# Partick (UK Parliament constituency)

Partick was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918.
A division of the county of Lanarkshire, its territory was incorporated into the city of Glasgow in the 1890s. For the 1918 general election, it was largely replaced by the new Glasgow Partick constituency, a division of the city of Glasgow.

## Boundaries

From 1885 the constituency consisted of "So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the Clyde and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the west of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the North British Railway Company (being the old Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow."

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Alexander Craig Sellar | Liberal |
| 1886 | Alexander Craig Sellar | Liberal Unionist |
| 1890 | James Parker Smith | Liberal Unionist |
| 1906 | Sir Robert Balfour | Liberal |
| 1906 | Constituency abolished. See Glasgow Partick | Constituency abolished. See Glasgow Partick |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alexander Craig Sellar | 3,726 | 51.9 | |
| | Conservative | Henry Lennox | 3,385 | 47.1 | |
| | Scottish Land Restoration | John Murdoch | 74 | 1.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 4.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,185 | 80.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,945 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
General election 1886: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Alexander Craig Sellar | 3,745 | 56.0 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal | Robert Allan McLean | 2,944 | 44.0 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | 12.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,689 | 74.8 | −5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,945 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

1890 Partick by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 4,148 | 51.4 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal | Charles Tennant | 3,929 | 48.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | 2.8 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,077 | 85.7 | +10.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,429 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −4.6 | |
General election 1892: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 5,005 | 53.9 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal | Edward Tennant | 4,278 | 46.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 727 | 7.8 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,283 | 81.1 | +6.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,453 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −2.1 | |
General election 1895: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 5,551 | 56.1 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal | William Lyon Mackenzie (Scottish advocate) | 4,344 | 43.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,207 | 12.2 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,895 | 75.2 | −5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,152 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +2.2 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 6,950 | 59.6 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | Robert Lambie | 4,717 | 40.4 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,233 | 19.2 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,657 | 73.3 | −1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,921 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
General election 1906: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Balfour | 9,477 | 54.3 | +13.9 |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 7,960 | 45.7 | −13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,517 | 8.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,437 | 81.4 | +8.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,411 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +13.9 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Balfour | 10,093 | 51.5 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Archibald White Maconochie | 9,522 | 48.5 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 3.0 | −5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,615 | 84.2 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
General election December 1910: Partick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Balfour | 10,535 | 50.8 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Archibald White Maconochie | 10,190 | 49.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 1.6 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,715 | 84.2 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
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;
* Liberal: Robert Balfour
* Unionist: Robert Horne