UK Polling History: Election of 26 May 1955 – Glasgow Cathcart
Result summary
| Parties | ||
| Conservative | Labour | |
| Votes | 25,265 | 9,514 |
| Votes gained | -860 | -1,398 |
| Share of votes | 72.6% | 27.4% |
| Share of eligible voters | 55.0% | 20.7% |
| Gain in share of votes | +2.1% | -2.1% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -3.2% | -3.6% |
| Total votes: | 34,779 | |
| Electorate: | 45,969 | |
| Turnout: | 75.7% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 2.1% | Conservative from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Conservative | Labour | SNP | Liberal | Coalition Liberal |
Alliance | National Liberal |
Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Conservative | Labour | SNP | Liberal | Coalition Liberal |
Alliance | National Liberal |
Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 3,662 | 14,902 | 4,086 | 3,006 | 1,730 | ||||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 4,248 | 19,158 | 6,193 | 2,302 | 1,489 | ||||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 8,264 | 16,265 | 6,107 | 2,614 | 441 | ||||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 8,420 | 19,623 | 3,883 | 5,722 | |||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 11,807 | 16,037 | 2,151 | 8,710 | |||||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 15,950 | 17,550 | 2,653 | 2,042 | |||||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 16,301 | 14,544 | 6,292 | 1,058 | |||||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 18,247 | 16,152 | 5,410 | ||||||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 29,093 | 24,188 | 419 | ||||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 26,549 | 25,330 | 516 | ||||||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 27,299 | 24,294 | |||||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 30,743 | 21,169 | |||||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 25,265 | 9,514 | |||||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 26,125 | 10,912 | |||||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 24,341 | 10,269 | 2,984 | ||||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 18,472 | 12,923 | |||||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 21,331 | 12,995 | |||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 26,642 | 8,919 | 529 | ||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 15,435 | 12,983 | 7,388 | ||||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 18,440 | 9,915 | |||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 10,817 | 8,884 | 5,894 | ||||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 8,661 | 9,137 | 9,104 | ||||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 4,899 | 16,310 | |||||||