Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Moray and Nairn
County constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.

It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Archibald Williamson, later Baron Forres Coalition Liberal
1922 (by-election) Thomas Maule Guthrie Coalition Liberal
1923 James Gray Stuart, later Viscount Stuart of Findhorn Unionist
1959 Gordon Campbell, later Baron Campbell of Croy Unionist/Conservative
1974 Winifred Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party
1979 Alexander Pollock Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Sir Archibald Williamson unopposed
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie unopposed
Coalition Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1922: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie 6,263 51.8
Liberal James Scott 5,832 48.2
Majority 431 3.6
Turnout 12,095 49.0
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1923: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart 8,116 53.4
Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie 7,089 46.6
Majority 1,027 6.8
Turnout 15,215 61.3 +12.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart unopposed
Unionist hold Swing

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

[edit] References