Kinross and Western Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Kinross and Western Perthshire | |
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Former Tayside North and Clackmannan[1] |
Kinross and Western Perthshire was a
Boundaries
The constituency was first defined by the
Prior to the 1918 election the county of Kinross was covered, nominally, by
The Representation of the People Act 1918 took account of new local government boundaries in definitions of new constituency boundaries, and the Kinross and Western Perthshire constituency was defined as covering the county of Kinross and the Central, Highland and Western districts of the county of Perth, including the county of Perth
1918 boundaries were used also for the
.A by-election was held for this seat in 1938 after
For the 1950 general election, as a result of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, the Perth constituency became Perth and East Perthshire, but boundaries were unaltered.[2] 1950 names and boundaries were used also for the general elections of 1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966 and 1970. This also applied to the by-election of late 1963, when newly elected prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home won the seat after renouncing his peerage in order to rejoin the House of Commons.[3]
For the
February 1974 boundaries were used also in the general elections of October 1974 and 1979.
In 1975, under the
New constituency boundaries, taking account of new local government boundaries, were adopted for the 1983 general election. Constituencies defined to cover the Tayside region included Perth and Kinross, and constituencies designed to cover the Central region included Stirling.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | James Gardiner
|
Liberal | |
1923 | The Duchess of Atholl | Unionist | |
1938 by-election | William McNair Snadden
|
Unionist | |
1955 | Gilmour Leburn | Unionist | |
1963 by-election | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | Conservative | |
October 1974 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished: see Perth and Kinross |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Gardiner
|
7,579 | 52.1 | ||
C | Unionist | Archibald Stirling | 6,975 | 47.9 | |
Majority | 604 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,554 | 60.9 | |||
Registered electors | 23,888 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Gardiner
|
Unopposed | |||
National Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 9,235 | 50.4 | New | |
Liberal | Percy Molteno | 9,085 | 49.6 | New | |
Majority | 150 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,320 | 72.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 25,221 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 13,565 | 72.0 | +21.6 | |
Labour | John MacDiarmid | 5,286 | 28.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,279 | 44.0 | +43.2 | ||
Turnout | 18,851 | 72.6 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 25,978 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 12,245 | 48.6 | −23.4 | |
Liberal | George Freeland Barbour | 9,128 | 36.2 | New | |
Labour | W.D. Stewart | 3,834 | 15.2 | −12.8 | |
Majority | 3,117 | 12.4 | −31.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,207 | 75.5 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 33,408 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 16,228 | 60.6 | +12.0 | |
Liberal | T. Atholl Robertson | 10,533 | 39.4 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 5,695 | 21.2 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,781 | 79.0 | +3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 15,238 | 60.2 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Mary Isabella MacDonald | 10,069 | 39.8 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 5,169 | 20.4 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,307 | 73.9 | -5.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William McNair Snadden
|
11,808 | 52.9 | -8.3 | |
Independent
|
Katharine Stewart-Murray | 10,495 | 47.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,313 | 5.8 | -14.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,303 | 66.6 | -6.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for that election and by autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected:
- Unionist: William McNair Snadden
- Liberal: Mary Isabella MacDonald[12]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William McNair Snadden
|
16,536 | 68.0 | +15.1 | |
Labour | C. McKinnon | 7,782 | 32.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,754 | 36.0 | +30.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,318 | 67.6 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William McNair Snadden
|
15,299 | 55.4 | -12.6 | |
Liberal | Ian Alistair Duncan Millar | 7,183 | 26.0 | New | |
Labour | D. McLaren | 5,124 | 18.6 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 8,116 | 29.4 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,606 | 76.9 | +9.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William McNair Snadden
|
19,625 | 76.2 | +20.8 | |
Labour | Isobel McGregor | 6,124 | 23.8 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 13,501 | 52.4 | +23.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,749 | 73.2 | -3.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gilmour Leburn | 18,133 | 75.2 | -1.0 | |
Labour | John Bayne | 5,975 | 24.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 12,158 | 50.4 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,108 | 70.4 | -2.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gilmour Leburn | 16,256 | 68.2 | -7.0 | |
Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 4,008 | 16.8 | -8.0 | |
SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 3,568 | 15.0 | New | |
Majority | 12,248 | 51.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,832 | 71.0 | +0.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alec Douglas-Home | 14,147 | 57.4 | -10.8 | |
Liberal | Ian Alistair Duncan Millar | 4,819 | 19.5 | New | |
Labour | Andrew Forrester | 3,752 | 15.2 | -1.6 | |
SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 1,801 | 7.3 | -7.7 | |
Ind. Unionist | Ian Smith | 78 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent
|
Willie Rushton | 45 | 0.2 | New | |
Light and Dark Blue Conservative Party | Richard Wort | 23 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,328 | 37.9 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,665 | 76.1 | +5.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alec Douglas-Home | 16,659 | 66.6 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Forrester | 4,687 | 18.8 | +2.0 | |
SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 3,522 | 14.1 | -0.9 | |
Communist | Hugh MacDiarmid | 127 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,972 | 47.8 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,995 | 75.9 | +4.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | 14,466 | 60.8 | -5.8 | |
SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 4,884 | 20.5 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Brian K. Parnell | 4,461 | 18.7 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 9,582 | 40.3 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 23,811 | 73.5 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.95 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | 14,434 | 57.4 | -3.4 | |
SNP | Elizabeth Y. Whitley | 4,670 | 18.6 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Donald Leach
|
3,827 | 15.2 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | John Calder | 2,228 | 8.9 | New | |
Majority | 9,764 | 38.8 | -1.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,159 | 74.0 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | 14,356 | 52.9 | -4.5 | |
SNP | Duncan C. Murray | 6,274 | 23.1 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | David A. Barrie | 3,807 | 14.0 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Danus Skene | 2,694 | 9.9 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 8,082 | 29.8 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,131 | 77.5 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 11,034 | 41.7 | -11.2 | |
SNP | Derek Cameron | 10,981 | 41.5 | +18.4 | |
Liberal | David A. Barrie | 2,427 | 9.2 | -4.8 | |
Labour | Danus Skene | 2,028 | 7.6 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 53 | 0.2 | -27.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,470 | 75.1 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -14.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 15,523 | 50.5 | +8.8 | |
SNP | Ian Smith | 9,045 | 29.4 | -12.1 | |
Liberal | J. Chapman | 3,572 | 11.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | D.R. Macleod | 2,593 | 8.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 6,478 | 21.1 | +19.9 | ||
Turnout | 30,733 | 79.5 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Notes and references
- ^ "'Kinross and West Perthshire', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
- ^ "Sir Alec Douglas-Home - Number 10". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Perthshire Advertiser 6 May 1939