Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenock
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1832 (1832)–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Greenock & Port Glasgow

Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency.

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[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-

"From the Point, on the West of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Clyde is met by the March between the Parishes of Greenock and Innerkip, up the said March to that Point thereof which is nearest to the Southern Point of the Ridge of Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the said Point on Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Southern End of the Upper East Reservoir for supplying Greenock with Water; thence in a straight Line, in the Direction of the highest projecting Point of Knocknair Hill, to the Point near Woodhead Quarry, at which such straight Line cuts the Easternmost of the Two Rivulets which form the Lady Burn; thence down such Rivulet and the Lady Burn to the Point at which the same joins the Firth of Clyde; thence along the Shore of the Firth of Clyde to the Point first described."[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 Robert Wallace Liberal
1845 Walter Baine Liberal
1847 William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund Liberal
1852 Alexander Murray Dunlop Liberal
1868 James Johnston Grieve Liberal
1878 James Stewart Liberal
1884 Thomas Sutherland Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 John Bruce Liberal
1892 Sir Thomas Sutherland Unionist
1900 James Reid Unionist
1906 Halley Stewart Liberal
Jan 1910 Sir Godfrey Collins Liberal
1919 Coalition Liberal
1922 Liberal
1931 National Liberal
1936 by-election Robert Gibson Labour
1941 by-election Hector McNeil Labour
1955 by-election Dickson Mabon Labour Co-operative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Greenock & Port Glasgow

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1868: Greenock [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
James Johnston Grieve 2,963
William Dougal Christie 2,093

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Greenock [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Sutherland 3,057
Conservative John Scott 2,954
Scottish Land Restoration John Morrison Davidson 65
General Election 1886: Greenock[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Thomas Sutherland 2,905
Liberal Harold Wright 2,208

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Greenock[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Sir Thomas Sutherland 2,942
Liberal John Bruce 2,887
General Election 1895: Greenock[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Sir Thomas Sutherland GCMG LLD 3,571
Liberal Alfred Ewen Fletcher 2,753

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Greenock[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Reid 3,165
Liberal John Maconie 2,886
General Election 1906: Greenock[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Halley Stewart 3,590 52.5
Conservative James Reid 3,254 47.5

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Greenock [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Godfrey Collins 4,233
Conservative Rt Hon James Parker Smith 2,632
General Election Dec 1910: Greenock [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Major Godfrey Collins 4,338
Conservative Samuel Chapman 2,913
General Election 1918: Greenock [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Godfrey Collins 10,933
Coalition Conservative Samuel Chapman 7,246
British Socialist Party Fred Shaw 2,542
Labour N. Haughey 2,050

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Greenock [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Godfrey Collins 16,337
Communist Alec Geddes 10,335
General Election 1924: Greenock [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Godfrey Collins 12,752
Communist Alec Geddes 7,590
Labour S. Kelly 5,874
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[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Greenock [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Col Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Collins KBE CMG 18,013
Labour T. Irwin 10,850
Communist A. Ferguson 6,440
General Election, November 1935: Greenock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Sir Godfrey Collins 20,299 52.7 +1.6
Labour T. Irwin 16,945 44.0 +13.3
SNP J. L. Kinloch 1,286 3.3 N/A
Majority 3,354 8.7 −15.7
Turnout 38,530 84.4 +4.1
Liberal National hold Swing −5.9
Greenock by-election, 26 November 1936 [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Gibson 20,594 53.4 +9.4
Liberal National V. E. Cornelius 17,990 46.6 −6.1
Majority 2,604 6.8 N/A
Turnout 38,584 83.3 −1.1
Labour hold Swing 7.85

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

By-election 1941: Greenock [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hector McNeil unopposed

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Schedule (M).
  2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  6. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  9. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  12. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  13. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  14. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  15. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  16. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944


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