1949 Glasgow Corporation election

January 2019 January 2019 The 1949 Glasgow Corporation elections were held on Tuesday 3 May 1949. The election was held against a wider backdrop of Labour losses across the country, however Labour managed to maintain an overall majority of elected members. The Labour group did see a particularly high-profile loss when the Labour group leader Andrew Hood, the councillor for Provan, lost his seat. The new council was composed entirely of Labour and Progressive members, with all smaller parties having lost their representation. Whilst the Labour party had won a majority of elected members, the corporation also featured two ex-officio members: the Dean of Guild (Lord Inverclyde) and the Deacon-Convenor. Whilst not party affiliated, these members had traditionally voted with the Progressives. As a result, following the election the Progressives John Donald Kelly took over as council leader; the first Progressive council leader since 1933, when Labour had taken control. Election result Glasgow Corporation election, 19494 May 1949 Labour's one-vote margin in Glasgow https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19490504&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald Scottish Labour Party 56 Progressives (Scotland) 55 Ward results Anderston Anderston (3)Electorate: 24,815 Scottish Labour Party Neil Johnston* 6338 63.65 Scottish Labour Party Mrs Mary McAlister* 6223 Scottish Labour Party John S. Ratcliffe* 5578 Progressives (Scotland) John F. Gowdie 4681 32.70 Progressives (Scotland) David Miller 4638 Communist Party of Great Britain Robert McIlhone 1040 3.65 897 28,498 (9,499) 38.28 Scottish Labour Party Conservative Party (UK) Scottish Labour Party Conservative Party (UK) Scottish Labour Party Calton Calton (3)Electorate: 21,038 Scottish Labour Party Mrs Helen E. Gault* 4,685 Scottish Labour Party Joseph McKell* 4,438 Scottish Labour Party Thomas G. McLure* 4,437 Progressives (Scotland) Andrew Shearer 2,679 Independent Labour Party Francis Kane 555 Independent (politician) Patrick Farrell 488 Independent Labour Party Charles Hayman 450 Independent Labour Party B. Lavin 354 35.89 Camphill Cathcart Cathcart (3)Electorate: 17,591 Progressives (Scotland) Thomas R. Patterson* 8275 Progressives (Scotland) Andrew Donald* 8271 Scottish Labour Party William G. Reid* 8076 Scottish Labour Party James H. Dollan 2097 59.35 Cowcaddens Cowlairs Craigton Dalmarnock Dennistoun Exchange Fairfield Gorbals Govanhill Hutchesontown Kelvinside Kingston Kinning Park Knightswood Langside Maryhill Mile-end North Kelvin Park Parkhead Partick East Patrick West Pollockshaws Provan Provan (3)Electorate: 15,759 Progressives (Scotland) Alexander Fraser* 4718 Progressives (Scotland) Albert Douglas 4581 Scottish Labour Party David S. Brown* 4544 Scottish Labour Party Andrew Hood* (Labour leader) 4516 Progressives (Scotland) Robert Hodgins 4468 Scottish Labour Party Robert C. Smith* 4397 59.36 Progressives (Scotland) Conservative Party (UK) Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party Ruchill Shettleston Shettleston (3)Electorate: 28,165 Scottish Labour Party Myer Galpern 6597 Scottish Labour Party Robert McAllister 6481 Scottish Labour Party Thomas B. Duncan 5598 Progressives (Scotland) James McC. Fergusson 5521 Progressives (Scotland) William W. Smith 5389 Progressives (Scotland) John J. Macdougall 5175 Independent Labour Party David W. Gibson 3576 Independent Labour Party Cecil Gould 1561 Independent Labour Party Harold I. Maclean 1561 Communist Party of Great Britain Thomas McLaren 973 52.97 Springburn Townhead Whiteinch Woodside Yoker References 1 Glasgow Corporation election 1949 Corporation election, 1949 Glasgow Corporation election