Glasgow Queen's Park (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Queen's Park was a short-lived burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system

Glasgow Queen's Park
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandCity of Glasgow district
1974 (1974)–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromGlasgow Gorbals
Glasgow Cathcart
Replaced byGlasgow Central
Glasgow Rutherglen
Glasgow Cathcart

Boundaries

The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Gorbals, Govanhill, and Hutchesontown, and part of Langside ward.

The constituency covered part of inner city Glasgow, to the south of the River Clyde and in the south-west of the city.

Before the February 1974 general election, the area had formed the major part of Glasgow Gorbals (Gorbals, Hutchesontown and part of Govanhill wards) and part of Glasgow Cathcart (the rest of Govanhill and Langside wards).[1]

In the 1983 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. 675 voters (2.0% of its electorate) were transferred to Glasgow Cathcart, 27,528 electors became part of Glasgow Central (79.7%), and the remaining 6,332 voters (18.4%) were included in the electorate of Glasgow Rutherglen.[2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberPartyNotes
Feb 1974Frank McElhoneLabourPreviously MP for Glasgow Gorbals from 1969 by-election. Died September 1982
1982 by-electionHelen McElhoneLabour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results
General election February 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 15,883 56.2
Conservative William Shearer 7,517 26.6
SNP David Graham MacKellar 4,394 15.6
Communist John Robert Kay 372 1.3
International Marxist Robert McGoven Purdie 90 0.3
Majority 8,366 29.6
Turnout 28,256 73.3
Labour win (new seat)
Registered electors 38,567
General election October 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 14,574 56.1 -0.1
SNP David Graham MacKellar 5,660 21.8 +6.2
Conservative Iain David MacKinnon 4,421 17.0 -9.6
Liberal Moira Hughes Aitchison 966 3.7 New
Communist John Robert Kay 354 1.4 +0.1
Majority 8,914 34.3 +4.7
Turnout 25,975 67.0 -6.3
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 38,776
General election 1979: Glasgow Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McElhone 15,120 64.4 +8.3
Conservative Julius Collins 5,642 24.0 +7.0
SNP Philip Greene 2,276 9.7 -12.1
Communist John Robert Kay 263 1.1 -0.3
Workers Revolutionary Jean Kerrigan 99 0.4 New
Socialist Unity Walter MacLellan 92 0.4 New
Majority 9,478 40.4 +6.1
Turnout 23,492 68.4 +1.4
Labour hold Swing +0.7
Registered electors 34,332
  • Death of Frank McElhone
1982 Glasgow Queen's Park by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen McElhone 8,851 56.0 -8.4
SNP Peter Mallan 3,157 20.0 +10.3
Conservative Jackson Carlaw 1,888 12.0 -12.0
Liberal Graham Watson 1,487 9.4 New
Communist John Robert Kay 339 2.1 +1.0
Independent John Connell 40 0.3 New
Scottish Republican Socialist Alistair H. Tennent 39 0.2 New
Majority 5,694 36.0 -4.4
Turnout 15,701 47.0 -21.4
Labour hold Swing -9.4
Registered electors 33,641

References
  1. Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  2. The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
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