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Glasgow Craigton (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Craigton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 until 1983.

Glasgow Craigton
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandCounty of city of Glasgow
City of Glasgow district
1955–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromGlasgow Govan and Glasgow Pollok[1]
Replaced byGlasgow Govan and Glasgow Pollok[2]

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

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1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Craigton, and parts of Fairfield and Pollokshields wards.

1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Craigton, and part of Pollokshields ward.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1955Jack BrowneConservative
1959Bruce MillanLabour
1983constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1955: Glasgow Craigton[3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
UnionistJack Browne 19,120 50.28
LabourBruce Millan18,91049.72
Majority2100.54
Turnout38,03079.12
Registered electors48,065
Unionist win (new seat)
General election 1959: Glasgow Craigton[3][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 19,649 50.78 +1.06
UnionistJack Browne19,04749.22-1.06
Majority6021.56N/A
Turnout38,69682.74+3.62
Registered electors46,768
Labour gain from UnionistSwing+1.06

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Glasgow Craigton[3][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 21,775 58.39 +7.61
UnionistPeter C Hutchison15,51841.61-7.61
Majority6,25716.78+15.22
Turnout37,29380.86-1.88
Registered electors46,118
Labour holdSwing+7.61
General election 1966: Glasgow Craigton[3][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 21,174 57.90 -0.49
ConservativePeter C Hutchison11,97032.73-8.88
SNPGeorge Leslie3,4259.37New
Majority9,20425.17+8.39
Turnout36,56980.42-0.44
Registered electors45,472
Labour holdSwing+4.20

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Glasgow Craigton[3][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 20,872 55.69 -2.21
ConservativeWalter Wober13,66136.45+3.72
SNPRonald Edwards2,9467.86-1.51
Majority7,21119.24-8.93
Turnout37,47974.88-5.54
Registered electors50,050
Labour holdSwing-2.97
General election February 1974: Glasgow Craigton[2][9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
LabourBruce Millan 18,055 51.33
ConservativeAlastair MacNeill Scouller10,81730.75
SNPRobert Graham Houston6,30317.92
Majority7,23820.58
Turnout35,175 
Registered electors43,949
Labour hold
  • This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1970 and February 1974 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.
General election October 1974: Glasgow Craigton[10][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 16,952 50.47 -0.85
SNPRobert Graham Houston8,17124.33+6.41
ConservativeGerald Fox Belton6,73420.05-10.70
LiberalRobert McIntyre1,7285.15New
Majority8,78126.14+5.56
Turnout33,58575.76-4.24
Registered electors44,333
Labour holdSwing-3.63
General election 1979: Glasgow Craigton[11][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBruce Millan 19,952 59.89 +9.42
ConservativeJohn Mair9,48028.46+8.41
SNPRobert Simpson Silver3,88111.65-12.68
Majority10,47231.43+5.31
Turnout33,31375.15-0.61
Registered electors44,326
Labour holdSwing+0.51

References

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  1. ^ Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1948
  2. ^ a b c d "'Glasgow Craigton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources.
  5. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources.
  6. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources.
  7. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources.
  8. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources.
  9. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  11. ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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