Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh North
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Edinburgh
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One

Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Year Member[1] 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

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

By-election 1960: Edinburgh North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lord Dalkeith 12,109 54.2
Labour Ronald King Murray 6,775 30.3
Liberal R, McPake 3,458 15.5
Majority 5,334
Turnout 53.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Edinburgh North [3]
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 [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford Bt 26,361
Labour R. Gibson KC 8,771

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Edinburgh North [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford Bt 14,461
Labour Miss E Stewart 8,192
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 6,669
General Election 1923: Edinburgh North [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 13,744
Unionist Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford Bt 10,909
By-election 9 April 1920: Edinburgh North [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Patrick Johnstone Ford 9,944
Liberal W. Runciman 8,469
Labour Maj D. Graham Pole 3,808

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Edinburgh North [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon James Avon Clyde KC 11,879
Liberal J. Johnston 6,986

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ^ The Times, 20 May 1960
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  5. ^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1027
  6. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. ^ The Times, 23 April 1920
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920