Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow College
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Glasgow
1885–1918
Number of members One
Created from Glasgow

Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the plurality voting system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Tenth and Eleventh Municipal Wards. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Charles Cameron Liberal
1895 Sir John Stirling-Maxwell Conservative
1906 Henry Anderson Watt Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Glasgow College [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Cameron 5,662 n/a
Conservative Sir William James Montgomery-Cuninghame 4,139 n/a
Majority 1,523 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Glasgow College [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Cameron 4,880
Liberal Unionist Richard Vary Campbell 4,225
Majority 655
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Glasgow College [6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Cameron 5,804
Conservative Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell 4,758
Scottish Trades Councils Robert Brodie 225
Majority 1,046
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Stirling-Maxwell
General Election 1895: Glasgow College [8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell 5,364
Liberal Sir Charles Cameron 4,219
Majority 1,145
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Glasgow College [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell 6,629
Liberal Robert Paterson 5,160
Majority 1,459
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Watt
General Election 1906: Glasgow College [12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Anderson Watt 7,359 56.5
Conservative Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell 5,676 43.5
Majority 1,683
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Glasgow College [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Anderson Watt 6,525
Conservative Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell 5,823
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Glasgow College [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Anderson Watt 6,291
Conservative Ralph George Campbell Glyn 5,932
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
  2. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  6. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  7. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  8. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  10. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  11. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  12. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  13. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  14. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  15. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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