Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Glasgow Govan
Type = Burgh
Year = 1885
Abolition = 2005
members = one

Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system.

The area which the constituency represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow South and Glasgow South West.

History

Boundaries

In 1885 the constituency consisted of that part of the parish of Govan which lies south of the Clyde beyond the boundary of the Municipal Burgh of Glasgow. It was listed among the Lanarkshire constituencies.

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre of the River Clyde in line with the continuation of the centre line of Balmoral Street, thence eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to a point in line with the continuation of the centre line of the portion of Govan Road to the west of Princes Dock, thence southward to and along the centre line of the said portion of Govan Road, Whitefield Road, Church Road and continuation thereof to the centre, of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, thence westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to the municipal boundary, thence north-westward, northward, and eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Elections

2001

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Sarwar
votes = 12,464
percentage = 49.3
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Karen Neary
votes = 6,064
percentage = 24.0
change = -11.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Stewart
votes = 2,815
percentage = 11.1
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Menzies
votes = 2,167
percentage = 8.6
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Wullie McGartland
votes = 1,531
percentage = 6.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = John Foster
votes = 174
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Badar Mirza
votes = 69
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,400
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,284
percentage = 46.8
change = -17.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 8.2%

1997

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Sarwar
votes = 14,216
percentage = 44.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Nicola Sturgeon
votes = 11,302
percentage = 35.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Thomas
votes = 2,839
percentage = 8.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Stewart
votes = 1,918
percentage = 5.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate = Alan McCombes
votes = 755
percentage = 2.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Paton
votes = 325
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Islam Badar
votes = 319
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Zahid Jamil Abbasi
votes = 221
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Kenneth MacDonald
votes = 201
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = James White
votes = 149
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,914
percentage = 9.0
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 32,245
percentage = 64.5
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

1988

Election box begin
title=Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jim Sillars
votes = 14,677
percentage = 48.8
change = +38.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Gillespie
votes = 11,123
percentage = 36.9
change = -27.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graeme Hamilton
votes = 2,207
percentage = 7.3
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Social and Liberal Democrats
candidate = Bernard Ponsonby
votes = 1,246
percentage = 4.1
change = -8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (UK)
candidate = George Campbell
votes = 345
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Douglas Chalmers
votes = 281
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Lord Sutch
votes = 174
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Fraser Clark
votes = 51
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,554
percentage = 11.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,104
percentage = 60.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +33.1

1973

Election box begin
title=Glasgow Govan by-election, 1973Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Margo MacDonald
votes = 6,360
percentage = 41.5
change = +31.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Selby
votes = 5,789
percentage = 38.2
change = -21.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mair
votes = 1,780
percentage = 11.7
change = -16.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Peter McMillan
votes = 1,239
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 571
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 15,168
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 26.7

1970

Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: Glasgow GovanElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Rankin
votes = 13,443
percentage = 60.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = G.F. Belton
votes = 6,301
percentage = 28.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = M Grieve
votes = 2,294
percentage = 10.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = T. Biggam
votes = 326
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,142
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22,364
percentage = 63.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

1935

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Maclean
votes = 15,791
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. McClure
votes = 10,211
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = T. Taylor
votes = 4,959
percentage =
change =

1931

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Maclean
votes = 15,047
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. McClure
votes = 14,442
percentage =
change =

1906

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Duncan
votes = 5,224
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = H.S. Murray
votes = 5,096
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Hill
votes = 4,212
percentage = 29.0
change =

1895

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 4,290
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Ferguson
votes = 4,029
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Haddow
votes = 430
percentage =
change =

1886

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 4,420
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Sir John Pender KCMG
votes = 3,349
percentage =
change =

1885

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Pearce
votes = 3,677
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Bennet Burleigh
votes = 3,522
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = David George Hoey
votes = 11
percentage =
change =

See also

Notes and references

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