Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfriesshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1708–2005 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dumfries & Galloway |
Created from | Dumfriesshire |
Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
From 1885-1918 it comprised the shire districts of the county.[1] From 1918 all the burghs we added.[2]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1708–1832
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1708 | James Johnstone | ||
1709 | William Grierson | ||
1711 | James Murray | Tory | |
1713 | Sir William Johnstone | ||
1722 | Charles Erskine | ||
1741 | Sir John Douglas | ||
1747 | Lord Charles Douglas | ||
1755 | James Veitch | ||
1761 | Lt Gen Archibald Douglas | ||
1774 | Sir Robert Laurie | ||
1804 | Sir William Johnstone Hope | ||
1830 | John Hope-Johnstone | Tory | |
1832 | Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded |
MPs 1832–2005
1 Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a Liberal candidate, but in the split after the 1931 general election, he joined the National Liberals.
Election results
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archibald Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,520 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Douglas was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archibald Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Douglas succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Marquess of Queensberry and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hope-Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hope-Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,702 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hope-Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,192 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gustavus Walker | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,097 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Waterlow | 1,100 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Gustavus Walker | 1,056 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,156 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,989 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Waterlow was disqualified, owing to holding a government contract at the time of the election, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gustavus Walker | 1,117 | 50.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Sydney Waterlow | 1,081 | 49.2 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,198 | 73.5 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,989 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hope-Johnstone | 1,453 | 52.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Jardine | 1,315 | 47.5 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 138 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,768 | 88.4 | +16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,130 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Jardine | 1,577 | 51.2 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | George Gustavus Walker | 1,505 | 48.8 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 72 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,082 | 91.2 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,379 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Jardine | 4,857 | 57.7 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | William Douglas Scott | 3,566 | 42.3 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 1,291 | 15.4 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,423 | 88.8 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,489 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Robert Jardine | 4,106 | 55.8 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas McKie | 3,252 | 44.2 | -13.5 | |
Majority | 854 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,358 | 77.5 | −11.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,489 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.5 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | William Herries Maxwell | 4,123 | 51.7 | -4.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas McKie | 3,849 | 48.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 274 | 3.4 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,972 | 86.4 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,229 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robinson Souttar | 3,965 | 51.1 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Herries Maxwell | 3,952 | 49.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,917 | 86.7 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,134 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | William Herries Maxwell | 4,124 | 52.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Robinson Souttar | 3,675 | 47.1 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 449 | 5.8 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,799 | 85.0 | -1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,178 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Molteno | 4,814 | 58.4 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | J.H. Balfour-Browne | 3,431 | 41.6 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 1,383 | 16.8 | 22.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,245 | 87.8 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,394 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +11.3 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Molteno | 4,666 | 53.3 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | William Murray | 4,091 | 46.7 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 575 | 6.6 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 90.7 | +2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Molteno | 4,708 | 53.2 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | William Murray | 4,146 | 46.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 562 | 6.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 90.7 | +0.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.0 |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal:
- Unionist: William T. Shaw[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Murray | 13,345 | 63.8 | +17.0 |
Liberal | John Gulland | 7,562 | 36.2 | −17.0 | |
Majority | 5,783 | 27.6 | 34.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,907 | 57.4 | −33.3 | ||
Registered electors | 36,394 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Chapple | 13,296 | 54.6 | +18.4 | |
Unionist | Henry Keswick | 11,055 | 45.4 | −18.4 | |
Majority | 2,241 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,351 | 73.5 | +16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 33,113 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Chapple | 13,107 | 53.5 | −1.1 | |
Unionist | John Charteris | 11,380 | 46.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,727 | 7.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,487 | 72.6 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 33,728 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Charteris | 12,718 | 46.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | William Chapple | 8,472 | 30.8 | −22.7 | |
Labour | Agnes Dollan | 6,342 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,246 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,532 | 80.8 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,079 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Hunter | 16,174 | 45.1 | +14.3 | |
Unionist | John Charteris | 12,984 | 36.2 | −10.0 | |
Labour | W.H. Marwick | 6,687 | 18.7 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 3,190 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,845 | 81.4 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 44,050 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.2 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Hunter | 26,873 | 77.7 | +32.6 | |
Labour | J. S. Paterson | 7,693 | 22.3 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 19,180 | 55.4 | 46.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,566 | 77.6 | −3.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Henry Fildes | 16,271 | 60.3 | −17.4 | |
Labour Co-op | John Downie | 10,697 | 39.7 | +17.4 | |
Majority | 5,574 | 20.6 | −34.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,968 | 58.7 | −18.9 | ||
Liberal National gain from Liberal | Swing | −17.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Henry Fildes | 22,053 | 65.4 | +5.1 | |
Labour Co-op | John Downie | 11,685 | 34.6 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 10,368 | 30.8 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,738 | 73.6 | +14.9 | ||
Liberal National gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Niall Macpherson | 16,465 | 47.4 | -18.0 | |
Labour Co-op | David Dunwoodie | 12,388 | 35.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Ian McColl | 5,850 | 16.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,077 | 11.7 | -16.9 | ||
Turnout | 72.3 | -1.3 | |||
Liberal National hold | Swing | -8.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Niall Macpherson | 26,268 | 59.31 | ||
Labour | Harry S Wilson | 18,025 | 40.69 | ||
Majority | 8,243 | 18.61 | |||
Turnout | 78.60 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Niall Macpherson | 26,386 | 61.28 | ||
Labour | George BA Douglas | 16,669 | 38.72 | ||
Majority | 9,717 | 22.57 | |||
Turnout | 80.17 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Niall Macpherson | 24,550 | 61.34 | ||
Labour | Harry S Wilson | 15,427 | 38.66 | ||
Majority | 9,078 | 22.68 | |||
Turnout | 73.73 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Niall Macpherson | 25,867 | 58.39 | ||
Labour | Graeme Moodie | 18,437 | 41.61 | ||
Majority | 7,430 | 16.77 | |||
Turnout | 77.44 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | David Anderson | 16,762 | 40.84 | -17.55 | |
Labour | Iain Jordan | 15,791 | 38.47 | -3.14 | |
Liberal | Charles Abernethy | 4,491 | 10.94 | +10.94 | |
SNP | John HD Gair | 4,001 | 9.75 | +9.75 | |
Majority | 971 | 2.37 | -14.40 | ||
Turnout | 41,045 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 22,816 | 48.65 | ||
Labour | Iain Jordan | 18,360 | 39.15 | ||
SNP | John HD Gair | 5,726 | 12.21 | ||
Majority | 4,456 | 9.50 | |||
Turnout | 81.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 20,779 | 45.63 | ||
Labour | Thomas Christopher Boyd | 16,358 | 35.92 | ||
SNP | John HD Gair | 5,727 | 12.57 | ||
Liberal | Roy Semple | 2,679 | 5.88 | ||
Majority | 4,421 | 9.71 | |||
Turnout | 80.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 24,661 | 53.12 | ||
Labour | Raymond David Donnelly | 15,555 | 33.50 | ||
SNP | John HD Gair | 6,211 | 13.38 | ||
Majority | 9,106 | 19.61 | |||
Turnout | 76.13 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 21,707 | 44.05 | ||
Labour | John Wheatley | 12,739 | 25.85 | ||
SNP | LAB Whitley | 9,186 | 18.64 | ||
Liberal | DH Reive | 5,642 | 11.45 | ||
Majority | 8,968 | 18.20 | |||
Turnout | 80.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 18,386 | 38.75 | ||
Labour | John Wheatley | 12,558 | 26.47 | ||
SNP | LAB Whitley | 12,542 | 26.43 | ||
Liberal | A Sinclair | 3,961 | 8.35 | ||
Majority | 5,828 | 12.28 | |||
Turnout | 76.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 22,704 | 45.21 | ||
Labour | A Wood | 13,700 | 27.28 | ||
Liberal | Jim Wallace | 7,169 | 14.28 | ||
SNP | E Gibson | 6,647 | 13.24 | ||
Majority | 9,004 | 17.93 | |||
Turnout | 78.09 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 18,730 | 44.53 | ||
Social Democratic | J McCall | 10,036 | 23.86 | ||
Labour | T McAughtrie | 8,764 | 20.84 | ||
SNP | E Gibson | 4,527 | 10.76 | ||
Majority | 8,694 | 20.67 | |||
Turnout | 73.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 18,785 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | Catherine Phillips | 11,292 | 25.2 | ||
Social Democratic | James McCall | 8,064 | 18.0 | ||
SNP | Thomas McAlpine | 6,391 | 14.2 | ||
Green | Paul Thomas | 349 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 7,493 | 16.70 | |||
Turnout | 75.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector Monro | 21,089 | 43.13 | ||
Labour | Peter R. Rennie | 14,674 | 30.01 | ||
SNP | Alasdair Morgan | 6,971 | 14.26 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Neil C. Wallace | 4,749 | 11.76 | ||
Independent | Graham McLeod | 312 | 0.64 | ||
Natural Law | Thomas Barlow | 107 | 0.22 | ||
Majority | 6,415 | 13.12 | |||
Turnout | 79.98 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Russell Brown | 23,528 | 47.51 | ||
Conservative | Struan Stevenson | 13,885 | 28.04 | ||
SNP | Robert J. Higgins | 5,977 | 12.07 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Neil C. Wallace | 5,487 | 11.08 | ||
Referendum | David F. Parker | 533 | 1.08 | ||
Natural Law | Elizabeth Hunter | 117 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 9,643 | 19.47 | |||
Turnout | 78.17 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Russell Brown | 20,830 | 48.9 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | John Charteris | 11,996 | 28.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Scott | 4,955 | 11.6 | +0.6 | |
SNP | Gerard Fisher | 4,103 | 9.6 | −2.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | John Dennis | 702 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,834 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,586 | 67.0 | −11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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