Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire |
1832–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire Kinross & Western Perthshire |
Created from | Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire |
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.
From 1708 to 1832 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire had been paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.
From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.
From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1832 | Sir Charles Adam | Liberal | |
1841 | George Abercromby | Liberal | |
1842 by-election | Sir William Morison | Liberal | |
1851 by-election | James Johnstone | Liberal | |
1857 | Viscount Melgund | Liberal | |
1859 | Sir William Patrick Adam | Liberal | |
1880 by-election | John Balfour | Liberal | |
1899 by-election | Eugene Wason | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
At the General Election 1868 William Patrick Adam was returned unopposed. The seat was vacated following his acceptance of office as a Lord of the Treasury and he was returned unopposed on 6 January 1869 [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William Patrick Adam | 1,150 | 71.1 | ||
Conservative | J. R. Haig | 468 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 682 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
The Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1880 was held due to Adam's appointment as Governor of Madras. John Balfour was returned unopposed. Balfour was again returned unopposed at the 1885 General Election. He accepted office as Lord Advocate, and was yet again returned unopposed at the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1886.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. John Blair Balfour | 3,159 | 63.1 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Congalton Bethune | 1,844 | 36.9 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 26.3 | -15.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. John Blair Balfour | 3,541 | 64.7 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | J.E.T. Atchison | 1,928 | 35.3 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 1,613 | 29.4 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
John Balfour was returned unopposed at the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1892, having accepted office as Lord Advocate.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. John Blair Balfour | 3,133 | 54.8 | -9.9 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,588 | 45.2 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 545 | 9.5 | -19.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,489 | 54.0 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,973 | 46.0 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 516 | 8.0 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,284 | 52.8 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,933 | 47.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 351 | 5.6 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eugene Wason | 4,027 | 60.3 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | James Avon Clyde | 2,648 | 39.7 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 1,379 | 20.6 | +15.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,971 | 59.5 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Nelson Briggs Constable | 2,703 | 40.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,268 | 19.0 | -1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
At the December 1910 general election Eugene Wason was returned unopposed.[8]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1881
- 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- 1 2 Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916