Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dundee
Burgh constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons
Members: one until 1868, then two

Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West. From 1868 until 1950 it was a two-member constituency.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Party MP Party MP
1832 Whig George Kinloch
1833 Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell
1841 Whig George Duncan
1857 Liberal Sir John Ogilvy
1868 Liberal George Armitstead
1873 Liberal James Yeaman
1874 Liberal Edward Jenkins
1880 Liberal George Armitstead Liberal Frank Henderson
1885 Liberal Charles Carmichael Lacaita Liberal Edmund Robertson
1888 Liberal Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth
1889 Liberal John Leng
1906 Labour Alexander Wilkie
1908 Liberal Winston Churchill
1922 Labour E. D. Morel Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour
1924 Labour Thomas Johnston
1929 Labour Michael Marcus
1931 Unionist Florence Horsbrugh Liberal Dingle Foot
1945 Labour John Strachey Labour Thomas Cook

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1868-1950

General Election 1945: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Cook 48,804 28.6
Labour John Strachey 48,393 28.4
Liberal Dingle Foot 33,230 19.5
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 32,309 18.9
Majority 15,163 8.9
Turnout 79.2
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1935: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 50,542 26.8
Liberal Dingle Foot 49,632 26.4
Labour Michael Marcus 44,457 23.6
Labour R Gibson 43,747 23.2
Majority 6,085 3.2
Majority 5,175 2.8
Turnout 84.7
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1931: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dingle Foot 52,048 29.6
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 48,556 27.7
Labour Michael Marcus 32,573 18.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,229 18.3
Communist R Stewart 10,264 5.8
Majority 19,475 11.0
Majority 15,983 9.1
Turnout 84.8
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Scottish Prohibition Swing
General Election 1929: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 50,073 29.2
Labour Michael Marcus 47,602 27.7
Liberal James Henderson-Stewart 33,890 19.8
Conservative F W Wallace 33,868 19.7
Communist R Stewart 6,160 3.6
Majority 16,183 9.4
Majority 13,712 7.9
Turnout 82.5
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dundee by-election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Johnston 22,973 69.2
Liberal Ernest Simon 10,234 30.8
Majority 12,739 38.4
Turnout 33,207 42.4 -41.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1924: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. D. Morel 32,846 26.5
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 29,193 23.5
Conservative F W Wallace 28,118 22.7
Liberal A R Duncan 25,566 20.6
Communist R Stewart 8,340 6.7
Majority 4,728 3.8
Majority 1,075 0.8
Turnout 83.8
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
General Election 1923: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 25,753 25.1
Labour E. D. Morel 23,345 22.7
Liberal J W Pratt 23,031 22.4
Conservative F W Wallace 20,253 19.7
Communist Willie Gallacher 10,380 10.1
Majority 2,722 2.7
Majority 314 0.3
Turnout 72.5
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,578 27.6
Labour E. D. Morel 30,292 25.6
National Liberal D J MacDonald 22,244 18.8
National Liberal Winston Churchill 20,466 17.3
Liberal R R Pilkington 6,681 5.7
Communist Willie Gallacher 5,906 5.0
Majority 10,334 8.8
Majority 8,048 6.8
Turnout 80.5
Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal Swing
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Winston Churchill 25,788 37.5
Labour Alexander Wilkie 24,822 36.1
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 10,423 15.1
Labour J S Brown 7,769 11.3
Majority 15,365 22.4
Majority 14,399 21.0
Turnout 46.6
Coalition Liberal hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1906: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 9,276 31.7 +1.5
Labour Alexander Wilkie 6,833 23.3
Liberal Henry Robson 6,122 20.9 -6.4
Liberal Unionist Ernest Shackleton 3,865 13.2 -6.8
Conservative A Duncan Smith 3,183 10.9 -9.2
Majority 5,411 18.5
Majority 711 2.4
Turnout 29,279 81.9 +12.4
Liberal hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing


General Election 1892: Dundee (2 seats) [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Leng 8,484
Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,191
Conservative William Ogilvy Dalgleish 5,659
Unionist William Charles Smith 5,066
Scottish Labour Party James MacDonald 354
Registered Electors 18,214


By-election 1888: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Firth 7,856
Liberal Unionist Lieut Gen Sir Henry Daly KCB 4,217
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1886: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,236
Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,216
Liberal Unionist Brinsley de Courcy Nixon 3,545
Liberal Unionist Lieut Gen Sir Henry Daly KCB 3,346
Majority
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1885: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,261
Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,187
Conservative Alexander Hay Moncur 6,279
Conservative Edward Jenkins 5,149
Majority
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing


General Election 1880: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Armitstead 9,168
Liberal Frank Henderson 6,750
Conservative James Yeaman 4,993
Majority 4,975
Majority 1,757
Registered Electors 14,566
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1874: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Yeaman 6,595
Liberal Edward Jenkins 6,048
Liberal Sir John Ogilvy 4,401
Liberal J M D Meiklejohn 2,231
Conservative J A L Gloag 573
Majority 2,194
Majority 1,647
Registered Electors 17,814
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing


Dundee by-election, 1873
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Yeaman 5,297
Liberal Edward Jenkins 4,010
Liberal J F Stephens 1,086
Majority 1,287
Registered Electors 16,652
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1868: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Armitstead 7,738
Liberal Sir John Ogilvy 7,661
Liberal J A Guthrie 3,548
Liberal H W Scott 2,085
Majority 4,190
Majority 4,113
Registered Electors 14,798
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

[edit] 1832-1868

General Election 1865: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Ogilvy
Registered Electors 3,039
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1859: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Ogilvy
Registered Electors 2,317
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1857: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Sir John Ogilvy 1,092
Whig George Armitstead 847
Majority 145
Registered Electors 2,343
Whig hold Swing


General Election 1852: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan
Registered Electors 3,190
Whig hold Swing


General Election 1847: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan
Registered Electors 2,635
Whig hold Swing
General Election 1841: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan 577
Whig J B Smith 445
Majority 132
Registered Electors 2,739
Whig hold Swing
General Election 1837: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt 663
Tory John Gladstone 381
Majority 282
Registered Electors 2,214
Whig hold Swing
Dundee by-election, 1835
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt
Registered Electors
Whig hold Swing
General Election 1835: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt
Registered Electors 1,751
Whig hold Swing
Dundee by-election, 1833
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt
Registered Electors
Whig hold Swing
General Election 1832: Dundee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Kinloch 852
Whig D C Guthrie 593
Majority 259
Registered Electors 1,622

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

Winston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his Manchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922.

In 1906, the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party. [2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  2. ^ Morrell, Margot; Stephanie Capparell (2003). Shackleton's Way. Nicholas Brealey, p. 32. ISBN 1-85788-318-7. 

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Westminster constituencies of Scotland
Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

[edit] References


  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 - 1885
  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
  • Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1889


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