Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)
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{{UK former constituency infobox|
| Name = Glasgow Hillhead
| Type = Burgh
| Year = [[1918]]
| Abolition = [[1997]]
| members = one
}}
'''Glasgow Hillhead''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from [[1918]] until [[1997]].
==Boundaries==
In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point in the municipal boundary at its intersection with the centre line of the [[River Kelvin]], thence southeastward, southward and southwestward along the centre line of the River Kelvin to the centre line of the [[North British Railway]] (Stobcross Branch), thence north-westward along the centre of the said North British Railway to its intersection with the municipal boundary, thence northeastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement "
==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Year!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]]
| [[Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan|Sir Robert Horne]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1937|1937]]
| [[James Reid, Baron Reid|James Reid]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1948|1948]]
| Sir [[Tam Galbraith]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982|1982]]
| [[Roy Jenkins]]
| [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]]
| [[George Galloway]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|colspan="2" align="right" |[[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished''
|}
==Election results==
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1992|General Election 1992]]: Glasgow Hillhead}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Galloway]]
|votes = 15,148
|percentage = 38.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Chris Mason
|votes = 10,322
|percentage = 26.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Aileen Bates
|votes = 6,728
|percentage = 17.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = [[Sandra White]]
|votes = 6,484
|percentage = 16.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = E. R. Collie
|votes = 558
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Communist Party (Furedi)
|candidate = H. Gold
|votes = 73
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Duncan Patterson
|votes = 60
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,826
|percentage = 12.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 68.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1987|General Election 1987]]: Glasgow Hillhead}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Galloway]]
|votes = 17,958
|percentage = 42.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Roy Jenkins]]
|votes = 14,707
|percentage = 35.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Cooklin
|votes = 6,048
|percentage = 14.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = [[Bill Kidd]]
|votes = 2,713
|percentage = 6.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Alastair Whitelaw
|votes = 443
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,251
|percentage = 7.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 72.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|General Election 1983]]: Glasgow Hillhead}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Roy Jenkins]]
|votes = 14,856
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Neil Carmichael]]
|votes = 13,692
|percentage = 33.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Murray Tosh]]
|votes = 9,638
|percentage = 23.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = George Leslie
|votes = 2,203
|percentage = 5.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = J. P. Davidson
|votes = 249
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Alastair Whitelaw
|votes = 239
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent (Animal Rights)
|candidate = J.F. Robins
|votes = 139
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,164
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 71.9
|change =
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Roy Jenkins]]
|votes = 10,106
|percentage = 33.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Gerry Malone]]
|votes = 8,068
|percentage = 26.6
|change = - 14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Wiseman
|votes = 7,846
|percentage = 25.9
|change = - 8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = George Leslie
|votes = 3,416
|percentage = 11.3
|change = + 1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Protestant Crusade against the Papal Visit
|candidate = Rev [[Jack Glass]]
|votes = 388
|percentage = 1.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Social Democratic Party (UK, 1979)|Social Democrat (1979)]]
|candidate = Roy Harold Jenkins
|votes = 282
|percentage = 0.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = Nicolette Carlaw
|votes = 178
|percentage = 0.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident
|candidate = [[Bill Boaks]]
|votes = 5
|percentage = 0.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,038
|percentage = 6.8
|change = - 0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 76.4
|change = + 0.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1937|By-election 1937]]: Glasgow Hillhead}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rt Hon [[James Scott Cumberland Reid]] KC
|votes = 12,539
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. McAllister
|votes = 7,539
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = [[John MacCormick]]
|votes = 1,886
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. J. Black
|votes = 221
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1931|General Election 1931]]: Glasgow Hillhead}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rt Hon Sir [[Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne|Robert Horne]] GBE KC
|votes = 21,279
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = C. A. O'Donnell
|votes = 7,539
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
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|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{election box end}}
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== See also ==
{{Scottish Westminster constituencies}}
==References==
*{{Rayment}}
[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997]]
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[[pl:Okręg wyborczy Glasgow Hillhead]]