Glasgow Bridgeton Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)

Created: 1885   Abolished: 1973

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Political Life

Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
GLASGOW BRIDGETON Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRIDGETON Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
GLASGOW NO 1 BRIDGETON Alternate English     1891 Census of Scotland, Table 5, 'The Parliamentary, Royal, and Police Burghs, also the Parliamentary Districts of Burghs and of Counties, and Wards of Burghs showing the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of Rooms with Windows'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Borough Constituency BCon 1948 1973 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
Division of Parliamentary Borough Constituency PBDivCon 1885 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SCOTLAND Dep Country 1885 1973 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary Map of Glasgow Bridgeton Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)

If the boundaries of the Constituency changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glasgow Bridgeton Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736253

Date accessed: 08th April 2026