Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)

File:Glasgow Camlachie 1950–1955, Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency).svg

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the second Municipal Ward, and so much of the third Municipal Ward as lies south of a line drawn along the centre of Duke Street.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule

In 1918 the constituency consisted of

{{blockquote|That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary on the south-east side of Cumbernauld Road where that road is intersected by the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward along the municipal boundary to a point about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence north-westward to a point on the centre line of the said railway 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence southwestward and southward along the centre line of the said railway to the centre line of London Road, thence westward along the centre line of London Road and Canning Street to the centre line of Abercromby Street, thence north-eastward along the centre line of Abercromby Street to the centre line of Gallowgate, thence westward along the centre line of Gallowgate to the centre line of Sydney Street, thence northward along the centre line of Sydney Street to the centre line of Duke Street, thence eastward along the centre line of Duke Street to the centre line of Ark Lane, thence northward along the centre line of Ark Lane and Firpark Street to the centre line of Alexandra Parade, thence eastward and north-eastward along the centre line of Alexandra Parade, and Cumbernauld Road to the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence southward to the point of commencement.}}

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of

{{blockquote|The following wards (as constituted by the Local Government (Scotland) (Glasgow Wards and Councillors) Order, 1948, S.I., 1948, No. 876) of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Dennistoun, Provan and that part of Mile-End ward which lies to the west of a line commencing at a point on the northern boundary of the ward immediately opposite the centre line of Millerston Street thence southward to and along the centre line of Millerston Street to the centre line of Gallowgate; thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre line of Fielden Street; thence southward along the centre line of Fielden Street to the termination of the line on the southern boundary of the Mile-End ward immediately opposite the centre of Fielden Street.}}

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Shettleston) Order, 1955Statutory Instrument 1955/23 provided for most of the area of the Camlachie constituency to be transferred to the new Glasgow Provan constituency, except for part of the Mile-End ward which was transferred to Glasgow Bridgeton.

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Glasgow CamlachieBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Hugh Watt

|votes=4,047

|percentage=56.9

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Arnold Reid

|votes=2,883

|percentage=40.6

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent Liberal

|candidate=James Martin

|votes=177

|percentage=2.5

|change=

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,164

|percentage=16.3

|change=

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=7,107

|percentage=77.1

|change=

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,220

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Glasgow CamlachieDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1889

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Hugh Watt

|votes=3,467

|percentage=51.2

|change=-5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Bennet Burleigh

|votes=3,308

|percentage=48.8

|change=+8.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=159

|percentage=2.4

|change=-13.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,775

|percentage=73.5

|change=-3.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,220

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-7.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham00.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Glasgow CamlachieThe House of Commons, February 1901, Macmillan & Co.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Alexander Cross

|votes=3,455

|percentage=45.3

|change=-3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=John McCulloch

|votes=3,084

|percentage=40.5

|change=-10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Scottish Labour Party (1888)

|candidate=Robert Cunninghame-Graham

|votes=906

|percentage=11.9

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent Liberal

|candidate=Hugh Watt

|votes=179

|percentage=2.3

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=371

|percentage=4.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=7,624

|percentage=78.5

|change=+5.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,716

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+3.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

• The local Liberal association replaced Watt with Graham, due to the former's opposition to Irish Home Rule, Scottish church disestablishment and the temperance movement. They then replaced Graham with McCulloch, due to the former's attacks on Liberal policy and leadership.

File:Samuel Chisholm 001.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Glasgow CamlachieDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Alexander Cross

|votes=3,198

|percentage=50.0

|change=+4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Chisholm

|votes=2,497

|percentage=39.1

|change=-1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent Labour Party

|candidate=Robert Smillie

|votes=696

|percentage=10.9

|change= -1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=701

|percentage=10.9

|change=+6.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,391

|percentage=63.6

|change=-14.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,046

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=+3.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Alfred Ewen Fletcher.png

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Glasgow CamlachieDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Alexander Cross

|votes=4,345

|percentage=58.3

|change= +8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Scottish Workers' Representation Committee

|candidate=Alfred Fletcher

|votes=3,107

|percentage=41.7

|change= +30.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,238

|percentage=16.6

|change=+5.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=7,452

|percentage=71.1

|change=+7.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,479

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Glasgow CamlachieWhitaker's Almanack, 1907

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Alexander Cross

|votes=3,119

|percentage=36.5

|change= −21.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Pringle

|votes=2,871

|percentage=33.5

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Labour Representation Committee (1900)

|candidate=Joseph Burgess

|votes=2,568

|percentage=30.0

|change= -11.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=248

|percentage=3.0

|change= −13.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,558

|percentage=84.1

|change=+13.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,174

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Halford Mackinder (1).jpg

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Glasgow CamlachieDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Halford Mackinder

|votes=3,227

|percentage=38.1

|change=+1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Alexander Cross

|votes=2,793

|percentage=33.0

|change= -3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=James Kessack

|votes=2,443

|percentage=28.9

|change=-1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=434

|percentage=5.1

|change=+2.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 8,463

|percentage=87.6

|change=+3.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=+1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:James_Hogge.jpg

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Glasgow CamlachieDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Halford Mackinder

|votes=3,479

|percentage=40.9

|change=+2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Myles Hogge

|votes=3,453

|percentage=40.6

|change=+7.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=James Kessack

|votes=1,539

|percentage=18.1

|change=-10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party=Women's Suffrage

|candidate=William Julius Mirrlees

|votes=35

|percentage=0.4

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=26

|percentage=0.3

|change=-4.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 8,506

|percentage=86.6

|change=-1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=-2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

Mirrlees was the candidate of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies. His candidacy had the effect of ensuring the election of Mackinder, who opposed women's suffrage at the expense of Hogge, who supported it.

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Halford Mackinder
• Liberal: Robert ShanksPerthshire Advertiser 29 Apr 1914
• Labour: James Alston

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1918: Glasgow CamlachieWhitaker's Almanack, 1920

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Halford Mackinder

|votes = 13,645

|percentage = 62.9

|change = +22.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Guthrie

|votes = 7,192

|percentage = 33.1

|change = +15.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Browning

|votes = 860

|percentage = 4.0

|change = −36.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,453

|percentage = 29.8

|change = +29.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 21,697

|percentage = 58.1

|change = −28.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 37,319

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1922: Glasgow CamlachieLiberal Yearbook, 1939}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 15,181

|percentage =53.2

|change = +20.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Halford Mackinder

|votes = 11,439

|percentage =40.2

|change = −22.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Walter Crawford Smith

|votes = 1,896

|percentage =6.6

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,742

|percentage = 13.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,516

|percentage = 81.0

|change = +22.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,249

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|swing = +21.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1923: Glasgow CamlachieThe Times, 8 December 1923}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 14,143

|percentage = 56.2

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Henry Keith

|votes = 11,027

|percentage = 43.8

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,116

|percentage = 12.4

|change = −0.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,170

|percentage = 71.8

|change = −9.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,046

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1924: Glasgow CamlachieOliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 14,588

|percentage = 50.4

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle

|votes = 14,373

|percentage = 49.6

|change =+5.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 215

|percentage = 0.8

|change = −11.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,961

|percentage = 80.6

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,918

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −5.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Glasgow CamlachieBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 17,946

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = James Stevenson

|votes = 14,161

|percentage = 42.0

|change = −7.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Party of Scotland

|candidate = John MacCormick

|votes = 1,646

|percentage = 4.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,785

|percentage = 11.1

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,752

|percentage = 78.6

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 42,960

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1931: Glasgow CamlachieWhitaker's Almanack, 1934}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = James Stevenson

|votes = 18,461

|percentage = 54.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour Party

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 15,282

|percentage = 45.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,179

|percentage = 9.42

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,743

|percentage = 78.22

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1935: Glasgow CamlachieWhitaker's Almanack, 1939}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour Party

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 15,070

|percentage = 47.1

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = James Stevenson

|votes = 14,186

|percentage = 44.3

|change = -10.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Reid

|votes = 2,732

|percentage = 8.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 884

|percentage = 2.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 31,988

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Labour Party

|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|swing =

}}

{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Glasgow Camlachie}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour Party

|candidate = Campbell Stephen

|votes = 15,558

|percentage = 57.7

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Charles McFarlane

|votes = 11,399

|percentage = 42.3

|change = -2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,159

|percentage = 15.4

|change = +12.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,957

|percentage = 65.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Independent Labour Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Charles McFarlane

|votes = 11,085

|percentage = 43.7

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John M. Inglis

|votes = 10,690

|percentage = 42.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour Party

|candidate = Annie Maxton

|votes = 1,622

|percentage = 6.4

|change = -51.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Robert Blair Wilkie

|votes = 1,320

|percentage = 5.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United Socialist Movement

|candidate = Guy Aldred

|votes = 345

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Edward Rogers Goodfellow

|votes = 312

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 395

|percentage = 1.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,374

|percentage = 56.8

|change = -8.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|loser = Independent Labour Party

|swing = +26.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Glasgow Camlachie}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Reid

|votes = 21,013

|percentage = 51.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Charles McFarlane

|votes = 19,766

|percentage = 48.5

|change = +6.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,247

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,779

|percentage = 80.7

|change = +15.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Independent Labour Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Glasgow Camlachie}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Reid

|votes = 20,994

|percentage = 51.3

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)

|candidate = Charles McFarlane

|votes = 19,969

|percentage = 48.8

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,025

|percentage = 2.5

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,963

|percentage = 82.4

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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