Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh North
Burgh constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

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[edit] Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Broughton, Calton. St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1918 James Clyde Coalition Conservative
1920 by-election Patrick Johnstone Ford Conservative
1923 Peter Wilson Raffan Liberal
1924 Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford Unionist
1935 Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill Conservative
1945 Eustace George Willis Labour
1950 James Latham McDiarmid Clyde Conservative
1955 William Rankine Milligan Conservative
1960 by-election Earl of Dalkeith Unionist/Conservative
1973 by-election Alexander Fletcher Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

General Election 1935: Edinburgh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill KC 20,776
Labour G. Crawford 8,654
Liberal Miss C. Macmillan 1,798
General Election 1931: Edinburgh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford Bt 26,361
Labour R. Gibson KC 8,771
General Election 1918: Edinburgh North [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon James Avon Clyde KC 11,879
Liberal J. Johnston 6,986

[edit] See also

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