Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)

From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the first and fourth Municipal Wards.

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970[4] provided that the constituency was to consist of: The following wards of the county of the city of Glasgow, namely, Calton and Dalmarnock and that part of Mile-End ward which lies to the west of a line commencing at a point on the northern boundary of the ward immediately opposite the centre line of Millerston Street; thence southward to and along the centre line of Millerston Street to the centre line of Gallowgate; thence eastward along the centre line of Gallowgate to a point opposite the centre line of Fielden Street; thence southward along the centre line of Fielden Street to the termination of the line on the southern boundary of the Mile-End ward opposite the centre of Fielden Street.Russell resigned, causing a by-election.

Trevelyan was appointed Secretary for Scotland, requiring a by-election.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;