Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members One
Replaced by West Aberdeenshire
Created from Aberdeenshire Western, Elgin Burghs and Kincardineshire

Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire was a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.

Contents

Boundaries

In 1868, the constituency of Aberdeenshire was divided into Aberdeenshire Eastern and Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire constituencies being divided into three new constituencies, Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West. In 1950 the Kincardinshire and Aberdeenshire counties were separated again, and a new boundary divided the Aberdeenshire area into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire.

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Kincardine, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except the burgh of Inverbervie and that portion of the county of the city of Aberdeen which is situated within the said county of Kincardine, together with the county districts of Alford and Deeside, inclusive of all burghs situated therein."

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Arthur Cecil Murray Coalition Liberal
1922 Liberal
1923 Malcolm Barclay-Harvey Conservative
1929 James Scott Liberal
1931 Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey Conservative
1939 by-election Colin Thornton-Kemsley Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945:

Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Thornton-Kemsley 10,932 51.51%
Liberal John Junor 10,290 48.49%
Majority 642 3.03%
Turnout 68.84
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

By-election 1939: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Thornton-Kemsley 11,111
Liberal Arthur James Irvine 9,990
General Election 1935: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Barclay-Harvey 12,477
Liberal Arthur James Irvine 9,841
General Election 1931: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Barclay-Harvey 14,266
Liberal James Scott 8,890

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Scott 9,839
Conservative Malcolm Barclay-Harvey 9,171
General Election 1924: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Barclay-Harvey 8,260
Liberal James Scott 6,889
General Election 1923: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Barclay-Harvey 6,639
Liberal Lt Col Hon Arthur Cecil Murray 6,364
General Election 1922: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lt Col Hon Arthur Cecil Murray 6,224
National Liberal W. Mitchell 3,767

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Lt Col Hon Arthur Cecil Murray CMG DSO unopposed

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  4. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  5. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  6. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922