title: Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the plurality voting system.
  
  ## History
  
  The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Tenth and Eleventh Municipal Wards.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1885 | Charles Cameron | Liberal |
  | | 1895 | Sir John Stirling-Maxwell | Conservative |
  | | 1906 | Harry Watt | Liberal |
  | 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  General election 1885: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Charles Cameron | 5,662 | 57.8 | |
  | | Conservative | William Montgomery-Cuninghame | 4,139 | 42.2 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,523 | 15.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,801 | 82.1 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,934 | | |
  | | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
  
  General election 1886: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Charles Cameron | 4,880 | 53.6 | −4.2 |
  | | Liberal Unionist | Richard Vary Campbell | 4,225 | 46.4 | +4.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 655 | 7.2 | −8.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,105 | 76.3 | −5.8 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,934 | | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −4.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  General election 1892: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Charles Cameron | 5,804 | 53.8 | +0.2 |
  | | Conservative | John Stirling-Maxwell | 4,758 | 44.1 | −2.3 |
  | | Scottish Trades Councils | Robert Brodie | 225 | 2.1 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,046 | 9.7 | +2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,787 | 78.1 | +1.8 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,809 | | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
  
  General election 1895: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | John Stirling-Maxwell | 5,364 | 56.0 | +11.9 |
  | | Liberal | Charles Cameron | 4,219 | 44.0 | −9.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,145 | 12.0 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,583 | 64.0 | −14.1 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,967 | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  General election 1900: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | John Stirling-Maxwell | 6,629 | 56.2 | +0.2 |
  | | Liberal | Robert Paterson | 5,160 | 43.8 | −0.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,469 | 12.4 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,789 | 73.8 | +9.8 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,975 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
  
  General election 1906: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Harry Watt | 7,359 | 56.5 | +12.7 |
  | | Conservative | John Stirling-Maxwell | 5,676 | 43.5 | −12.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,683 | 13.0 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,035 | 82.8 | +9.0 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,741 | | |
  | | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.7 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  General election January 1910: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Harry Watt | 6,535 | 52.9 | −3.6 |
  | | Conservative | John Stirling-Maxwell | 5,823 | 47.1 | +3.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 5.8 | −7.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,358 | 85.8 | +3.0 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,244 | | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6 | |
  
  General election December 1910: Glasgow College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Harry Watt | 6,291 | 51.5 | −1.4 |
  | | Conservative | Ralph Glyn | 5,932 | 48.5 | +1.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 3.0 | −2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,223 | 85.8 | 0.0 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,244 | | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 | |
  
  General Election 1914–15:
  
  Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
  
  * Liberal: Harry Watt
  * Unionist:
  