Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency) 2181710 217095245 2008-06-04T16:09:25Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{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 = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{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| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{election box end}} {{Expand-section|date=June 2008}} == 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]] {{UK-hist-constituency-stub}} [[pl:Okręg wyborczy Glasgow Hillhead]]