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Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created fromMidlothian
Replaced byEdinburgh Pentlands

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. Along with Peebles and Southern, it was formed by dividing the old Midlothian constituency.

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Calder and Suburban County Districts, the burgh of Dalkeith, and that part of the Lasswade County District which is included in the extra-burghal portions of the parishes of Dalkeith and Inveresk."

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1918 Sir John Augustus Hope Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1922 George Aitken Clark Hutchison Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Andrew Bathgate Clarke Labour
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1924 Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 by-election Andrew Bathgate Clarke Labour
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1929 John Colville Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1943 by-election Sir David King Murray Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Lord John Hope Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir John Augustus Hope 7,710
Independent J.B. Cadzow 4,198

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 7,416 40.9
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 6,942 38.3 n/a
Liberal Edward R. McNab 3,770 20.8 n/a
Majority 474 2.6
Turnout 18,128
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 8,583
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 6,738
Liberal Charles de Bois Murray 3,583
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1924: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 11,320
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 9,173
Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1929 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 7,917 42.0 +2.8
Unionist David John Colville 6,965 36.9 −18.3
Liberal David Edwin Keir 3,130 16.6 N/A
National (Scotland) James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence 842 4.5 N/A
Majority 952 5.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1929: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist David John Colville 11,219 39.1
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 10,779 37.5
Liberal David Edwin Keir 6,726 23.4
Majority 440 1.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist David John Colville 22,211
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 8,501
General Election 1935: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist David John Colville 23,711
Labour James Lean 13,970
Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1943 [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Thomas David King Murray 11,620 51.9 −11.0
Common Wealth Thomas Henry Wintringham 10,751 48.1 N/A
Majority 869 3.8 −22.0
Turnout 22,371 34.6 −39.7
Unionist hold Swing −11.0

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Adrian Louis Hope 24,834 47.95
Labour James Lean 23,657 45.68
Common Wealth Kitty Wintringham 3,299 6.37
Majority 1,177 2.27
Turnout 51,790 70.33
Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  3. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  4. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  5. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  6. ^ The Times, 31 January 1929
  7. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  11. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 638. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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