Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Kirkcaldy Burghs
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
1832–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	District of burghs constituency

Kirkcaldy Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1832 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. From 1832 to 1950 it was, officially, a district of burghs constituency.

Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency covered the burghs of Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven, Burntisland, Dysart and Kinghorn.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1832	Robert Ferguson
	1835	John Fergus
	1837	Robert Ferguson
	1841 by-election	Robert Ferguson
	1862 by-election	Roger Sinclair Aytoun
	1874	Robert Reid
	1875 by-election	Sir George Campbell	Liberal
	1892 by-election	Sir James Henry Dalziel	Liberal	later Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy
	1921 by-election	Thomas Kennedy	Labour
	1922	Sir Robert Hutchison	National Liberal	later Baron Hutchison of Montrose
	1923	Thomas Kennedy	Labour
	1931	Albert Russell	Unionist
	1935	Thomas Kennedy	Labour
	1944 by-election	Thomas Hubbard	Labour
	1959	Harry Gourlay	Labour	subsequently MP for Kirkcaldy
Feb. 1974		constituency abolished: see Kirkcaldy

Election results

Elections in the 1860s

At the United Kingdom general election, 1868 Roger Sinclair Aytoun was returned unopposed.^[1]

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Campbell	2,180
	Independent Liberal	John Malcolm Inglis	1,504
	Conservative	Hugh Thomas Munro	746
Majority			676
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Campbell	2,014
	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Barclay	911
Majority			1,103
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Henry Dalziel

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	2,567
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Cox	1,531
Majority			1,036
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	2,741
	Liberal Unionist	John Chisholm	939
Majority			1,802
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	3,078
	Conservative	Charles Granville Kekewich	1,122
Majority			1,956
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	3,354
	Liberal Unionist	Michael Barker Nairn	2,013
Majority			1,341
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	4,659
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable	1,410
Majority			3,249
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel	5,035	75.2
	Conservative	Arthur Anthony Baumann	1,659	24.8
Majority			3,376	50.4
Turnout			6,694
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1918: Kirkcaldy Burghs^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1920s

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1921^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	11,674	53.4	n/a
	Coalition Liberal	Sir Robert Cook Lockhart	10,199	46.6	n/a
Majority			1,475	6.8	n/a
Turnout				65.6	n/a
	Labour gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Sir Robert Hutchison	12,762	51.4	+4.8
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	12,089	48.6	-4.8
Majority			673	2.8	9.6
Turnout				79.3
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1923: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	14,221	54.4	+5.8
	Liberal	Sir Robert Hutchison	11,937	45.6	-5.8
Majority			2,284	8.8	11.6
Turnout				81.7	+2.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.8

General Election 1924: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	14,038	52.7	-1.7
	Liberal	John Murray	12,607	47.3	+1.7
Majority			1,431	5.4	-3.4
Turnout				81.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

General Election 1929: Kirkcaldy Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	17,410	59.6	+6.9
	Unionist	Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	11,805	40.4	n/a
Majority			5,605	19.2	+13.8
Turnout				72.2	-9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Kirkcaldy Burghs^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Russell	19,132	56.9	+16.5
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Kennedy	14,492	43.1	-16.5
Majority					33.0
Turnout				81.1	+8.9
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+16.5

General Election 1935: Kirkcaldy Burghs ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Kennedy	19,457	56.3	+13.2
	Unionist	Albert Russell	15,086	43.7	-13.2
Majority			4,371	12.6	26.4
Turnout				79.9
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+13.2

Elections in the 1940s

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hubbard
	SNP	Douglas Young
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 7 March 1921
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

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