamilton	1,979	6.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrat	David M. Jago	1,137	3.5	−2.5
	ProLife Alliance	Miss Monica Gott	380	1.2	N/A
	Referendum	Derek G. Haldane	152	0.46	N/A
Majority			13,791	42.0	+17.9
Turnout			32,802	66.5	−4.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Glasgow Pollok^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Dunnachie	14,170	43.4	−19.7
	Scottish Militant Labour	Tommy Sheridan	6,287	19.3	N/A
	Conservative	Russell Gray	5,147	15.8	+1.5
	SNP	George A. Leslie	5,107	15.6	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	David M. Jago	1,932	5.9	−6.1
Majority			7,883	24.2
Turnout			32,643	70.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Dunnachie	23,239	63.1	+10.9
	Conservative	Mrs. Gillian Renwick French	5,256	14.3	−6.2
	Liberal	James Chalmers Shearer	4,445	12.0	−5.4
	SNP	Andrew Doig	3,528	9.6	−0.3
	Green	Derek Fogg	362	1.0	N/A
Majority			17,983	48.8
Turnout			36,830	71.7	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

General Election 1983: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James White	18,973	52.2	−1.4
	Conservative	D.J. Carlaw	7,441	20.5	−8.2
	Liberal	G. McKell	6,308	17.4	+8.4
	SNP	F. Hannigan	3,585	9.9	−4.5
Majority			11,532	31.7
Turnout			36,307	68.2	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1979: Glasgow Pollok^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James White	21,420	49.25	+5.78
	Conservative	D.A. Roser	12,928	29.72	+2.75
	SNP	A, McIntosh	4,187	9.63	-14.65
	Liberal	G McKell	3,946	9.07	+3.79
	Independent Labour	NG Armstrong	869	2.00
	National Front	I Skinner	104	0.24
	Independent Democrat	RB Hilton	41	0.09
Majority			8,492	19.52
Turnout			43,494	73.68
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.52

General Election, October 1974: Glasgow Pollok^[6]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James White	18,695	43.46	-2.65
	Conservative	Peter Malone	11,604	26.98	-11.69
	SNP	David MacQuarrie	10,441	24.27	+9.88
	Liberal	William Clark Todd	2,274	5.29
Majority			7,091	16.49
Turnout			43,014	72.35
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.52

General Election, February 1974: Glasgow Pollok^[7]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James White	21,090	46.11
	Conservative	Ian Bruce Lang	17,684	38.67
	SNP	Matthew D'Arcy Conyers	6,584	14.40
	Communist	Thomas Biggam	377	0.82
Majority			3,406	7.45
Turnout			45,735	77.46
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Glasgow Pollok^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James White	19,311	46.25
	Conservative	E Wright	18,708	44.81
	SNP	GA Leslie	3,733	8.94
Majority			603	1.44
Turnout				72.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1960s

By-election 1967: Glasgow Pollok ^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Conservative	Prof Esmond Wright	14,270	36.92	-10.64
Labour	Richard Giles Douglas	12,069	31.22	-21.22
SNP	George Andrew Leslie	10,884	28.16	N/A
Liberal	I.D. Miller	735	1.90	N/A
Communist	A.C. Murray	694	1.80	N/A

General Election 1966: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alex Garrow	21,257	52.44
	Conservative	P T Smollett	19,282	47.56
Majority			1,975	4,87	-

General Election 1964: Glasgow Pollok^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alexander Garrow	18,089	44.61	+3.38
	Unionist	Robert D Kernohan	17,793	43.88	-14.89
	Liberal	Roger N Straker	4,670	11.52	N/A
Majority			296	0.73	N/A
Turnout			40,552	77.84	-1.08
Registered electors			52,094
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.14

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Glasgow Pollok^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir John Clarke George	24,338	58.77	-2.54
	Labour	John M Smith	17,072	41.23	+2.54
Majority			7,266	17.55	-5.07
Turnout			41,410	78.92	+3.43
Registered electors			52,472
	Unionist hold		Swing	-2.54

General Election 1955: Glasgow Pollok^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir John Clarke George	23,975	61.31	+5.87
	Labour	Alexander E Macarthur	15,130	38.69	-5.87
Majority			8,845	22.62	+11.74
Turnout			39,105	75.49	-6.98
Registered electors			51,800
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.87

General Election 1951: Glasgow Pollok^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	28,787	55.44	-0.90
	Labour	J Smith Clarke	23,136	44.56	+5.73
Majority			5,651	10.88	-6.64
Turnout			51,923	82.47	+1.16
Registered electors			62,963
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.32

General Election 1950: Glasgow Pollok^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	20,052	56.34	-7.11
	Labour	J Smith Clarke	17,263	38.83	+5.23
	Liberal	A Anderson	2,148	4.83	N/A
Majority			7,789	17.52	-26.68
Turnout			44,463	81.31	+13.00
Registered electors			54,685
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.17

Elections of the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Pollok^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	20,072	63.45	-8.65
	Labour	AB Mackay	10,630	33.60	+5.70
	Common Wealth	AV Youldon	932	2.95	N/A
Majority			9,442	44.20	-14.35
Turnout			31,634	68.31	-1.77
Registered electors			46,312
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.18

By-election 1940: Glasgow Pollok ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Comm Thomas Galbraith	17,850
	Ind. Labour Party	J. Nicholson	2,401

Elections of the 1930s

General Election 1935: Glasgow Pollok ^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Lt Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt GCVO DSO	22,408	72.10	-9.35
	Labour	J. McInnes	8,670	27.90	+9.35
Majority			13,738	44.20	-18.71
Turnout			31,078	70.08	-7.07
Registered electors			44,348
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.35

General Election 1931: Glasgow Pollok^[24]^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt DSO	27,772	81.45	+12.3
	Labour	John Rankin	6,323	18.55	-12.2
Majority			21,449	62.91	+24.5
Turnout			34,095	77.15
Registered electors			44,192
	Unionist hold		Swing	+12.25

Elections of the 1920s

General Election 1929: Glasgow Pollok ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour	22,328	69.2
	Labour	W. Muter	9,936	30.8
Majority			12,392	38.4
Turnout			32,264
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Glasgow Pollok ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour	20,622
	Labour	John Rankin	6,749

General Election 1923: Glasgow Pollok ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour	14,013
	Labour	John Rankin	6,836
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Glasgow Pollok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir John Gilmour	14,920	63.9	n/a
	Labour	Alexander Burns Mackay	5,759	24.7	n/a
	Liberal	T R Anderson	2,658	11.4	n/a
Majority			9,161	39.2	n/a
Turnout			23,337
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

At a by-election in April 1921, Sir John Gilmour was returned unopposed ^[29]

General Election 1918: Glasgow Pollok ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Coalition Conservative	Col John Gilmour DSO	unopposed

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/631.htm
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i09.htm
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
1 2 3 "'Glasgow Pollok', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ The Times, 10 Mar 1967
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ The Times, 11 April 1921
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

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