1896 Glasgow Corporation election

This was the first time since 3 November 1846 that all of Glasgow's councillors had been up for re-election simultaneously.

The 1846 re-election had occurred as a result of the towns of Calton, Anderston, and the Gorbals being subsumed into Glasgow.

[1] The election saw an unusually heavy turnout, with female voters in particular voting in unprecedented numbers.

[4] The election was also the first to be contested by the Workers Municipal Elections Committee, which had been set up in June 1896 and comprised the Irish National League, the Independent Labour Party, and the Co-operative movement.

This grouping was brought together under the leadership of John Ferguson (elected for Calton ward), a prominent Irish Home Rule activist with close contacts to both the Labour movement and radical politics.