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Glasgow Shettleston

Every general election in Glasgow Shettleston since 1918 (until 2001). Latest: Labour, majority 9,818.

2001 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour Won13,23564.7%
Scottish National Party3,41716.7%
Others1,6268.0%
Liberal Democrats1,1055.4%
Conservative1,0825.3%
Valid votes20,465
Majority9,81848.0%

Lab hold Turnout 39.7% of 51,557 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181923192919351950195519641970O1974198319922001Labour, 1918: 49.8%Labour, 1922: 59.1%Labour, 1923: 59.8%Labour, 1924: 51.3%Labour, 1929: 60.4%Labour, 1931: 5.4%Labour, 1935: 7.5%Labour, 1945: 20.6%Labour, 1950: 56.7%Labour, 1951: 59.8%Labour, 1955: 57.8%Labour, 1959: 60.9%Labour, 1964: 68.0%Labour, 1966: 65.6%Labour, 1970: 59.9%Labour, February 1974: 53.6%Labour, October 1974: 54.3%Labour, 1979: 64.1%Labour, 1983: 54.2%Labour, 1987: 63.6%Labour, 1992: 60.6%Labour, 1997: 73.2%Labour, 2001: 64.7%Conservative, 1918: 50.2%Conservative, 1924: 48.7%Conservative, 1929: 39.6%Conservative, 1931: 45.6%Conservative, 1935: 39.7%Conservative, 1945: 31.1%Conservative, 1950: 36.8%Conservative, 1951: 37.4%Conservative, 1955: 42.2%Conservative, 1959: 39.2%Conservative, 1964: 32.0%Conservative, 1966: 22.3%Conservative, 1970: 26.7%Conservative, February 1974: 24.4%Conservative, October 1974: 14.4%Conservative, 1979: 22.0%Conservative, 1983: 19.1%Conservative, 1987: 13.3%Conservative, 1992: 15.1%Conservative, 1997: 5.5%Conservative, 2001: 5.3%Scottish National Party, 1966: 12.1%Scottish National Party, 1970: 13.4%Scottish National Party, February 1974: 22.0%Scottish National Party, October 1974: 28.6%Scottish National Party, 1979: 13.9%Scottish National Party, 1983: 7.9%Scottish National Party, 1987: 12.7%Scottish National Party, 1992: 19.1%Scottish National Party, 1997: 14.0%Scottish National Party, 2001: 16.7%Independent Labour Party, 1931: 47.8%Independent Labour Party, 1935: 52.8%Independent Labour Party, 1945: 35.5%Independent Labour Party, 1950: 2.5%Liberal, 1923: 40.2%Liberal, October 1974: 2.8%National Liberal, 1922: 39.0%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 18.5%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 10.4%
Vote share in Glasgow Shettleston at each general election Lab Con SNP ILP Lib Nat Lib Alliance

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2001LabSNP9,81848.039.7%Lab hold
1997LabSNP15,86859.255.7%
1992LabSNP14,83441.568.9%Lab hold
1987LabCon18,98150.370.4%Lab hold
1983LabCon12,41635.067.4%
1979LabCon9,16142.168.2%Lab hold
October 1974LabSNP6,34925.764.4%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon7,73629.269.5%
1970LabCon9,87133.163.5%Lab hold
1966LabCon13,35143.468.6%Lab hold
1964LabCon11,89636.071.4%Lab hold
1959LabCon8,17321.775.3%Lab hold
1955LabCon5,81915.769.3%
1951LabCon9,48322.481.2%Lab hold
1950LabCon8,24119.979.9%
1945ILPCon1,4944.466.6%
1935ILPCon4,57513.274.5%ILP hold
1931ILPCon7712.377.8%ILP gain from Lab
1929LabCon6,72420.776.9%Lab hold
1924LabCon6302.581.8%Lab hold
1923LabLib4,15319.771.0%Lab hold
1922LabNat Lib4,99120.183.9%Lab gain from Con
1918ConLab740.462.7%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Glasgow Shettleston?

Labour won Glasgow Shettleston at the 2001 general election with a majority of 9,818.

Which parties have won Glasgow Shettleston?

At the 23 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 19, Independent Labour Party 3, Conservative 1.

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