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 |
Replaced by | Stirling, Falkirk West, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, Clackmannan, Strathkelvin & Bearsden and Monklands West[1] |
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.[2] 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.[3]
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 6,893 | ||||
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 3,809 | |||
Liberal | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham | 2,582 | |||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 9,919 | |||
Unionist | Sir Harry Hope | 8,104 | |||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe | 10,043 | |||
Labour | Thomas Johnston | 9,747 | |||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Campbell Ker | 14,771 | 53.28 | ||
Labour | Rt Hon Thomas Johnston | 12,952 | 46.72 | ||
Majority | 1,819 | 6.56 | |||
Turnout | 84.01 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rt Hon Thomas Johnston | 16,015 | 55.09 | ||
Unionist | Arthur Paterson Duffes | 13,053 | 44.91 | ||
Majority | 2,962 | 10.19 | |||
Turnout | 82.26 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 16,066 | 54.36 | ||
Unionist | J. Anderson | 13,489 | 45.64 | ||
Majority | 2,577 | 8.72 | |||
Turnout | 75.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 19,930 | 55.63 | +1.27 | |
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 15,894 | 44.37 | −1.27 | |
Majority | 4,036 | 11.27 | +2.55 | ||
Turnout | 85.68 | +10.50 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 20,893 | 56.03 | +0.4 | |
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 16,396 | 43.97 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 4,497 | 12.06 | +0.79 | ||
Turnout | 86.67 | +0.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Balfour | 18,836 | 54.59 | −1.44 | |
Unionist | W. Gay | 15,669 | 45.41 | +1.44 | |
Majority | 3,167 | 9.18 | −2.88 | ||
Turnout | 80.06 | −6.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Baxter | 21,008 | 57.55 | +2.96 | |
Unionist | W. Gay | 15,497 | 42.45 | −2.96 | |
Majority | 5,511 | 15.10 | +5.92 | ||
Turnout | 83.56 | +3.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Baxter | 21,144 | 58.77 | +1.22 | |
Unionist | J. Barr | 14,834 | 41.23 | −1.22 | |
Majority | 11,112 | 17.54 | +2.44 | ||
Turnout | 81.19 | −2.37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 8,132 | 22.56 | +5.02 | ||
Turnout | 82.42 | +1.23 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
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 | 7,419 | 19.21 | −3.35 | ||
Turnout | 78.94 | −3.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 4,844 | 11.16 | −8.05 | ||
Turnout | 82.07 | +3.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 367 | 0.86 | −10.30 | ||
Turnout | 80.71 | −1.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 10,356 | 21.94 | +21.08 | ||
Turnout | 81.96 | +1.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Stirlingshire West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ "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