GLASGOW GORBALS (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Glasgow Gorbals' was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1918 until 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary at the centre line of the River Clyde about 77 yards east of the centre of Rutherglen Bridge, thence southwestward along the municipal boundary to the centre of the Caledonian Railway Main Line from Glasgow to Rutherglen, thence north-westward along the centre line of the said Caledonian Railway to the centre line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, thence south-westward along the centre line of the said Glasgow and South Western Railway to the centre line of Victoria Road, thence northward along the centre line of Victoria Road, Eglinton Street, Bridge Street and Glasgow Bridge to the centre line of the River Clyde, thence south-eastward along the centre line of the River Clyde to the point of commencement."

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	George Nicoll Barnes	Coalition National Democratic
	1922	George Buchanan	Labour
	1931		Ind. Labour Party
	1948	Alice Cullen	Labour
	1969	Francis Patrick McElhone	Labour
1974		''constituency abolished''

Election results