History
Along with Glasgow Cathcart, Hillhead was one of two safe Conservative seats in Glasgow for several decades.But the majorities in both constituencies were gradually reduced by Labour in the 1970s; Cathcart went Labour in 1979 (their only loss in their overall national victory that year), while Hillhead just remained Conservative by a small majority. In the subsequent by-election of 1982, the Conservatives lost their final seat in Glasgow not to Labour but to the newly-formed SDP, with the former Labour cabinet minister Roy Jenkins becoming the MP. Jenkins held on in 1983 but lost the seat to George Galloway in 1987, who like Jenkins also eventually left the Labour Party.
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