Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)
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Moray and Nairn County constituency |
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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 | |
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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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Coalition Liberal | Sir Archibald Williamson | unopposed | |||
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Coalition Liberal | Thomas Maule Guthrie | unopposed | |||
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1922: Moray and Nairn | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | James Gray Stuart | unopposed | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
[edit] Politics and history of the constituency
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.