Glasgow Kelvingrove


Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system. In February 1974 it absorbed the entire Glasgow Woodside Constituency which had existed from 1950 but lost the part of the Exchange Ward it had previously included to Glasgow Central.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park.
1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside.

Elections

Elections in the 1920s

* Ferguson labelled himself a Labour party candidate without any official endorsement, despite being an official Communist candidate.

Elections in the 1930s

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;