Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament Constituency) - Election Results - Elections in The 1920s

Elections in The 1920s

General Election 1929: Glasgow Springburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hardie 21,079 65.5 +9.0
Conservative J. McSkimming 11,110 34.5 -9.0
Majority 9,969 31.0 +18.0
Turnout 32,189 73.6 -5.7
Labour hold Swing 9.0%
General Election 1924: Glasgow Springburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hardie 15,635 56.5 -5.8
Conservative D. A. Guild 12,043 43.5 +5.8
Majority 3,592 13.0 -11.6
Turnout 27,678 79.3 +11.2
Labour hold Swing 5.8%
General Election 1923: Glasgow Springburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hardie 14,535 62.3 +1.8
Conservative D. A. Guild 8,814 37.7 -1.8
Majority 5,721 24.6 +3.6
Turnout 23,349 68.1 -10.4
Labour hold Swing 1.8%
General Election 1922: Glasgow Springburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hardie 15,771 60.5 +21.4
Conservative Frederick Alexander Macquisten 10,311 39.5 -13.2
Majority 5,460 21.0
Turnout 26,082 78.5 +17.6
Labour gain from Coalition Conservative Swing 17.3%

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