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.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
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
1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Kinning Park and Kingston, and part of Govan
Members of Parliament
ElectionMember 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-operative1955constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Stood as a 'Fiscal Reform' candidate
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
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; Labour: Thomas HendersonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Unionist:
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
References