# Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Camlachie was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1955.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

## Boundaries

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.
In 1918 the constituency consisted of
   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
   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, 1955 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.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Hugh Watt | Liberal |
| 1892 | Alexander Cross | Liberal Unionist |
| 1908 | Alexander Cross | Liberal |
| 1910 | Halford Mackinder | Liberal Unionist |
| 1912 | Halford Mackinder | Unionist |
| 1922 | Campbell Stephen | Labour |
| 1931 | James Stevenson | Unionist |
| 1935 | Campbell Stephen | ILP |
| 1947 | Campbell Stephen | Labour |
| 1948 | Charles McFarlane | Unionist |
| 1950 | William Reid | Labour |
| 1955 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Hugh Watt | 4,047 | 56.9 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Arnold Reid | 2,883 | 40.6 | |
| | Independent Liberal | James Martin | 177 | 2.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,164 | 16.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,107 | 77.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,220 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
General election 1886: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Hugh Watt | 3,467 | 51.2 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Bennet Burleigh | 3,308 | 48.8 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 159 | 2.4 | −13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,775 | 73.5 | −3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,220 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -7.0 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Alexander Cross | 3,455 | 45.3 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | John McCulloch | 3,084 | 40.5 | −10.7 |
| | Scottish Labour | Robert Cunninghame-Graham | 906 | 11.9 | New |
| | Independent Liberal | Hugh Watt | 179 | 2.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,624 | 78.5 | +5.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,716 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.6 | |
* 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.
General election 1895: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Alexander Cross | 3,198 | 50.0 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | Samuel Chisholm | 2,497 | 39.1 | −1.4 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Robert Smillie | 696 | 10.9 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 701 | 10.9 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,391 | 63.6 | −14.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,046 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Alexander Cross | 4,345 | 58.3 | +8.3 |
| | Scottish Workers | Alfred Fletcher | 3,107 | 41.7 | +30.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,238 | 16.6 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,452 | 71.1 | +7.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,479 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1906: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Alexander Cross | 3,119 | 36.5 | −21.8 |
| | Liberal | William Pringle | 2,871 | 33.5 | New |
| | Labour Repr. Cmte. | Joseph Burgess | 2,568 | 30.0 | −11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 3.0 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,558 | 84.1 | +13.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,174 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Halford Mackinder | 3,227 | 38.1 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal | Alexander Cross | 2,793 | 33.0 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | James Kessack | 2,443 | 28.9 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 434 | 5.1 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,463 | 87.6 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +1.0 | |
General election December 1910: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Halford Mackinder | 3,479 | 40.9 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | James Myles Hogge | 3,453 | 40.6 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | James Kessack | 1,539 | 18.1 | −10.8 |
| | Women's Suffrage | William Julius Mirrlees | 35 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 0.3 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,506 | 86.6 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
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 Shanks
* Labour: James Alston
General election 1918: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Halford Mackinder | 13,645 | 62.9 | +22.0 |
| | Labour | Hugh Guthrie | 7,192 | 33.1 | +15.0 |
| | Liberal | Daniel Browning | 860 | 4.0 | −36.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,453 | 29.8 | +29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,697 | 58.1 | −28.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,319 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Campbell Stephen | 15,181 | 53.2 | +20.1 |
| | Unionist | Halford Mackinder | 11,439 | 40.2 | −22.7 |
| | Liberal | Walter Crawford Smith | 1,896 | 6.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,742 | 13.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,516 | 81.0 | +22.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,249 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +21.4 | |
General election 1923: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Campbell Stephen | 14,143 | 56.2 | +3.0 |
| | Unionist | Henry Keith | 11,027 | 43.8 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,116 | 12.4 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,170 | 71.8 | −9.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,046 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |
General election 1924: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Campbell Stephen | 14,588 | 50.4 | −5.8 |
| | Unionist | Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle | 14,373 | 49.6 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 0.8 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,961 | 80.6 | +8.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,918 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.8 | |
General election 1929: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Campbell Stephen | 17,946 | 53.1 | +2.7 |
| | Unionist | James Stevenson | 14,161 | 42.0 | −7.6 |
| | National (Scotland) | John MacCormick | 1,646 | 4.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,785 | 11.1 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,752 | 78.6 | −2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,960 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stevenson | 18,461 | 54.71 | |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Campbell Stephen | 15,282 | 45.29 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,179 | 9.42 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,743 | 78.22 | |
| | Unionist gain from Labour | Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Campbell Stephen | 15,070 | 47.1 | +1.8 |
| | Unionist | James Stevenson | 14,186 | 44.3 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | William Reid | 2,732 | 8.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 884 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,988 | | |
| | Ind. Labour Party gain from Unionist | Ind. Labour Party gain from Unionist | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Campbell Stephen | 15,558 | 57.7 | +10.6 |
| | Unionist | Charles McFarlane | 11,399 | 42.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,159 | 15.4 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,957 | 65.1 | |
| | Ind. Labour Party hold | Ind. Labour Party hold | Swing | | |
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Charles McFarlane | 11,085 | 43.7 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | John M. Inglis | 10,690 | 42.1 | N/A |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Annie Maxton | 1,622 | 6.4 | −51.3 |
| | SNP | Robert Blair Wilkie | 1,320 | 5.2 | New |
| | United Socialist Movement | Guy Aldred | 345 | 1.4 | New |
| | Liberal | Edward Rogers Goodfellow | 312 | 1.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,374 | 56.8 | −8.3 |
| | Unionist gain from Ind. Labour Party | Unionist gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | +26.4 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Reid | 21,013 | 51.5 | N/A |
| | Unionist | Charles McFarlane | 19,766 | 48.5 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,247 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,779 | 80.7 | +15.6 |
| | Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1951: Glasgow Camlachie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Reid | 20,994 | 51.3 | −0.2 |
| | Unionist | Charles McFarlane | 19,969 | 48.8 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,025 | 2.5 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,963 | 82.4 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |