| Glasgow Govan | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City |
| Major settlements | Govan |
| 1885–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North Lanarkshire |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow South Glasgow South West |
Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for 120 years; from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system.
It was a Conservative-Liberal marginal seat for the first three decades of its existence, before breaking this trend when the Labour Party won the seat in 1918. It remained a Labour-controlled seat for the next fifty-five years, except for a five-year Conservative interlude between 1950 and 1955, until being seized by the Scottish National Party at a by-election in 1973, only to be regained by Labour the following year. The SNP regained the seat at a 1988 by-election, only to lose it again to Labour in 1992. It remained under Labour control until its abolition thirteen years later.
The area which the constituency represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow South and Glasgow South West.