Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire was a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.
Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | West Aberdeenshire and North Angus and Mearns |
Created from | Aberdeenshire Western and Kincardineshire |
Boundaries
In 1868, the constituency of Aberdeenshire was divided into Aberdeenshire Eastern and Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire constituencies being divided into three new constituencies, Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West. In 1950 the Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire counties were separated again, and a new boundary divided the Aberdeenshire area into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire.
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Kincardine, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except the burgh of Inverbervie and that portion of the county of the city of Aberdeen which is situated within the said county of Kincardine, together with the county districts of Alford and Deeside, inclusive of all burghs situated therein."
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Arthur Murray | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Liberal | ||
1923 | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | Unionist | |
1929 | James Scott | Liberal | |
1931 | Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | Unionist | |
1939 by-election | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | Unionist | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s

Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Arthur Murray | Unopposed | ||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s

Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hon. Arthur Murray | 6,224 | 62.3 | N/A | |
National Liberal | William Mitchell | 3,767 | 37.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,457 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,991 | 44.6 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 6,639 | 51.0 | New | |
Liberal | Hon. Arthur Murray | 6,369 | 49.0 | -12.3 | |
Majority | 270 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,008 | 57.8 | +13.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 8,260 | 54.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | James Scott | 6,889 | 45.5 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 1,371 | 9.0 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 15,149 | 67.3 | +5.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Scott | 9,839 | 51.8 | +6.3 | |
Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 9,171 | 48.2 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 668 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,010 | 66.3 | -1.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 14,266 | 61.6 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | James Scott | 8,890 | 38.4 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 5,376 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,156 | 80.6 | +14.3 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||

Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 12,477 | 55.9 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | Arthur Irvine | 9,841 | 44.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 2,636 | 11.8 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,318 | 75.6 | -5.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 11,111 | 52.7 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Irvine | 9,990 | 47.3 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 1,121 | 5.4 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,101 | 71.4 | -4.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 10,932 | 51.5 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | John Junor | 10,290 | 48.5 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 642 | 3.0 | -8.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,222 | 68.7 | -6.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
- Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
References
- The Times, 17 November 1922
- The Times, 8 December 1923
- Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- The Times, 1 June 1929
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1944