Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Montrose Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | North Angus & Mearns and South Angus |
Created from | Aberdeen Burghs and Perth Burghs |
Montrose Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent the parliamentary burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Inverbervie.
In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | Horatio Ross | Whig[1] | |
1835 | Patrick Chalmers | Whig[1] | |
1842 by-election | Joseph Hume | Radical[2][3][4][5] | |
1855 by-election | William Edward Baxter | Radical[6][7][8] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1885 | John Shiress Will | Liberal | |
1896 by-election | John Morley | Liberal | |
1908 by-election | Robert Harcourt | Liberal | |
1918 | John Sturrock | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Liberal | ||
1924 | Robert Hutchison | Liberal | |
1930 | Independent Liberal | ||
1931 | National Liberal | ||
1932 by-election | Charles Kerr | National Liberal | |
1940 by-election | John Maclay | National Liberal | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see North Angus & Mearns and South Angus |
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,586 | ||||
Radical hold |
Hume's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Edward Baxter | 478 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Whig | John Ogilvy[10][11] | 434 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 912 | 57.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,585 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,575 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,651 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,806 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | 3,199 | 75.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Macdonald Macdonald[12] | 1,027 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,172 | 51.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,226 | 66.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,337 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | 3,333 | 64.0 | −11.7 | |
Conservative | William Macdonald Macdonald[12] | 1,875 | 36.0 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 1,458 | 28.0 | −23.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,208 | 66.0 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,891 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,343 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,532 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | Alexander Gordon | 2,779 | 39.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexander Mackenzie | 763 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 753 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,074 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,357 | 61.7 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Patton | 2,088 | 38.3 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,269 | 23.4 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,445 | 60.7 | −18.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,941 | 65.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Arthur Lockhart | 2,090 | 34.7 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,851 | 30.6 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,031 | 71.5 | +10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,436 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,594 | 59.3 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter | 2,462 | 40.7 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 1,132 | 18.6 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,056 | 71.4 | -0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,484 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 4,565 | 64.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Wilson | 2,572 | 36.0 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 1,993 | 28.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,137 | 82.1 | +10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,692 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 3,960 | 62.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Birrell Don | 2,390 | 37.6 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 1,570 | 24.8 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,350 | 71.5 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,881 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 4,416 | 69.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Sprot | 1,922 | 30.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 2,494 | 39.4 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,338 | 75.7 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,373 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,083 | 46.7 | −23.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Burgess | 1,937 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Constable | 1,576 | 23.9 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 1,146 | 17.3 | −22.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,596 | 80.4 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,205 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,606 | 50.9 | −18.8 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Joseph Burgess | 1,888 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Low | 1,592 | 22.5 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 1,718 | 24.3 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,086 | 84.2 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,414 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,878 | 64.3 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | William Low | 2,155 | 35.7 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 1,723 | 28.6 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,033 | 72.0 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
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: Robert Harcourt
- Unionist: John Hossell Henderson[24]
- Labour: James Maxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Sturrock | 9,309 | 76.0 | +11.7 |
Labour | H. N. Brailsford | 2,940 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,369 | 52.0 | +23.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,249 | 49.1 | −22.9 | ||
Registered electors | 24,956 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Sturrock | 8,407 | 54.4 | −21.6 | |
Labour | John Carnegie | 7,044 | 45.6 | +21.6 | |
Majority | 1,363 | 8.8 | −43.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,451 | 62.7 | +13.6 | ||
Registered electors | 24,628 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | −21.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sturrock | 8,717 | 55.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | John Carnegie | 7,032 | 44.7 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,685 | 10.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,749 | 62.9 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 25,031 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 9,226 | 57.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Thomas Barron | 6,914 | 42.8 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 2,312 | 14.4 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 16,140 | 68.5 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 23,568 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 11,715 | 55.5 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Thomas Irwin | 9,381 | 44.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,334 | 11.0 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,096 | 71.3 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 29,573 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Robert Hutchison | 17,212 | 77.0 | ||
Labour | Arthur Fraser Macintosh | 5,137 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 12,075 | 54.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.6 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Charles Kerr | 7,963 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 7,030 | 41.4 | ||
National (Scotland) | D. Emslie | 1,996 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 933 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 56.7 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Charles Kerr | 15,198 | 69.6 | ||
Labour | J.E. Harper | 6,632 | 30.4 | ||
Majority | 8,566 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 70.6 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: John Maclay
- Labour: Olive R Crutchley[33]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | John Maclay | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | John Maclay | 13,966 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Thomas Alexander MacNair | 10,011 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 3,955 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing |
References
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