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

thumb|260px|Glasgow Camlachie in Lanarkshire, 1950–1955

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

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

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

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| 1885

| Hugh Watt

| Liberal

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| 1892

|rowspan=2| Alexander Cross

| Liberal Unionist

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| 1908

| Liberal

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| 1910

|rowspan=2| Halford Mackinder

| Liberal Unionist

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| 1912

| Unionist

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| 1922

| Campbell Stephen

| Labour

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| 1931

| James Stevenson

| Unionist

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| 1935

|rowspan="2"| Campbell Stephen

| ILP

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| 1947

| Labour

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| 1948

| Charles McFarlane

| Unionist

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| 1950

| William Reid

| Labour

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| 1955

|colspan="2" | constituency abolished

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Election results

Elections in the 1880s

thumb|120px|Burleigh

Elections in the 1890s

thumb|120px|Graham

  • 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.

thumb|120px|Chisholm

Elections in the 1900s

thumb|120px|Fletcher

thumb|120px|Burgess

Elections in the 1910s

thumb|120px|Mackinder

thumb|120px|Hogge

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

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

References