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Glasgow Hillhead was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1918–1950: "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".

1950–1955: The Kelvinside and Partick (West) wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Partick (East) ward.

1955–1974: The Kelvinside and Partick West wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and part of the Whiteinch ward.

1974–1983: The Glasgow wards of Kelvinside, Partick West, and Whiteinch.

1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Kelvindale/Kelvinside, Partick/Anderston, and Scotstoun/Broomhill.

History

Along with Glasgow Cathcart, Hillhead was one of two safe Conservative Party seats in Glasgow for several decades. However, Labour reduced the Conservatives' majorities in both constituencies in the 1970s; Labour even won Cathcart in 1979 (making it the only seat the Conservative Party lost in its electoral victory that year), while Hillhead remained Conservative with a narrow majority. In the subsequent by-election of 1982, the Conservatives lost their last seat in Glasgow not to Labour, but to the year-old SDP, with the former Labour cabinet minister Roy Jenkins becoming the new MP for the constituency. Jenkins retained the seat for the SDP in the 1983 general election, but lost the seat to George Galloway of the Labour Party in 1987.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

• O'Donnell endorsed by constituency party but not by borough party

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

The constituency's boundaries were significantly altered for the 1983 general election and it was estimated by the BBC and ITN that on the new boundaries Labour would have captured the seat with a majority of just over 2,000 votes in 1979, thus making this a notional SDP gain from Labour. Neil Carmichael was the sitting Labour MP for the Glasgow Kelvingrove constituency which had been abolished for this election.

Elections in the 1990s

References

1. "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Scotstoun, Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Woodside) Order 1955. SI 1955/25". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2202–2204.
3. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
4. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949.
5. The Times, 8 December 1923.
6. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927.
7. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934.
8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939.
9. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
16. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
17. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 279. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
18. The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books Ltd. 1983. p. 119. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
19. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
21. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)

• Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
• Politics of Glasgow
• 1918 establishments in Scotland
• Partick
• Hillhead