Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Created from	Glasgow

Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown, representing parts of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the sixth and fourteenth Municipal Wards.^[1]

The constituency was described in the Glasgow Parliamentary Divisions Act 1896 as being-

"In the first place, the area within a line beginning at a point in the centre of Albert Bridge, where the same intersects the centre of the River Clyde, northwards along the centre of that bridge, Saltmarket and High Street, to a point opposite the centre of Rottenrow; thence westwards along the centre of Rottenrow to the centre of John Street; thence southwards along the centre of John Street to the centre of Ingram Street; thence westwards along the centre of Ingram Street to a point opposite the centre of Glassford Street; thence southwards along the centres of Glassford Street, Stockwell Street, and the line of Victoria Bridge to a point where the same intersects the centre of the River Clyde; thence eastwards along the centre of the River Clyde to the centre of the line of Albert Bridge, the point first described. And, in the second place, the area within a line beginning at a point in the centre of the River Clyde immediately opposite the centre line of Thistle Street; southwards along the centre of Thistle Street to the centre of Caledonia Road; thence eastwards along the centre of Caledonia Road to the centre of Crown Street; thence southwards along the centres of Crown Street and Cathcart Road to a point where the said road is intersected by the southern parliamentary boundary of the city; thence following the said boundary in an easterly, westerly, and northerly direction till it reaches the centre of the River Clyde; thence along the centre of the River Clyde in a westerly, northerly, and westerly direction, until it reaches the point therein opposite the centre of Thistle Street first described."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1885	Mitchell Henry	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	Liberal
	1900	Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative
	1906	George Nicoll Barnes	Labour
	1918	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election Dec 1910: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon George Nicoll Barnes	4,162
	Conservative	Andrew Constable KC	2,884

General Election Jan 1910: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon George Nicoll Barnes	4,496
	Conservative	Andrew Constable KC	2,796

General Election 1906: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Nicoll Barnes	3,284
	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law	2,974
	Liberal	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	2,058

General Election 1900: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law	4,140
	Liberal	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	3,140
Registered electors			10,304

Andrew Provand

General Election 1895: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	3,108
	Conservative	Alexander Stuart jun.	2,727
	Ind. Labour Party	Shaw Maxwell	448

General Election 1892: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	4,146
	Conservative	Alexander Stuart jun.	3,065
Registered electors			9,408

General Election 1886: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Dryburgh Provand	4,201
	Liberal Unionist	Mitchell Henry	3,337

General Election 1885: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mitchell Henry	3,759
	Conservative	William Charles Maughan	3,137
	Scottish Land Restoration	Shaw Maxwell	1,156

Notes

1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
3. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916
4. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
5. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
7. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889