Dumbarton Burghs

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Dumbarton Burghs Burgh constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons

Dumbarton Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950.

It consisted of the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank in Dunbartonshire. The rest of the county formed the rural (or county) constituency of Dunbartonshire.

Before creation of the Dumbarton Burghs constituency the burgh of Dumbarton had formed part of the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs, and Clydebank had been within the Dunbartonshire county constituency. When Dumbarton Burghs was abolished the whole county of Dunbartonshire was re-organised into two new county constituencies, Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West.

For almost all of its history Dumbarton Burghs was represented by David Kirkwood of the Labour Party, an important Red Clydesider. The only exception was 1918 to 1922, when it was represented by John Taylor, a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1918 – 1922: John Taylor
• 1922 – 1950: David Kirkwood, later Baron Kirkwood

[edit] Election results

General Election 1935: Dumbarton Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	20,409
	Conservative	M.J. McCracken	10,909

General Election 1931: Dumbarton Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	16,335
	Conservative	M.J. McCracken	15,338

[edit] See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies