Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Galloway
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Created from Dumfries Burghs, Kirkcudbright Stewartry and Wigtownshire

Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Gilbert McMicking Coalition Liberal
1922 Cecil Randolph Dudgeon Liberal
1924 Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt. Unionist
1925 by-election Sidney Richard Streatfeild Unionist
1929 Cecil Randolph Dudgeon Liberal
1931 New Party
1931 John Mackie Unionist
1959 John Brewis Unionist
Oct 1974 George Thompson SNP
1979 Ian Lang Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Galloway [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Major Gilbert McMicking CMG unopposed

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Galloway [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 12,406
Unionist Hon W Watson KC 10,557
Majority 1,849 N/A
Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal Swing N/A
General Election 1923: Galloway [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon unopposed
General Election 1924: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan 12,268 53.1 N/A
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 10,852 46.9 N/A
Majority 1,416 6.2 N/A
Turnout 76.8 N/A
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Galloway by-election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sidney Richard Streatfeild 10,846 43.5 −9.6
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 9,918 39.7 −9.2
Labour J. Mitchell 4,207 16.8 N/A
Majority 928 3.8 −2.4
Turnout 83.3 +6.5
Unionist hold Swing −
General Election 1929: Galloway [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Cecil Dudgeon 13,461
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 13,360
Labour H. McNeill 4,903
Majority 101
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Galloway[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Hamilton Mackie 18,993
Liberal E.M. Campbell 9,176
Labour Hector McNeil 3,418
New Party Maj Cecil Randolph Dudgeon 986
General Election 1935: Galloway [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Hamilton Mackie unopposed

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  2. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  3. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  4. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939