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| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5846 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4779 | |
More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5780 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4423 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6121 | Elected |
| Liberal | 5245 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5621 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3792 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6720 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6289 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Mar, 1909 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 7298 | Elected |
| Liberal | 5185 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6713 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6058 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6888 | Elected |
| Liberal | 5907 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 16th Jul, 1915 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5341 | Elected |
| Independent Conservative | 266 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 17653 | Elected |
| Independent Labour | 4736 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15437 | Elected |
| Labour | 12923 | |
| Liberal | 2518 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 13392 | Elected |
| Labour | 12976 | |
| Liberal | 2870 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18258 | Elected |
| Labour | 12617 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18336 | Elected |
| Labour | 17663 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21547 | Elected |
| Labour | 11456 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16707 | Elected |
| Labour | 13186 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 9365 | Elected |
| Labour | 7849 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 2709 | |
| Liberal | 1072 | |
| Independent Socialist | 300 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14861 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11857 | |
| Independent Socialist | 485 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15757 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10875 | |
| Independent Socialist | 411 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16674 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10307 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15918 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8712 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13343 | Elected |
| Conservative | 5679 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11673 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3924 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 7936 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2394 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1688 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9400 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3435 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2211 | |
| Liberal | 982 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9231 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 2790 | |
| Conservative | 1880 | |
| Liberal | 605 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8542 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1937 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1308 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th Jun, 1980 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 4902 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 2122 | |
| Conservative | 707 | |
| National Front | 148 | |
| Scottish Young Liberal | 134 | |
| Ecology Party | 45 | |
| Social Democratic Party (1979) | 10 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17066 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6104 | |
| Liberal | 5366 | |
| Scottish National Party | 3300 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 347 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21619 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4366 | |
| Liberal | 3528 | |
| Scottish National Party | 3339 | |
| Green | 290 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 265 | |
| Red Front | 126 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Jun, 1989 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14480 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 8018 | |
| Conservative | 2028 | |
| Green | 1019 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 411 | |
| Social Democratic Party (1988) | 253 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 141 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party (1987) | 137 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party | 48 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17341 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 6322 | |
| Conservative | 4208 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1921 | |
| Green | 435 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 106 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glasgow Central Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752787/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026