West Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)
West Stirlingshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Stirlingshire |
Major settlements | Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
West Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, as one of two divisions of the Parliamentary County of Stirling and Clackmannan. It was then defined as the Central and Western County Districts of the County of Stirling including all burghs within their boundaries, save for the Burgh of Stirling.[1] From 1950 onwards, due to local government changes, it was defined as the Burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 Districts of the County of Stirling.[2]
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1918 | Harry Hope | Unionist Party | |
1922 | Thomas Johnston | Labour | |
1924 | Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe | Unionist Party | |
1929 | Thomas Johnston | Labour | |
1931 | James Campbell Ker | Unionist Party | |
1935 | Thomas Johnston | Labour | |
1945 | Alfred Balfour | Labour | |
1959 | William Baxter | Labour | |
Oct 1974 | Dennis Canavan | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918
Electorate [4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 6,893 | ||||
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 3,809 | |||
Liberal | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham | 2,582 | |||
- Hope was endorsed by the coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Stirling & Clackmannan Western [5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 9,919 | |||
Unionist | Sir Harry Hope | 8,104 | |||
General Election 1923: Stirlingshire West [6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 9,242 | |||
Unionist | Harry Hope | 6,182 | |||
Liberal | Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes | 2,390 | n/a | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1924: Stirling & Clackmannan Western [7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe | 10,043 | |||
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 9,747 | |||
General Election 1929: Stirling & Clackmannan Western [8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 15,179 | 56.7 | ||
Unionist | Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe | 11,589 | 43.3 | ||
Majority | 3,590 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 26,768 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931
Electorate [9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | James Campbell Ker | 14,771 | |||
Labour | Rt Hon Thomas Johnston | 12,952 | |||
General Election 1935
Electorate 32,984[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rt Hon Thomas Johnston | 16,015 | |||
Unionist | Arthur Paterson Duffes | 13,053 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Stirling Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 16,066 | 54.36 | ||
Unionist | J. Anderson | 13,489 | 45.64 | ||
Majority | 8.72 | ||||
Turnout | 75.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 19,930 | 55.63 | +1.27 | |
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 15,894 | 44.37 | −1.27 | |
Majority | 11.27 | +2.55 | |||
Turnout | 85.68 | +10.50 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 20,893 | 56.03 | +0.4 | |
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 16,396 | 43.97 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 12.06 | +0.79 | |||
Turnout | 86.67 | +0.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Stirlingshire West | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 18,836 | 54.59 | −1.44 | |
Unionist | W. Gay | 15,669 | 45.41 | +1.44 | |
Majority | 9.18 | −2.88 | |||
Turnout | 80.06 | −6.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Baxter | 21,008 | 57.55 | +2.96 | |
Unionist | W. Gay | 15,497 | 42.45 | −2.96 | |
Majority | 15.10 | +5.92 | |||
Turnout | 83.56 | +3.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Baxter | 21,144 | 58.77 | +1.22 | |
Unionist | J. Barr | 14,834 | 41.23 | −1.22 | |
Majority | 17.54 | +2.44 | |||
Turnout | 81.19 | −2.37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Baxter | 17,513 | 48.59 | −10.18 | |
SNP | R. McIntyre | 9,381 | 26.03 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hardie | 9,148 | 25.38 | −15.85 | |
Majority | 22.56 | +5.02 | |||
Turnout | 82.42 | +1.23 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Baxter | 18,884 | 48.89 | +0.30 | |
Conservative | J. Glen | 11,465 | 29.68 | +4.30 | |
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 8,279 | 21.43 | −4.60 | |
Majority | 19.21 | −3.35 | |||
Turnout | 78.94 | −3.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Stirlingshire West | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Baxter | 17,730 | 40.85 | −8.04 | |
SNP | Janette Jones | 12,886 | 29.69 | +8.26 | |
Conservative | T. Price | 12,789 | 29.46 | −0.22 | |
Majority | 11.16 | −8.05 | |||
Turnout | 82.07 | +3.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Dennis Canavan | 16,698 | 39.04 | −1.81 | |
SNP | Janette Jones | 16,331 | 38.18 | +6.49 | |
Conservative | D. Mitchell | 7,875 | 18.41 | −11.05 | |
Liberal | I. MacFarlane | 1,865 | 4.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 0.86 | −10.30 | |||
Turnout | 80.71 | −1.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1979: Stirlingshire West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Dennis Canavan | 22,516 | 47.70 | +8.66 | |
Conservative | Anna Anderson McCurley | 12,160 | 25.76 | +7.35 | |
SNP | Janette Jones | 8,627 | 18.27 | −19.91 | |
Liberal | D. Cant | 3,905 | 8.27 | +3.91 | |
Majority | 21.94 | +21.08 | |||
Turnout | 81.96 | +1.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Report of the Boundary Commission (Scotland)", Cd. 8759, Schedule–Part I, section 21.
- ↑ "Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland", Cmd. 7270, p. 26.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- http://www.politicsresources.net
See also
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