Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Banffshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Banffshire
1708 (1708)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Moray
Banff & Buchan

Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs.

In 1983 it was split and merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

Election [1] Member [2] Party
1707 John Murray
1708 Alexander Abercromby
1727 William Duff, later 1st Earl Fife
1734 James Abercromby
1754 James Duff, later 2nd Earl Fife
1784 Sir James Duff
1789 by-election James Ferguson
1790 Sir James Grant, Bt
1795 by-election David McDowall-Grant
1796 Sir William Grant
1812 Robert Abercromby
1818 James Duff, later 4th Earl Fife
1827 by-election John Morison Whig
1832 George Ferguson Tory
1834 Conservative
1837 James Duff, later 5th Earl Fife Liberal
1857 by-election Lachlan Duff Gordon-Duff Liberal
1861 by-election Robert William Duff Liberal
1893 by-election Sir William Wedderburn Liberal
1900 Alexander William Black Liberal
1907 by-election Walter Waring Liberal
1918 Charles Coupar Barrie, later Baron Abertay Liberal
1924 William Paterson Templeton Conservative
1929 Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood Liberal
1935 Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay Conservative
1945 Sir William Duthie Conservative
1964 Wilfred Baker Conservative
Feb 1974 Hamish Watt SNP
1979 David Myles Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Banff and Buchan & Moray

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Banffshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Myles 10,580 44.6
SNP Hamish Watt 9,781 41.2
Labour RE Duncan 3,381 14.2
Majority 799 3.4
Turnout 72.4
Conservative gain from SNP Swing
General Election October 1974: Banffshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Hamish Watt 10,638 45.9
Conservative JS Gordon 8,797 37.9
Liberal C McLeod 2,059 8.9
Labour AWM Porteous 1,700 7.3
Majority 1,851 8.0
Turnout 72.5
SNP hold Swing
General Election 1974: Banffshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Hamish Watt 11,037 46.1
Conservative Wilfred Harold Kerton Baker 8,252 34.5
Liberal TRL Fraser 3,121
Labour R Dool 1,528 6.4
Majority 2,785 11.6
Turnout 75.7
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1970: Banffshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfred Baker 8,457 38.71
SNP Hamish Watt 5,006 22.91
Liberal T.R.L. Fraser 4,589 21.01
Labour A.F. Walls 3,795 17.37
Majority 3,451 15.80
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Banffshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfred Baker 8,139 41.37
Liberal Basil Wishart 6,762 34.37
Labour R. Middleton 4,775 24.27
Majority 1,377 7.00
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Banffshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfred Baker 9,995 47.77
Labour H. Dickson 5,574 26.64
Liberal T.A. Macnair 5,354 25.59
Majority 4,421 21.13
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Banffshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Smith Duthie OBE 14,359
Labour Robert W. Irvine 5,992
Majority 8,367
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Banffshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Smith Duthie OBE 14,643 69.80
Labour W. Paterson 6,337 30.20
Majority 8,306 39.59
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Banffshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Smith Duthie OBE 16,562 70.87
Labour A. Flett 6,806 29.13
Majority 9,756 41.75
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Banffshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Smith Duthie OBE 13,952 58.15
Labour J. Brown 6,303 26.27
Liberal G. Lethem 3,739 15.58
Majority 7,649 31.88
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Banffshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Smith Duthie OBE 10,689 49.45
Liberal Alistair Duncan Millar 6,401 29.62
Labour D. Macpherson 4,524 20.93
Majority 4,288 19.84
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Banffshire [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay Bt 11,771
Liberal Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE 11,168
General Election 1931: Banffshire[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE unopposed

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Banffshire [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Murdoch McKenzie Wood 9,278
Conservative William Paterson Templeton 6,720
Labour A.A.D. MacGregor 4,982
General Election 1924: Banffshire [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Paterson Templeton 6829
Liberal Sir Charles Coupar Barrie 5426
Labour Rev W A Groundwater 3722
General Election 1923: Banffshire [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Coupar Barrie unopposed
General Election 1922: Banffshire [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Charles Coupar Barrie unopposed

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Banffshire [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Charles Coupar Barrie unopposed
General Election Dec 1910: Banffshire [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Walter Waring unopposed
General Election Jan 1910: Banffshire [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Capt Walter Waring 4,066
Conservative James Crabb Watt 2,053

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

By-election 1907: Banffshire [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Capt Walter Waring 3,901
Conservative William Whitelaw 1,892
General Election 1906: Banffshire [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander William Black 4,101
Conservative J.A. Grant 1,901
General Election 1900: Banffshire [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander William Black 2,768
Conservative George Watt 2,470

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Banffshire [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William Wedderburn Bt 2,977
Conservative James Augustus Grant 2,467
By-election, March 1893: Banffshire [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William Wedderburn Bt 3,166
Conservative James Augustus Grant 2,395
General Election 1892: Banffshire [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon Robert William Duff 2,293
Conservative Maltman Barry 1,424

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Banffshire [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert William Duff 2,583
Liberal Unionist Sir Charles Grant KCSI 1,394

Having accepted office as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Robert Duff was returned unopposed at a by-election on 13 February 1886.

General Election 1885: Banffshire [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert William Duff 3,740
Conservative Moir Tod Stormonth-Darling 2,008

[edit] Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1868: Banffshire [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert William Duff unopposed

[edit] Elections in the 1850s

By-election 1857: Banffshire [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Gordon unopposed

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 622–623. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  3. ^ a b [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1963
  6. ^ [3]
  7. ^ [4]
  8. ^ [5]
  9. ^ [6]
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  12. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  13. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  14. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  15. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  16. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  17. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  18. ^ The Times, 19 Feb 1907
  19. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  20. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  21. ^ The Times, 17 March 1893
  22. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  23. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  24. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
  25. ^ The Times, 1 July 1857
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