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    Glasgow Bridgeton, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (18 June 1970), James Bennett (The Labour Party) won Glasgow Bridgeton, with a majority of 7,255 votes.

    Area type
    constituency
    Within
    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    15
    Recorded results
    39
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 18 Jun 1970
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James BennettThe Labour Party11,05662.9%Yes
    Robert GavinConservative Party3,80121.6%No
    Gordon WallaceScottish National Party1,5508.8%No
    John Thomas Atkinson GlassIndependent Protestant1,1806.7%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 31 Mar 1966
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James BennettThe Labour Party16,21974.3%Yes
    John HoggConservative Party5,61925.7%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 15 Oct 1964
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James BennettThe Labour Party18,87971.6%Yes
    John HoggScottish Unionist7,49228.4%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 08 Oct 1959
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James CarmichaelThe Labour Party21,04863.4%Yes
    Iain DochertyScottish Unionist12,13936.6%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 26 May 1955
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James CarmichaelThe Labour Party20,47657.7%Yes
    Paul Thomas CowcherScottish Unionist12,37534.9%No
    George William StoneIndependent Labour Party2,6197.4%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 25 Oct 1951
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James CarmichaelThe Labour Party21,30763.6%Yes
    Richard ThomsonScottish Unionist10,38231%No
    Robert DuncanIndependent Labour Party1,7965.4%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 23 Feb 1950
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James CarmichaelThe Labour Party20,26859.4%Yes
    Francis Charles IrwinScottish Unionist11,02532.3%No
    Robert DuncanIndependent Labour Party1,9745.8%No
    Denis KellyCommunist8582.5%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James MaxtonIndependent Labour Party13,22066.4%Yes
    Richard Brooman-WhiteScottish Unionist6,69533.6%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James MaxtonIndependent Labour Party17,69165%Yes
    Archibald Douglas MacInnes ShawScottish Unionist8,95132.9%No
    Samuel MacLarenThe Labour Party5942.2%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James MaxtonIndependent Labour Party16,63058.2%Yes
    Catherine GavinScottish Unionist11,94141.8%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James MaxtonThe Labour Party21,03367.7%Yes
    Maurice James McCrackenScottish Unionist10,04932.3%No
    Glasgow Bridgeton: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James MaxtonThe Labour Party16,85061.3%Yes
    Maurice James McCrackenScottish Unionist10,63338.7%No

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