Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Clackmannan

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Clackmannan constituency.

Contents

Boundaries

Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the seat of Clackmannan and East Sterlingshire was described as being created from;

This would continue until the seat's abolition. The constituency of Clackmannan was described on its creation for the 1983 election as being formed from;

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1918 Ralph Glyn Coalition Conservative
1922 Lauchlin MacNeill Weir Labour
1931 James Wellwood Johnston Conservative
1935 Lauchlin MacNeill Weir Labour
1939 by-election Arthur Woodburn Labour
1970 Dick Douglas Labour Co-operative
Feb 1974 George Reid SNP
1979 Martin O'Neill Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Clackmannan

Politics and history of the constituency

Results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Maj Ralph Glyn 6,771
Independent H.J. May 5,753
Liberal Maj William Chapple 5,040

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,312
Liberal Craigie Mason Aitchison 7,379
Conservative Maj Ralph Glyn 6,888
General Election 1923: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,492
Liberal Craigie Mason Aitchison 10,043
General Election 1924: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 13,032
Liberal E.J. Donaldson 11,752
General Election 1929: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 17,667
Unionist H. Mitchell 8,778
Liberal Major E.J. Donaldson 6,760

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Wellwood Johnston 20,425
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 13,669
General Election 1935: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 14,881
Conservative James Wellwood Johnston 13,738
Liberal G.G. Honeyman 5,062
Ind. Labour Party David Gibson 1,513
By-election 1939: Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Woodburn 15,645
Pacifist Andrew Stewart 1,060

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

  1. ^ [1] Boundary Commission for Scotland
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944