Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray and Nairn
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Moray
Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber
Created from Elginshire & Nairnshire
Elgin Burghs
Inverness Burghs

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.

It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Archibald Williamson, later Baron Forres Coalition Liberal
1922 by-election Thomas Maule Guthrie Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 James Stuart Unionist
1959 Gordon Campbell Unionist/Conservative
Feb 1974 Winnie Ewing SNP
1979 Alex Pollock Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Moray & Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979:Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Pollock 14,220 40.07
SNP Winnie Ewing 13,800 38.89
Liberal Steve Rodan 4,361 12.29
Labour G E Scobie 3,104 8.75
Majority 420 1.18
Turnout 77.47
Conservative gain from SNP Swing
General Election Oct 1974: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 12,667 41.17
Conservative Alexander Pollock 12,300 39.98
Labour E G Smith 2,985 9.70
Liberal Keith Schellenberg 2,814 9.15
Majority 367 1.19
Turnout 74.72
SNP hold Swing
General Election February 1974:Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 16,046 49.26
Conservative Gordon Campbell 14,229 43.68
Labour E G Smith 2,299 7.06
Majority 1,817 5.58
Turnout 78.72
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1970:Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Campbell 13,994 49.39%
SNP T A Howe 7,885 27.83
Labour P Talbot 6,452 22.77
Majority 6,109 21.56
Turnout 72.05
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 36,154, Turnout 68.03%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell 11,842 48.15%
Labour D MacKenzie 8,384 34.09%
Liberal Thomas Alexander MacNair 4,368 17.76%
Majority 3,458 14.06%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 15 October 1964:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 36,098, Turnout 69.39%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell 12,741 50.86%
Labour G McIntosh 6,830 27.27%
Liberal John Macleod 5,478 21.87%
Majority 5,911 23.60%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,487, Turnout 73.58%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell 13,742 52.63%
Labour M. Mackay 6,539 25.04
Liberal Donald C. MacDonald 5,831 22.33%
Majority 7,203 27.59%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 26 May 1955:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,663, Turnout 67.87%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Stuart 14,667 60.59%
Labour M Mackay 9,538 39.41%
Majority 5,129 21.19%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 25 October 1951:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,370, Turnout 74.55%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Stuart 15,881 60.23%
Labour D Hutchinson 10,487 39.77%
Majority 5,394 20.46%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 23 February 1950:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 34,664, Turnout 74.60%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Stuart 15,478 59.85%
Labour R Murray 10,383 40.15%
Majority 5,095 19.70%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Stuart 12,809 61.58
Labour S Shaw 7,993 38.42
Majority 4,816 23.15
Turnout 62.13
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart 12,755
Labour J.D. Vassie 7,347
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1931: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart unopposed
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart 8,896
Labour J.F. Duncan 6,563
Liberal Col J.E. Tennant 4,889
Majority 2,333
Unionist hold Swing {{{swing}}}
General Election 1924: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart 9,762
Labour B.S. Mackay 6,005
Majority 3,757
General Election 1923: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Gray Stuart 8,116 53.4
Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie 7,089 46.6
Majority 1,027 6.8
Turnout 15,215 61.3 +12.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1922: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie 6,263 51.8
Liberal James Scott 5,832 48.2
Majority 431 3.6
Turnout 12,095 49.0
National Liberal hold Swing
Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie unopposed
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:

constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Sir Archibald Williamson unopposed
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

References