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Glasgow Central — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Glasgow Central was won by SNP at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 6,474 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Glasgow Central from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Gilbert Beith (Liberal) 5,846 55.0% John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) 1,067 (10.0 pts) 80.4%
1886 John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) 5,780 56.7% Gilbert Beith (Liberal) 1,357 (13.3 pts) 77.2%
1892 John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) 6,121 53.9% Walter Menzies (Liberal) 876 (7.7 pts) 78.2%
1895 John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) 5,621 59.7% Edwin Adam (Liberal) 1,829 (19.4 pts) 62.3%
1900 John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Andrew Mitchell Torrance (Liberal) 6,720 51.7% John George Alexander Baird (Conservative) 431 (3.3 pts) 83.3%
Dec 1910 Charles Scott Dickson (Conservative) 6,888 53.8% Alexander Murison (Liberal) 981 (7.7 pts) 86.4%
Jan 1910 Charles Scott Dickson (Conservative) 6,713 52.6% Alexander Murison (Liberal) 655 (5.1 pts) 86.5%
1918 Andrew Bonar Law (Unionist) 17,653 78.8% David John Mitchel Quin (Independent Labour) 12,917 (57.7 pts) 52.9%
1922 Andrew Bonar Law (Unionist) 15,437 50.0% Edward Rosslyn Mitchell (Labour) 2,514 (8.1 pts) 71.2%
1923 William Alexander (Unionist) 13,392 45.8% Edward Rosslyn Mitchell (Labour) 416 (1.4 pts) 67.5%
1924 William Alexander (Unionist) 18,258 59.1% James Dundas White (Labour) 5,641 (18.3 pts) 70.2%
1929 William Alexander (Unionist) 18,336 50.9% Craigie Mason Aitchison (Labour) 673 (1.9 pts) 72.0%
1931 William Alexander (Unionist) 21,547 65.3% William Henry Porteous Martin (Labour) 10,091 (30.6 pts) 71.5%
1935 William Alexander (Unionist) 16,707 55.9% Richard Rapier Stokes (Labour) 3,521 (11.8 pts) 67.2%
1945 James Riley Holt Hutchison (Unionist) 9,365 44.0% James McInnes (Labour) 1,516 (7.1 pts) 59.6%
1950 James McInnes (Labour) 14,861 54.6% James Riley Holt Hutchison (Unionist) 3,004 (11.0 pts) 74.0%
1951 James McInnes (Labour) 15,757 58.3% William Sinclair (Unionist) 4,882 (18.1 pts) 74.3%
1955 James McInnes (Labour) 16,674 61.8% Iain David Barber-Fleming (Unionist) 6,367 (23.6 pts) 64.1%
1959 James McInnes (Labour) 15,918 64.6% Iain David Barber-Fleming (Unionist) 7,206 (29.3 pts) 67.4%
1964 James McInnes (Labour) 13,343 70.1% George F Boyd (Unionist) 7,664 (40.3 pts) 62.4%
1966 Thomas McMillan (Labour) 11,673 74.8% Ronald Anderson (Conservative) 7,749 (49.7 pts) 58.7%
1970 Thomas McMillan (Labour) 7,936 66.0% John Gordon Laird Rennie (Conservative) 5,542 (46.1 pts) 59.2%
Feb 1974 Thomas McMillan (Labour) 9,400 58.6% Leonard Gourlay (Conservative) 5,965 (37.2 pts) 63.0%
Oct 1974 Thomas McMillan (Labour) 9,231 63.6% Brian Nugent (SNP) 6,441 (44.4 pts) 56.9%
1979 Thomas McMillan (Labour) 8,542 72.5% Farooq Saleem (Conservative) 6,605 (56.0 pts) 59.5%
1983 Bob McTaggart (Labour) 17,066 53.0% William Andrew Harvey (Conservative) 10,962 (34.1 pts) 62.8%
1987 Bob McTaggart (Labour) 21,619 64.5% Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) 17,253 (51.4 pts) 65.6%
1992 Mike Watson (Labour) 17,341 57.2% Brendan O'Hara (SNP) 11,019 (36.3 pts) 63.1%
2005 Mohammad Sarwar (Labour) 13,518 48.2% Isabel Nelson (Liberal Democrat) 8,531 (30.4 pts) 43.8%
2010 Anas Sarwar (Labour) 15,908 52.0% Osama Saeed (SNP) 10,551 (34.5 pts) 51.0%
2015 Alison Thewliss (SNP) 20,658 52.5% Anas Sarwar (Labour) 7,662 (19.5 pts) 55.5%
2017 Alison Thewliss (SNP) 16,096 44.7% Faten Hameed (Labour) 2,267 (6.3 pts) 56.1%
2019 Alison Thewliss (SNP) 19,750 49.2% Faten Hameed (Labour) 6,474 (16.1 pts) 58.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Beith Liberal 5,84655.0% Yes
John George Alexander Baird Conservative 4,77945.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Alexander Baird Conservative 5,78056.7% Yes
Gilbert Beith Liberal 4,42343.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Alexander Baird Conservative 6,12153.9% Yes
Walter Menzies Liberal 5,24546.1% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Alexander Baird Conservative 5,62159.7% Yes
Edwin Adam Liberal 3,79240.3% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Alexander Baird Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Mitchell Torrance Liberal 6,72051.7% Yes
John George Alexander Baird Conservative 6,28948.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Scott Dickson Conservative 6,88853.8% Yes
Alexander Murison Liberal 5,90746.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Scott Dickson Conservative 6,71352.6% Yes
Alexander Murison Liberal 6,05847.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Bonar Law Unionist 17,65378.8% Yes
David John Mitchel Quin Independent Labour 4,73621.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Bonar Law Unionist 15,43750.0% Yes
Edward Rosslyn Mitchell Labour 12,92341.9% No
George Paish Liberal 2,5188.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Alexander Unionist 13,39245.8% Yes
Edward Rosslyn Mitchell Labour 12,97644.4% No
Harold John Tennant Liberal 2,8709.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Alexander Unionist 18,25859.1% Yes
James Dundas White Labour 12,61740.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Alexander Unionist 18,33650.9% Yes
Craigie Mason Aitchison Labour 17,66349.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Alexander Unionist 21,54765.3% Yes
William Henry Porteous Martin Labour 11,45634.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Alexander Unionist 16,70755.9% Yes
Richard Rapier Stokes Labour 13,18644.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Riley Holt Hutchison Unionist 9,36544.0% Yes
James McInnes Labour 7,84936.9% No
Bob Cooney Communist 2,70912.7% No
Norman Macleod Glen Liberal 1,0725.0% No
Guy Alfred Aldred United Socialist Movement 3001.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James McInnes Labour 14,86154.6% Yes
James Riley Holt Hutchison Unionist 11,85743.6% No
Guy Alfred Aldred United Socialist Movement 4851.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James McInnes Labour 15,75758.3% Yes
William Sinclair Unionist 10,87540.2% No
Guy Alfred Aldred United Socialist Movement 4111.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James McInnes Labour 16,67461.8% Yes
Iain David Barber-Fleming Unionist 10,30738.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James McInnes Labour 15,91864.6% Yes
Iain David Barber-Fleming Unionist 8,71235.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James McInnes Labour 13,34370.1% Yes
George F Boyd Unionist 5,67929.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas McMillan Labour 11,67374.8% Yes
Ronald Anderson Conservative 3,92425.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas McMillan Labour 7,93666.0% Yes
John Gordon Laird Rennie Conservative 2,39419.9% No
Angus McIntosh SNP 1,68814.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas McMillan Labour 9,40058.6% Yes
Leonard Gourlay Conservative 3,43521.4% No
Stewart Ewing SNP 2,21113.8% No
Alexander Brodie Liberal 9826.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas McMillan Labour 9,23163.6% Yes
Brian Nugent SNP 2,79019.2% No
Norman Woolfson Conservative 1,88013.0% No
Eric Bennett Liberal 6054.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas McMillan Labour 8,54272.5% Yes
Farooq Saleem Conservative 1,93716.4% No
Stephen Bird SNP 1,30811.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bob McTaggart Labour 17,06653.0% Yes
William Andrew Harvey Conservative 6,10419.0% No
Isabella Nelson Liberal 5,36616.7% No
Peter Mallam SNP 3,30010.3% No
John McGoldrick Communist 3471.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bob McTaggart Labour 21,61964.5% Yes
Bernard Jenkin Conservative 4,36613.0% No
John Bryden Liberal 3,52810.5% No
Alexander Wilson SNP 3,33910.0% No
Andrew Brooks Green 2900.9% No
John McGoldrick Communist 2650.8% No
Derek Owen Red Front 1260.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Watson Labour 17,34157.2% Yes
Brendan O'Hara SNP 6,32220.8% No
Ewen Stewart Conservative 4,20813.9% No
Alan Rennie Liberal Democrat 1,9216.3% No
Irene Brandt Green 4351.4% No
Tam Burn Communist 1060.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mohammad Sarwar Labour 13,51848.2% Yes
Isabel Nelson Liberal Democrat 4,98717.8% No
Bill Kidd SNP 4,14814.8% No
Richard Sullivan Conservative 1,7576.3% No
Gordon Masterton Green 1,3724.9% No
Marie Gordon Scottish Socialist 1,1104.0% No
Walter Hamilton BNP 6712.4% No
Ian Johnson Socialist Labour 2550.9% No
Thomas Greig Christian Vote 1390.5% No
Elinor McKenzie Communist 800.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anas Sarwar Labour 15,90852.0% Yes
Osama Saeed SNP 5,35717.5% No
Christopher Young Liberal Democrat 5,01016.4% No
John Bradley Conservative 2,1587.1% No
Alastair Whitelaw Green 8002.6% No
Ian Holt BNP 6162.0% No
James Nesbitt Scottish Socialist Party 3571.2% No
Ramsay Urquhart UKIP 2460.8% No
Finlay Archibald Pirate Party UK 1280.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alison Thewliss SNP 20,65852.5% Yes
Anas Sarwar Labour 12,99633.1% No
Simon Bone Conservative 2,3596.0% No
Cass MacGregor Green 1,5594.0% No
Stuart Maskell UKIP 7862.0% No
Chris Young Liberal Democrat 6121.6% No
James Marris Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1710.4% No
Andrew Elliot Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1190.3% No
Katie Rhodes Socialist Equality Party 580.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alison Thewliss SNP 16,09644.7% Yes
Faten Hameed Labour 13,82938.4% No
Charlotte Fairbanks Conservative 5,01413.9% No
Isabel Nelson Liberal Democrat 1,0452.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alison Thewliss SNP 19,75049.2% Yes
Faten Hameed Labour 13,27633.1% No
Flora Scarabello Conservative 3,6989.2% No
Ewan Hoyle Liberal Democrat 1,9524.9% No
Elaine Gallagher Green 1,4293.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1886: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1895: Conservative margin 19.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 3.3 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 7.7 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 5.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 57.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 8.1 pts 1923: Unionist margin 1.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 18.3 pts 1929: Unionist margin 1.9 pts 1931: Unionist margin 30.6 pts 1935: Unionist margin 11.8 pts 1945: Unionist margin 7.1 pts 1950: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 18.1 pts 1955: Labour margin 23.6 pts 1959: Labour margin 29.3 pts 1964: Labour margin 40.3 pts 1966: Labour margin 49.7 pts 1970: Labour margin 46.1 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 37.2 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 44.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 56.0 pts 1983: Labour margin 34.1 pts 1987: Labour margin 51.4 pts 1992: Labour margin 36.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 30.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 34.5 pts 2015: SNP margin 19.5 pts 2017: SNP margin 6.3 pts 2019: SNP margin 16.1 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Glasgow Central has been contested at 34 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour, SNP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Glasgow Central in the 2019 general election?

SNP won Glasgow Central in 2019 with 19,750 votes (49.2%), a majority of 6,474 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Glasgow Central since 1885?

Since 1885, Glasgow Central has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, SNP, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Glasgow Central?

The closest result on record for Glasgow Central was 1923, when Unionist beat Labour by just 416 votes (1.4 percentage points).

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