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Glasgow Tradeston
Glasgow Tradeston
	Former constituency; Unknown parliament uk; ; .;
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1885 (1885)–1955 (1955);
Replaced by	Glasgow Govan
Created from	Glasgow

Glasgow Tradeston 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 fifteenth and sixteenth Municipal Wards.^[1]

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the centre of Glasgow Bridge at the centre line of the River Clyde, thence southward along the centre line of Glasgow Bridge, Bridge Street and Eglinton Street to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at Eglinton Street Station, thence westward along the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Paisley Canal Line) to the centre line of Shields Road, thence northwards along the centre line of Shields Road to the centre line of the Caledonian Railway, thence westward along the centre line of the said Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to a point in line with the centre line of Church Road, thence northward along the centre line of Church Road, Whitefield Road, and the portion of Govan Road to the west of Princes Dock and continuation thereof to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the point of commencement."

1918-1949: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Kingston and Kinning Park^[2]

1950-1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Kinning Park and Kingston, and part of Govan

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[3]	Party
	1885	Archibald Cameron Corbett, later Baron Rowallan	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	January 1910		Independent Liberal
	December 1910		Liberal
	1911	James Dundas White	Liberal
	1918	Vivian Leonard Henderson	Unionist
	1922	Thomas Henderson	Labour Co-operative
	1931	William Hannah McLean	Unionist
	1935	Thomas Henderson	Labour Co-operative
	1945	John Rankin	Labour Co-operative
1955		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Glasgow Tradeston ^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Archibald Corbett	4,354	56.69	N/A
	Conservative	James Somervell	3,240	42.19	N/A
	Scottish Land Restoration	Wallace McGuffin Greaves	86	1.12	N/A
Majority			1,114	14.51	N/A
Turnout			7,680	83.28	N/A
Registered electors			9,222
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Glasgow Tradeston ^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Corbett	3,878	54.99	N/A
	Liberal	John Meiklejohn	3,174	45.01	−11.68
Majority			704	9.98	N/A
Turnout			7,052	76.47	−6.81
Registered electors			9,222
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

Caldwell

General Election 1892: Glasgow Tradeston ^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Corbett	3,366	45.82	−9.17
	Liberal	James Caldwell	3,197	43.52	−1.49
	Scottish Labour	Bennet Burley	783	10.66	N/A
Majority			169	2.30	−7.68
Turnout			7,346	76.00	−0.47
Registered electors			9,666
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−9.17

Smith

General Election 1895: Glasgow Tradeston ^[8]^[6]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Corbett	3,373	53.46	+7.64
	Liberal	George Green	2,568	40.70	−2.82
	Ind. Labour Party	Frank Smith	368	5.83	−4.83
Majority			805	12.76	+10.46
Turnout			6,309	62.02	−13.98
Registered electors			10,173
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+5.23

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Glasgow Tradeston ^[8]^[6]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Corbett	4,389	61.17	+7.71
	Lib-Lab	William Maxwell	2,785	38.82	−1.88
Majority			1,604	22.36	+9.60
Turnout			7,174	74.18	+12.16
Registered electors			9,671
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+4.80

General Election 1906: Glasgow Tradeston ^[8]^[6]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Corbett	4,416	50.62	−10.55
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	4,063	46.57	+7.75
	Ind. Conservative	Abraham Rosenthal	245	2.81	N/A
Majority			353	4.05	−18.31
Turnout			8,724	83.49	+9.31
Registered electors			10,449
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−9.15

Stood as a 'Fiscal Reform' candidate

Elections in the 1910s

Mason

General Election Jan 1910: Glasgow Tradeston ^[12]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Liberal	Archibald Corbett	2,966	35.26	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Pollock Main	2,773	32.96	−17.66
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	2,673	31.78	−14.79
Majority			193	2.29	N/A
Turnout			8,412	87.04	+3.55
Registered electors			9,664
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election Dec 1910: Glasgow Tradeston ^[12]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Archibald Corbett	4,811	60.53	+28.75
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald Pollock Main	3,137	39.47	+6.51
Majority			1,674	21.06	N/A
Turnout			7,948	82.71	−4.33
Registered electors			9,609
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

Glasgow Tradeston by-election, 1911^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J. D. White	3,869	58.16	−2.37
	Liberal Unionist	John Henry Watts	2,783	41.84	+2.37
Majority			1,086	16.33	−4.73
Turnout			6,652	69.23	−13.48
Registered electors			9,609
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.37

General Election 1918: Glasgow Tradeston ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Vivian Henderson	12,250	63.2	+23.7
	British Socialist Party	James MacDougall	3,751	19.4	N/A
	Liberal	J. D. White	3,369	17.4	−43.1
Majority			8,499	43.8	N/A
Turnout			19,370	53.9	−28.8
Registered electors			35,960
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+33.4
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Glasgow Tradeston ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	14,190	55.7	N/A
	Unionist	Vivian Henderson	9,977	39.2	−24.2
	Liberal	Charles de Bois Murray	1,310	5.1	−12.3
Majority			4,213	16.5	N/A
Turnout			25,477	75.4	+21.5
Registered electors			33,792
	Labour Co-op gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election 1923: Glasgow Tradeston ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	12,787	60.1	+4.4
	Liberal	Douglas Macdonald	8,479	39.9	+34.8
Majority			4,308	20.2	+3.7
Turnout			21,266	63.1	−12.3
Registered electors			33,713
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−15.2

General Election 1924: Glasgow Tradeston ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	14,067	56.0	−4.1
	Liberal	Douglas Macdonald	11,074	44.0	+4.1
Majority			2,993	12.0	−8.2
Turnout			25,141	73.1	+10.0
Registered electors			34,373
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.1

General Election 1929: Glasgow Tradeston ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	17,864	57.9	+1.7
	Unionist	Ingram Spencer	12,992	42.1	N/A
Majority			4,872	15.8	+3.8
Turnout			30,456	75.7	+2.6
Registered electors			40,743
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Glasgow Tradeston ^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William McLean	15,067	52.60	+11.26
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	13,579	47.40	−11.26
Majority			1,488	5.19	N/A
Turnout			28,646	73.40
Registered electors			39,026
	Unionist gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+11.26

General Election 1935: Glasgow Tradeston ^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Henderson	12,253	47.07	−0.33
	Unionist	William McLean	10,354	39.78	−12.82
	Ind. Labour Party	James Carmichael	3,423	13.15	N/A
Majority			1,899	7.30	N/A
Turnout			26,030	69.26	−3.14
Registered electors			37,582
	Labour Co-op gain from Unionist		Swing	−0.33

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: Thomas Henderson^[21]

Unionist:

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Glasgow Tradeston^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Rankin	13,153	59.72	+12.65
	Unionist	H Black	8,871	40.28	+0.50
Majority			4,282	19.44	+12.14
Turnout			22,023	62.19	−7.07
Registered electors			35,412
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.65

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Glasgow Tradeston^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Rankin	26,598	62.88	+3.16
	Unionist	Alexander Hart	15,074	37.12	−3.16
Majority			10,894	25.75	+6.31
Turnout			41,672	78.75	+16.56
Registered electors			53,719
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.16

General Election 1951: Glasgow Tradeston^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Rankin	26,966	63.10	+0.22
	Unionist	Alexander Hart	15,771	36.90	−0.22
Majority			11,195	26.20	+0.45
Turnout			42,737	80.03	+1.28
Registered electors			53,404
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.22

References

^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule

^ Craig, F.W.S. (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

^ ^a^b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893

^ ^a^b^c Whitaker's Almanack, 1907

^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

^ Rubinstein, William D; Jolles, Michael A; Rubinstein, Hilary L, eds. (2011). The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history (First ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 817. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.

^ ^a^b^c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

^ ^a^b British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

^ The Times, 16 November 1922

^ The Times, 8 December 1923

^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927

^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934

^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

[1] Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule

[2] Craig, F.W.S. (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[rayment-3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

[ReferenceB-4] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

[5] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

[ReferenceCraig85-18-6] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[7] Whitaker's Almanack, 1893

[Whitaker's_Almanack,_1907-8] Whitaker's Almanack, 1907

[9] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[10] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[11] Rubinstein, William D; Jolles, Michael A; Rubinstein, Hilary L, eds. (2011). The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history (First ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 817. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.

[ReferenceA-12] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

[ReferenceC-13] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[14] The Times, 16 November 1922

[15] The Times, 8 December 1923

[16] Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927

[17] Whitaker's Almanack, 1934

[kimber1931-18] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[19] Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

[kimber1935-20] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[21] Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

[kimber1945-22] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[23] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

[24] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

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