Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Outline map Location of within Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire |
Replaced by | Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire Kinross & Western Perthshire |
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
[edit]Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Adam | 527 | 72.9 | ||
Tory | Robert Bruce | 196 | 27.1 | ||
Majority | 331 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 723 | 82.3 | |||
Registered electors | 879 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Adam | 447 | 61.1 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Bruce | 285 | 38.9 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 162 | 22.2 | −23.6 | ||
Turnout | 732 | 73.9 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 990 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −11.8 |
Adam was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Adam | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Adam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,181 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Abercromby | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,272 | ||||
Whig hold |
Abercromby resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Morison | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Morison | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,373 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Morison's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | James Johnstone | 328 | 55.5 | New | |
Whig | William Patrick Adam[6] | 263 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 65 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 591 | 42.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,385 | ||||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | James Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,658 | ||||
Peelite gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,836 | ||||
Whig gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,932 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Adam was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,896 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,162 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,802 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Adam was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | 943 | 66.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Richard Haig[12] | 468 | 33.2 | New | |
Majority | 475 | 33.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,411 | 74.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,896 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | 1,150 | 71.5 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | James Richard Haig[12] | 458 | 28.5 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 692 | 43.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,608 | 77.2 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,084 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Adam was appointed as First Commissioner of works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Adam was appointed as Governor of Madras, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Balfour was appointed Lord Advocate, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/John_Balfour.jpg/120px-John_Balfour.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | 3,159 | 63.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Congalton Bethune | 1,844 | 36.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,315 | 26.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,003 | 72.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,930 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | 3,541 | 64.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Edward Tierney Aitchison | 1,927 | 35.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 1,614 | 29.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,468 | 72.6 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,535 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Balfour accepted office as Lord Advocate, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Balfour | 3,133 | 54.8 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,588 | 45.2 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 545 | 9.6 | −20.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,721 | 75.7 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,561 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.0 |
Balfour is appointed Lord President of the Court of Session, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,489 | 54.0 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,973 | 46.0 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 516 | 8.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,462 | 83.7 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,722 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,284 | 52.8 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 2,933 | 47.2 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 351 | 5.6 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,217 | 81.7 | +6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,609 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eugene Wason | 4,027 | 60.3 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Avon Clyde | 2,648 | 39.7 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 1,379 | 20.6 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,675 | 84.3 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,919 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | 6,674 | 82.4 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,103 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eugene Wason | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
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- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ a b Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916