Glasgow Provan (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Provan
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	County of city of Glasgow City of Glasgow district
1955–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Glasgow Camlachie
Replaced by	Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Springburn

Glasgow Provan was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Dennistoun and Provan.

1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow ward of Provan, and part of Shettleston and Tollcross ward.

1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Gartloch/Easterhouse, Lethamhill/Riddrie, and Queenslie/Barlanark.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	William Reid	Labour
	1964	Hugh Brown	Labour
	1987	Jimmy Wray	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Reid	15,533	50.3
	Unionist	Charles McFarlane	15,353	49.7
Majority			180	0.6
Turnout			30,886	74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Reid	21,608	55.6	+5.3
	Unionist	Robert D Kernohan	17,241	44.4	−5.3
Majority			4,367	11.2	+10.6
Turnout			38,849	78.8	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	29,889	65.8	+10.2
	Unionist	K. B. Miller	15,524	34.2	−10.2
Majority			14,365	31.6	+20.4
Turnout			45,413	75.7	−3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	28,201	66.9	+1.1
	Conservative	D. I. Fraser	12,986	30.8	−3.4
	Communist	J. Jackson	988	2.3	New
Majority			15,215	36.1	+4.5
Turnout			42,175	70.8	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	25,864	60.8	−6.1
	Conservative	Donald Masterton	11,881	27.9	−2.9
	SNP	Willie McRae	7,367	19.6	New
	Communist	John Jackson	601	1.4	−0.9
Majority			13,983	32.9	−3.2
Turnout			45,713	65.4	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	23,154	61.6
	SNP	R. Edwards	7,367	19.6
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	6,324	16.8
	Communist	John Jackson	749	2.0
Majority			15,787	42.0
Turnout			37,594	69.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	20,602	58.6	−3.0
	SNP	R. Edwards	10,628	30.2	+10.6
	Conservative	R. McKay	3,448	9.8	−7.0
	Communist	John Jackson	503	1.4	−0.6
Majority			9,974	28.4	−13.6
Turnout			35,181	64.0	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	24,083	69.5	+10.9
	Conservative	S. M. Langdon	5,239	15.1	+5.3
	SNP	R. Cunning	4,767	13.8	−16.4
	Communist	John Jackson	377	1.1	−0.3
	Workers Revolutionary	M. Campbell	193	0.6	New
Majority			18,844	54.4	+26.0
Turnout			34,659	66.0	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Brown	20,040	64.4	−5.1
	SDP	Allan Heron	4,655	15.0	New
	Conservative	Sheenagh Gordon	3,374	11.0	−4.1
	SNP	Pat Kennedy	2,737	8.8	−5.0
	Communist	John Jackson	294	1.0	−0.1
Majority			15,385	49.4	−5.0
Turnout			31,100	65.2	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	22,032	72.9	+8.5
	SNP	William Ramsay	3,660	12.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Anne Strutt	2,336	7.7	−3.3
	SDP	John Morrison	2,189	7.2	−7.8
Majority			18,372	60.8	+11.4
Turnout			30,217	69.1	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Glasgow Provan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Wray	15,885	66.5	−6.4
	SNP	Alexandra MacRae	5,182	21.7	+9.6
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	1,865	7.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bell	948	4.0	−3.2
Majority			10,703	44.8	−16.0
Turnout			23,880	65.3	−3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)