Subdivisions of Scotland City of Glasgow Major settlement Govan | Major settlements Govan Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Glasgow Central, Glasgow South, Glasgow South West | ||
Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system.
Contents
- Boundaries
- Elections in the 1910s
- Elections in the 1920s
- Elections in the 1930s
- Elections in the 1950s
- References
It was a Conservative-Liberal marginal seat for the first three decades of its existence, before being won by the Labour Party in 1918. It remained a Labour seat for the next 55 years, except for a five-year Conservative interlude from 1950 to 1955, before being seized by the SNP at a 1973 by-election, only to be regained by Labour the following year. The SNP regained the seat at a 1988 by-election, only to lose it again to Labour in 1992. It remained a Labour seat until its abolition 13 years later.
The area which the constituency represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow South and Glasgow South West.
Boundaries
1885-1918: "That part of the parish of Govan which lies south of the Clyde beyond the boundary of the Municipal Burgh of Glasgow".
1918-1945: "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre of the River Clyde in line with the continuation of the centre line of Balmoral Street, thence eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to a point in line with the continuation of the centre line of the portion of Govan Road to the west of Princes Dock, thence southward to and along the centre line of the said portion of Govan Road, Whitefield Road, Church Road and continuation thereof to the centre, of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, thence westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to the municipal boundary, thence north-westward, northward, and eastward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."
1945-1974: The Glasgow wards of Govan, Kinning Park, part of Fairfield, and part of Kingston.
1974-1983: The Glasgow wards of Fairfield, Govan, Kingston, and Kinning Park.
1983-1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Drumoyne/Govan, Mosspark/Bellahouston, and Penilee/Cardonald.
1997-2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Govan/Drumoyne, Kingston/Pollokshields, and Langside/Shawlands.
Elections in the 1910s
At a by-election on 28 April 1910, following his appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland, William Hunter was returned unopposed.