Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenock Burgh constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1880s 3.2 Elections in the 1900s 3.3 Elections in the 1910s 3.4 Elections in the 1920s 3.5 Elections in the 1930s 3.6 Elections in the 1940s 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	Robert Wallace
	1845	Walter Baine
	1847	William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund
	1852	Alexander Murray Dunlop
	1868	James Johnston Grieve
	1878	James Stewart
	1884	Thomas Sutherland
	1892	John Bruce
	1892	Sir Thomas Sutherland	Unionist
	1900	James Reid	Unionist
	1906	Halley Stewart	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Sir Godfrey Collins	Liberal
	1936 by-election	Robert Gibson	Labour
	1941 by-election	Hector McNeil	Labour
	1955 by-election	Jesse Dickson Mabon	Labour Co-operative
Feb. 1974		constituency abolished: see Greenock & Port Glasgow

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Sutherland	3,057
	Conservative	John Scott	2,954
	Liberal	J Morrison-Davidson	65

General Election 1886: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Sutherland	2,905
	Liberal	Harold Wright	2,208

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	3,590	52.5
	Conservative	James Reid	3,254	47.5

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

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[edit] Elections in the 1920s

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[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Col Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Collins KBE CMG	18,013
	Labour	T. Irwin	10,850
	Communist	A. Ferguson	6,440

General Election, November 1935: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Sir Godfrey Collins	20,299	52.7	+1.6
	Labour	T. Irwin	16,945	44.0	+13.3
	Scottish National Party	J. L. Kinloch	1,286	3.3	N/A
Majority			3,354	8.7	−15.7
Turnout			38,530	84.4	+4.1
	National Liberal hold		Swing	−5.9

Greenock by-election, 26 November 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Gibson	20,594	53.4	+9.4
	National Liberal	V. E. Cornelius	17,990	46.6	−6.1
Majority			2,604	6.8	N/A
Turnout			38,584	83.3	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.85

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

By-election 1941: Greenock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hector McNeil	unopposed

[edit] See also

• Greenock by-election, 1936
• Greenock by-election, 1941
• Greenock by-election, 1955

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[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. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.