Glasgow Queen's Park was a short-lived
burgh constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1974 until 1983. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) using the
first-past-the-post
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voting system
Boundaries
The County of the City of Glasgow wards of
Gorbals
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,
Govanhill
Govanhill ( gd, Cnoc a' Ghobhainn) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, situated south of the River Clyde between Pollokshields, the Gorbals, Strathbungo, Crosshill, Glasgow, Crosshill, Polmadie and Queen's Park, Glasgow, Queen's Park. Shires of Sco ...
, and
Hutchesontown
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, and part of
Langside
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ward.
The constituency covered part of inner city
Glasgow
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, to the south of the River Clyde and in the south-west of the city.
Before the
February 1974 general election, the area had formed the major part of
Glasgow Gorbals (Gorbals, Hutchesontown and part of Govanhill wards) and part of
Glasgow Cathcart (the rest of Govanhill and Langside wards).
In the 1983 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. 675 voters (2.0% of its electorate) were transferred to Glasgow Cathcart, 27,528 electors became part of
Glasgow Central (79.7%), and the remaining 6,332 voters (18.4%) were included in the electorate of
Glasgow Rutherglen.
[''The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies'', (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)]
Members of Parliament
Election results
* ''Death of Frank McElhone''
References
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984).
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Politics of Glasgow
Gorbals
Govanhill and Crosshill