Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire
1708 (1708)–1918 (1918)
Number of members One
Replaced by Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire
Kinross & Western Perthshire

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituencies of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918.

From 1708 to 1832 they were paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.

From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.

From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [1] Party
1708 William Dalrymple
1710 Mungo Graham
1711 Sir John Malcolm
1713 Sir John Erskine
1715 William Douglas
1722 Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet
1727 John Hope
1734 James Erskine
1741 Sir John Bruce Hope
1747 Lord Erskine
1754 Robert Colvile
1761 James Abercromby
1768 Robert Adam
1774 Ralph Abercromby
1780 George Graham
1784 Charles Allan Cathcart
1788 Burnet Abercromby
1790 George Graham
1796 Sir Ralph Abercromby
1798 Sir Robert Abercromby
1802 William Douglas MacLean-Clephane
1803 David Clephane
1806 George Abercromby, Whig
1807 William Adam
1807 David Clephane
1811 Thomas Graham
1812 George Abercromby Whig
1815 Sir John Abercromby Whig
1817 Alexander Abercromby Whig
1818 Thomas Graham
1819 George Edward Graham
1820 Robert Bruce Tory
1824 George Abercromby
1826 George Edward Graham
1830 George Abercromby
1831 Sir Charles Adam
1841 George Abercromby
1842 Sir William Morison
1851 James Johnstone
1857 Viscount Melgund
1859 Sir William Patrick Adam Liberal
1880 John Balfour Liberal
1899 Eugene Wason Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

At the December 1910 general election Eugene Wason was returned unopposed.[2]

General Election, January 1910: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Wason 3,971 59.5 -0.8
Conservative Nelson Briggs Constable 2,703 40.5 +0.8
Majority 1,268 19.0 -1.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.8
General Election 1906: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Wason 4,027 60.3 +7.5
Conservative James Avon Clyde KC 2,648 39.7 -7.5
Majority 1,379 20.6 +15.0
Liberal hold Swing +7.5
General Election 1900: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Wason 3,284 52.8 -1.2
Conservative George Younger 2,933 47.2 +1.2
Majority 351 5.6 -2.4
Liberal hold Swing -1.2
Clackmannan and Kinross Shires by-election, 1899
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Wason 3,489 54.0 -0.8
Conservative George Younger 2,973 46.0 +0.8
Majority 516 8.0 -1.5
Liberal hold Swing -0.8

In 1899 John Balfour was appointed a judge in Scotland and resigned his seat causing a by-election which took place on 20 December 1899.

General Election 1895: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon John Blair Balfour QC 3,133 54.8 -9.9
Conservative George Younger 2,588 45.2 +9.9
Majority 545 9.5 -19.9
Liberal hold Swing -9.9

John Balfour was returned unopposed at a by-election on 25 August 1892, having accepted office as Lord Advocate [5].

General Election 1892: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon John Blair Balfour QC 3,541 64.7 +1.6
Liberal Unionist Dr J.E.T. Atchison 1,928 35.3 -1.6
Majority 1,613 29.4 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing +1.6
General Election 1886: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon John Balfour QC LLD 3,159 63.1 -8.0
Liberal Unionist Charles C Bethune 1,844 36.9 +8.0
Majority 1,315 26.3 -15.9
Liberal hold Swing -8.0

A by-election was held in November 1880, due to William Patrick Adam appointment as Governor of Madras. John Balfour was returned unopposed. John Balfour was again returned unopposed at the 1885 General Election. He accepted office as Lord Advocate, and was yet again returned unopposed on 13 February 1886.[6].

General Election 1880: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William Patrick Adam 1,150 71.1
Conservative J. R. Haig 468 28.9
Majority 682 42.2
Liberal hold Swing

At the General Election 1868 William Patrick Adam was returned unopposed. The seat was vacated following his acceptance of office as a Lord of the Treasury and he was returned unopposed on 6 January 1869 [8]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  2. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ^ a b Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1881
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870