# Glasgow Woodside (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Woodside was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1974.
The constituency was preceded by the Labour held St Rollox, which was composed of the Glasgow City Council wards of Cowcaddens and Woodside. The seat was extended to include North Kelvin Ward, which had been part of Glasgow Maryhill. The name was changed to reflect the new central area of the constituency, which was Woodside.
On the new boundaries, and following a national swing, Glasgow Woodside was narrowly gained by the Conservatives in 1950.
In 1955, Cowcaddens Ward was moved to Glasgow Central while Partick East Ward was gained from Glasgow Hillhead, culminating in an increased Conservative majority of over 4000 in that year.
Despite a national swing to the Tories in the 1959 general election, there was a swing to Labour in Scotland, and four Conservative held seats fell to Labour (Ayrshire Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Scotstoun and Lanark). The pro-Labour swing saw the Conservative majority in Glasgow Woodside cut in half.
In a 1962 by election, Glasgow Woodside fell to Labour (seeing the return of Neil Carmichael), and was retained by Labour in 1964 and 1966.
Despite winning 7 of the 9 council seats in the constituency, the Conservatives narrowly failed to regain the seat in 1970.
In February 1974, Glasgow Woodside was abolished in name. In fact post Feb 1974 Glasgow Kelvingrove became a combination of 100% of Glasgow Woodside and part of the old Glasgow Kelvingrove (the rest of which was absorbed by Glasgow Central). The Woodside MP Neil Carmichael became the MP for the new Kelvingrove, while the old Kelvingrove MP (Maurice Miller) stood in the new East Kilbride seat which had been formed from much of Lanark.
In 1983, Glasgow Kelvingrove was more or less equally divided between Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Maryhill. Neil Carmichael stood and lost against the SDP MP for Hillhead, Roy Jenkins.

## Boundaries

1950–1955: The North Kelvin and Woodside wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, and the part of the Partick (East) ward which is not included in the Hillhead constituency.
1955–1974: The North Kelvin, Partick East and Woodside wards of the county of the city of Glasgow.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1950 | William Gordon Bennett | Unionist |
| | 1955 | William Grant | Unionist |
| | 1962 by-election | Neil George Carmichael, later Baron Carmichael of Kelvingrove | Labour |
| 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Feb) | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 17,075 | 48.7 | |
| | Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 15,966 | 45.6 | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Ledbetter Woodside | 2,005 | 5.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,109 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,046 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 18,533 | 53.4 | +4.7 |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard McCutcheon | 16,210 | 46.6 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,343 | 6.8 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,743 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | William Grant | 19,846 | 56.1 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | John McGinley | 15,543 | 43.9 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,303 | 12.2 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,389 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1959: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | William Grant | 16,567 | 49.3 | −6.8 |
| | Labour | John McGinley | 14,483 | 43.1 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | George Vincent McLaughlin (solicitor) | 2,583 | 7.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,084 | 6.2 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,633 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 8,303 | 36.1 | −7.0 |
| | Unionist | Norman Macleod Glen | 6,936 | 30.1 | −19.2 |
| | Liberal | Jack House | 5,000 | 21.7 | +14.0 |
| | SNP | A. Niven | 2,562 | 11.1 | New |
| | Independent Socialist | Guy Alfred Aldred | 134 | 0.6 | New |
| | Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 83 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,368 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,018 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |
General election 1964: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 15,521 | 49.1 | +13.0 |
| | Unionist | Norman Macleod Glen | 11,954 | 37.8 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal | Jack House | 2,443 | 7.7 | −14.0 |
| | SNP | David J. Stevenson | 1,600 | 5.1 | −6.0 |
| | Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 88 | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,567 | 11.3 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,606 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 13,540 | 50.6 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Norman Macleod Glen | 11,202 | 41.8 | +4.0 |
| | SNP | Robert Fairlie | 1,916 | 7.1 | +2.0 |
| | Socialist (GB) | Robert Vallar | 122 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,338 | 8.8 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,780 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil George Carmichael | 10,785 | 47.4 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Victor J MacColl | 9,457 | 41.5 | −0.3 |
| | SNP | David Rollo | 1,912 | 8.4 | +1.3 |
| | Ind. Conservative | G Ross MacKay | 614 | 2.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,328 | 5.8 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,768 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |