1933 Glasgow Corporation election

April 2017 April 2017 1933 Glasgow Corporation election Scotland parliamentary no 1932 Glasgow Corporation election 1932 y 1933 11 7 1934 Glasgow Corporation election 1934 59 Moderates (Scotland) 50 George Smith Scottish Labour Party 47 Patrick Dollan Independent Labour Party 11 Alexander Ratcliffe Scottish Protestant League 7 4 Independent (politician) 1 1933 Glasgow Election.svg Map showing results in Glasgow Corporation wards Council Leader Moderates (Scotland) Council Leader after election George Smith Scottish Labour Party The 1933 Glasgow Corporation elections were held on 7 November 1933. The results were devastating for the Moderates, who lost control of the Corporation to Labour for the first time, despite socialist candidates making gains in Glasgow at successive general elections.Davies Andrew 15 August 2013 City of Gangs: Glasgow and the Rise of the British Gangster https://books.google.com/books?id=mn4Tn6qK2QkC&q=1933+Glasgow+election&pg=RA1-PT161 9781444739787 Labour’s victory came as a surprise, even to the party itself, which had already begun blaming its anticipated defeat on vote-splitting caused by the presence of the ILP & the Communists. Labour's dominance of the Corporation would continue, nearly unbroken, to the present day. Despite winning a combined share of 52.5% of the vote, compared to the Labour/ILP share of 42.8%, the FPTP nature of the ward voting system meant that the split in the Moderate vote allowed Labour to make strong gains at the Moderates expense. Radcliffe acknowledged and welcomed the role he had played in causing the downfall of the Moderate led Corporation, claiming that "if the Socialists have a majority in Glasgow Town Council, they have the Scottish Protestant League to thank for it."Smyth James J. 2003 Resisting Labour: Unionists, Liberals, and Moderates in Glasgow between the Wars http://www.storre.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/291/1/resisting-labour.pdf The Historical Journal Cambridge University Press 396 9 April 2015 A split between Labour and the Independent Labour Party had ensued a year prior, although Patrick Dollan; a Glaswegian socialist of Irish descent, was able to keep the bulk of the Glasgwegian-based ILP on-side.Gallagher Tom Glasgow, the Uneasy Peace: Religious Tension in Modern Scotland, 1819-1914 1987 https://books.google.com/books?id=Xxy8AAAAIAAJ&q=1933 202 9780719023965 Despite strong support for Labour amongst Glaswegians of Catholic-Irish origin, only 6 out of Glasgow's 116 Councillors following the election were Catholic.Gallagher Tom Glasgow, the Uneasy Peace: Religious Tension in Modern Scotland, 1819-1914 1987 https://books.google.com/books?id=Xxy8AAAAIAAJ&q=1933 203 9780719023965 The Moderates were not to bounce back in the following years election either however, and the combined Moderates/SPL share of the vote fell to 46.4%, whilst the Labour/ILP share rose to 51%. Even after several years, when the SPL had faded from the political picture, the Moderate vote did not rebound to its pre-split height, with many SPL voters in turn moving to Labour. The election was not only a disappointment for Glasgow's right wing parties, but also for its far-left. The Communist party had fielded 15 candidates; who in fact performed moderately well in several working class wards, notably Cowlairs, Springburn, and Gorbals. Despite this however the party failed to gain a single seat, and ultimately won only 10,484 votes; or 3.4% of the total 311,000 votes cast.Stevenson John Cook Chris 18 October 2013 The Slump: Britain in the Great Depression https://books.google.com/books?id=kiCPAQAAQBAJ&q=1933+Glasgow+election+71%2C000&pg=PT129 Routledge 9781317862154 Election result Glasgow Corporation election, 1933Smyth James J. 2003 Resisting Labour: Unionists, Liberals, and Moderates in Glasgow between the Wars http://www.storre.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/291/1/resisting-labour.pdf The Historical Journal Cambridge University Press 397 9 April 2015Total votes: 310,898 Scottish Labour Party 12 1 11 31.55 98,086 Moderates (Scotland) 6 0 17 17 24.25 75,385 Scottish Protestant League 4 4 0 4 23.00 71,512 Independent Labour Party 3 2 0 2 11.28 35,083 Independent Moderate 1 5.27 16,406 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 3.37 10,484 Independent (politician) 0 1.27 3,940 Ward results Anderston Anderston (1)8 November 1933 Scottish Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19331108&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow HeraldElectorate: 12,616 Moderates (Scotland) Hugh Barrie 2,715 36.56 Independent Labour Party Daniel McMillan 2,408 32.43 Independent (politician) Edward Kennedy 2,303 31.01 307 4.13 7,426 58.86 Moderates (Scotland) Conservative Party (UK) Camphill Camphill (1)Electorate: 13,073 Scottish Protestant League Francis McGee 4,132 61.87 Moderates (Scotland) James McLuskie* 2,546 38.13 1,586 23.74 N/A 6,678 51.08 Scottish Protestant League Moderates (Scotland) Calton Calton (1)Electorate: 13,071 Scottish Labour Party William D. Hunter* 4115 Moderates (Scotland) Hugh Campbell 1826 Communist Party of Great Britain Joseph D. McMillan 737 2289 Scottish Labour Party Moderates (Scotland) Cathcart Cathcart (1)Electorate: 21,014Spoiled papers: 81 Scottish Protestant League Angelina Selby 6,333 55.71 Moderates (Scotland) James Kenneth Weir* 5,035 44.29 1,298 11.42 N/A 11,368 Scottish Protestant League Moderates (Scotland) Cowcaddens Cowcaddens (1)Electorate: 16,086Spoiled papers: 40 Scottish Labour Party William T. Doherty* 5244 Scottish Protestant League Hugh Graham 3253 Communist Party of Great Britain Joseph Gerrard 726 Ind. Moderate Joseph Gerrard 651 1991 9874 Scottish Labour Party Moderates (Scotland) Cowlairs Cowlairs (1)Electorate: 11,469Spoiled papers: 17 Scottish Labour Party Alexander H. Porter 2943 Moderates (Scotland) Rev. Robert Daly* 1856 Scottish Protestant League Andrew Brown 1759 Communist Party of Great Britain Alexander McLean 900 1107 Scottish Labour Party Moderates (Scotland) Dalmarnock Dalmarnock (1)Electorate: 15,599Spoiled papers: 41 Independent Socialist Alexander Munro* 3170 Independent Labour Party Thomas Taylor 2773 Scottish Protestant League Jane Pickering 1675 Independent Protestant Rev. T. B. Lyons 1165 397 Independent Socialist Moderates (Scotland) Dennistoun Dennistoun (1)Electorate: 15,778Spoiled papers: 36 Scottish Protestant League Archibald Jackson 4,627 Moderates (Scotland) Alexander Sinclair* 4,062 565 Scottish Protestant League Moderates (Scotland) Fairfield Fairfield (1)Electorate: 17,852Spoiled papers: 44 Scottish Labour Party Thomas A. Kerr* 5,159 Scottish Protestant League Cecil Hunter McMichael 3,500 Independent Labour Party Thomas Kinloch 1,464 Independent Moderate David Gillanders 866 Soviet Thomas Anderson 146 1,659 N/A Scottish Protestant League Moderates (Scotland) Gorbals Gorbals (1)Electorate: 19,313 Scottish Labour Party James L. Gillespie* 4595 57.50 Communist Party of Great Britain Harry McShane 1956 24.48 Independent Moderate John M.D. Watson 1440 18.02 2642 33.02 7991 41.38 Scottish Labour Party Moderates (Scotland) Govan Govan (1)Electorate: 15,911 Scottish Labour Party John Storrie* 4457 Scottish Protestant League Robert Hayes 2180 Independent Labour Party Alexander J. Archibald 1894 Independent Moderate Robert Roxburgh 1507 Communist Party of Great Britain Peter C. B. McIntyre 810 2277 10,848 68.18 Scottish Labour Party Moderates (Scotland) References 1 Category:1933 Scottish local elections 1933 Category:1930s in Glasgow