# Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Shettleston was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. The Shettleston area's representation is now covered by Glasgow Central and Glasgow East.

## Boundaries

1918–1950: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary about 299 yards north-westward from the centre of Carntyne Road, at a point where the municipal boundary intersects that road, thence eastward, south-eastward and westward along the municipal boundary to the centre of the Caledonian Railway Branch Line from Rutherglen to Dalmarnock, thence northward along the centre line of the said railway until it, joins the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence northward, north-eastward, northward and north-eastward along the centre line of the last-mentioned railway to a point 380 yards south of the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence south-eastward to the point of commencement."
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Parkhead, Shettleston, and Tollcross, and part of Mile-End ward.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Parkhead, Shettleston, and Tollcross, and part of Mile End ward.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Mile-End, Parkhead, and part of the Shettleston and Tollcross ward.
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Belvidere/Carntyne, Mount/Baillieston, and Parkhead/Shettleston.
1997–2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Calton/Dalmarnock, Gorbals/Govanhill, and Shettleston/Tollcross.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair | Unionist |
| | 1922 | John Wheatley | Labour |
| | 1930 by-election | John McGovern | Labour |
| | 1930 | John McGovern | Independent Labour Party |
| | 1947 | John McGovern | Labour |
| | 1959 | Sir Myer Galpern | Labour |
| | 1979 | David Marshall | Labour |
| 2005 | 2005 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair | 9,901 | 50.2 | |
| | Labour | John Wheatley | 9,827 | 49.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,728 | 62.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,488 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Wheatley | 14,695 | 59.1 | +9.3 |
| | National Liberal | Thomas Ramsay | 9,704 | 39.0 | New |
| | Anti-Parliamentary Communist | Guy Aldred | 470 | 1.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,991 | 20.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,869 | 83.9 | +21.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,639 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1923: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Wheatley | 12,624 | 59.8 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | Francis John Robertson | 8,471 | 40.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,153 | 19.6 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,095 | 71.0 | −12.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,708 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |
General election 1924: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Wheatley | 12,714 | 51.3 | −8.5 |
| | Unionist | John Maurice Reid Miller | 12,084 | 48.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | 2.6 | −17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,798 | 81.8 | +10.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,324 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1929: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Wheatley | 19,594 | 60.4 | +9.1 |
| | Unionist | Herbert James Moss | 12,870 | 39.6 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,724 | 20.8 | +18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,464 | 76.9 | −4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,193 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McGovern | 10,699 | 42.8 | −17.6 |
| | Unionist | William Templeton | 10,303 | 41.2 | +1.6 |
| | National (Scotland) | John McNicol | 2,527 | 10.1 | New |
| | Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 1,459 | 5.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 1.6 | −19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,988 | 36.5 | −40.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1931: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 16,301 | 47.8 | N/A |
| | Unionist | James Lucas | 15,530 | 45.5 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | J.Y Marshall | 1,856 | 5.4 | −55.0 |
| | New Party | W.E. Stevenson | 402 | 1.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 771 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,089 | | |
| | Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 18,377 | 52.8 | +5.0 |
| | Unionist | Ronald Russell | 13,802 | 39.7 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | George Beggs | 2,610 | 7.5 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,575 | 13.1 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,789 | 74.5 | |
| | Ind. Labour Party hold | Ind. Labour Party hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | John McGovern | 11,947 | 35.5 | −17.3 |
| | Unionist | William Gordon Bennett | 10,453 | 31.1 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | John Stewart Dallas | 6,910 | 20.6 | +13.1 |
| | Communist | Peter Kerrigan | 4,122 | 12.3 | New |
| | Independent | Isaac Queen | 186 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,494 | 4.4 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,618 | 66.7 | −7.8 |
| | Ind. Labour Party hold | Ind. Labour Party hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McGovern | 23,467 | 56.7 | +36.1 |
| | Unionist | T. C. Henderson | 15,226 | 36.8 | +5.7 |
| | Communist | Malcolm MacEwen | 1,678 | 4.1 | −8.2 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | James W. Graham | 1,031 | 2.5 | −33.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,241 | 19.9 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,402 | 79.9 | +13.2 |
| | Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McGovern | 25,359 | 59.8 | +3.1 |
| | Unionist | John Oswald Mair Hunter | 15,876 | 37.4 | +0.6 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | James W. Graham | 1,195 | 2.8 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,483 | 22.4 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,430 | 81.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McGovern | 21,464 | 57.8 | −2.0 |
| | Unionist | John Oswald Mair Hunter | 15,645 | 42.2 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,819 | 15.6 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,109 | 69.3 | −11.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1959: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 22,916 | 60.9 | +3.1 |
| | Unionist | D. E. Donaldson | 14,743 | 39.1 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,173 | 21.8 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,659 | 75.3 | +6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 22,494 | 68.0 | +7.1 |
| | Unionist | George Weir | 10,598 | 32.0 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,896 | 36.0 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,092 | 71.4 | −3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 20,208 | 65.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | William James Rennie | 6,857 | 22.3 | −9.7 |
| | SNP | William Lindsay | 3,732 | 12.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,351 | 43.3 | +7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,797 | 68.6 | −2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 17,840 | 59.9 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Albert McCue | 7,969 | 26.7 | +4.4 |
| | SNP | William Lindsay | 3,995 | 13.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,871 | 33.2 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,804 | 63.6 | −5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 14,208 | 53.6 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Turpie | 6,472 | 24.4 | −2.3 |
| | SNP | William Lindsay | 5,834 | 22.0 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,736 | 29.2 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,514 | 69.5 | +5.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Myer Galpern | 13,391 | 54.3 | +0.7 |
| | SNP | R. Hamilton | 7,042 | 28.6 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | James Cran | 3,543 | 14.4 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal | Richard John Brodie | 690 | 2.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,349 | 25.7 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,666 | 64.4 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 13,955 | 64.1 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | M. McClure | 4,794 | 22.0 | +7.6 |
| | SNP | Margo MacDonald | 3,022 | 13.9 | −14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,161 | 42.1 | +16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,771 | 68.2 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 19,203 | 54.2 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative | Iain Henderson | 6,787 | 19.1 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal | Simon Strachen | 6,568 | 18.5 | New |
| | SNP | Daniel Hood | 2,801 | 7.9 | −6.0 |
| | BNP | K. Hill | 103 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,416 | 35.1 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,462 | 68.3 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1987: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 23,991 | 63.6 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Fisher | 5,010 | 13.3 | −5.8 |
| | SNP | John Armstrong McVicar | 4,807 | 12.7 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal | Pauline Agnes Margaret Clarke | 3,942 | 10.4 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,981 | 50.3 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,750 | 70.4 | +2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 21,665 | 60.6 | −3.0 |
| | SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,831 | 19.1 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Norman Mortimer | 5,396 | 15.1 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Orskov | 1,881 | 5.3 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,834 | 41.5 | −8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,773 | 68.9 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1997: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 19,616 | 73.2 | +12.6 |
| | SNP | Humayun Hanif | 3,748 | 14.0 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Colin Simpson | 1,484 | 5.5 | −9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kerry Hiles | 1,061 | 4.0 | −1.3 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Christine McVicar | 482 | 1.8 | New |
| | BNP | Robert Currie | 191 | 0.7 | New |
| | Referendum | Thomas Montguire | 151 | 0.6 | New |
| | Workers Revolutionary | John Graham | 80 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,868 | 59.2 | +17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,813 | 55.7 | −13.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Glasgow Shettleston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall | 13,235 | 64.7 | −8.5 |
| | SNP | Jim Byrne | 3,417 | 16.7 | +2.7 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,396 | 6.8 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 1,105 | 5.4 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Campbell Murdoch | 1,082 | 5.3 | −0.2 |
| | Socialist Labour | Murdo Ritchie | 230 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,818 | 48.0 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,465 | 39.7 | −16.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |