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Glasgow Springburn Burgh constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons

Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until the 2005 general election, when it was largely replaced by the Glasgow North East constituency.

The Member of Parliament, Michael Martin, formerly a member of the Labour Party, was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000. By convention, the major parties (Labour, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats) do not stand against a sitting Speaker in a general election, and in the 2001 and 2005 general elections he stood as "Speaker seeking re-election." Other parties, including the Scottish National Party, however, continued to contest the seat.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1930s 4 See also

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "That portion of the city which is bounded by a line commencing at a point on the municipal boundary on the south-east side of Cumbernauld Road, where that road is intersected by the east side of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Lines), thence northward to the centre line of Cumbernauld Road, thence south-westward and westward along the centre line of Cumbernauld Road and Alexandra Parade to the centre line of Castle Street, thence northward along the centre line of Castle Street and Springburn Road to the centre line of Fountainwell Road, thence north-westward along the centre line of Fountainwell Road to the centre line of the North British Railway (Edinburgh and Glasgow Line), thence northward along the centre line of the said North British Railway to a Point on the municipal boundary about 327 yards north of the centre of Hawthorn Street, where the said North British Railway intersects that street, thence northward, eastward, southward, eastward, southward, westward, south-eastward and southwestward along the municipal boundary to the point of commencement."

• 1918 – 1922: Frederick Alexander Macquisten, Unionist
• 1922 – 1931: George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie, Labour
• 1931 – 1935: Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott, Unionist
• 1935 – 1937: George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie, Labour
• 1937 – 1945: Agnes Agnew Hardie, Labour
• 1945 – 1964: John Calder Forman, Labour Co-operative
• 1964 – 1979: Richard Buchanan, Labour
• 1979 – 2005: Michael John Martin, Labour Party/Speaker of the House of Commons

General Election 2001: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	Michael Martin	16,053	66.6	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Sandy Bain	4,675	19.4	+2.9
	Scottish Socialist Party	Carolyn Leckie	1,879	7.8	N/A
	Scottish Unionist	Daniel Houston	1,289	5.3	N/A
	Independent	Richard Silvester	208	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,378	47.2
Turnout			24,104	43.7	-15.3
	Speaker gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1997: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Martin	22,534	71.4
	Scottish National Party	John Brady	5,208	16.5
	Conservative	Mark Holdsworth	1,893	6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Alexander	1,349	4.3
	Scottish Socialist	J. Lawson	407	1.3
	Referendum Party	A. Keating	186	0.6	N/A
Majority			17,326
Turnout				59.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Martin	20,369	67.7
	Scottish National Party	Stuart Miller	5,863	19.5
	Conservative	Andrew Barnett	2,625	8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Ackland	1,242	4.1
Majority			14,506
Turnout				65.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Martin	25,617	73.6
	Scottish National Party	B. O'Hara	3,554	10.2
	Conservative	M. Call	2,870	8.3
	Liberal	D. Rennie	2,746	7.9
Majority			22,063	63.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Martin	22,481	64.7
	Liberal	J. Kelly	4,882	14.1
	Conservative	D. Tweedie	4,565	13.1
	Scottish National Party	J.F. McLaughlin	2,804	8.1
Majority			17,599	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1937: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agnes Agnew Hardie	14,859
	Conservative	Col A. D. McInnes Shaw DSO	8,881
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Glasgow Springburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott	16,092
	Labour	G.D. Hardie	16,058
	Communist	A. Haimes	1,997
	Conservative hold		Swing

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