Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)
Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.
Moray and Nairn | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Moray Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber |
Created from | Elginshire & Nairnshire Elgin Burghs |
It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.
It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Archibald Williamson | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Thomas Maule Guthrie | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | James Stuart | Unionist | |
1959 | Gordon Campbell | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Winnie Ewing | SNP | |
1979 | Alex Pollock | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Archibald Williamson | Unopposed | ||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 6,263 | 51.8 | New | |
Liberal | James Scott | 5,832 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 431 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,095 | 49.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 24,691 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 8,116 | 53.4 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 7,089 | 46.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 1,027 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,215 | 61.3 | +12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 24,798 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 9,762 | 61.9 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Skene Mackay | 6,005 | 38.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,757 | 23.8 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 15,767 | 61.7 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 25,539 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 8,896 | 43.7 | −18.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Duncan | 6,566 | 32.3 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | John Tennant | 4,889 | 24.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,330 | 11.4 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,348 | 68.6 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 29,669 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 12,755 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Labour | James Davidson Vassie | 7,347 | 36.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,408 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,102 | N/A | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 12,809 | 61.58 | ||
Labour | Sinclair Shaw | 7,993 | 38.42 | ||
Majority | 4,816 | 23.16 | |||
Turnout | 20,802 | 62.13 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 15,478 | 59.85 | ||
Labour | Richard Murray | 10,383 | 40.15 | ||
Majority | 5,095 | 19.70 | |||
Turnout | 25,861 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 15,881 | 60.23 | ||
Labour | David Hutchinson | 10,487 | 39.77 | ||
Majority | 5,394 | 20.46 | |||
Turnout | 26,368 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Stuart | 14,667 | 60.59 | ||
Labour | M Mackay | 9,538 | 39.41 | ||
Majority | 5,129 | 21.18 | |||
Turnout | 24,205 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 13,742 | 52.63 | ||
Labour | M. Mackay | 6,539 | 25.04 | ||
Liberal | Donald C. MacDonald | 5,831 | 22.33 | New | |
Majority | 7,203 | 27.59 | |||
Turnout | 26,112 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 12,741 | 50.86 | ||
Labour | Gordon McIntosh | 6,830 | 27.27 | ||
Liberal | John Macleod | 5,478 | 21.87 | ||
Majority | 5,911 | 23.59 | |||
Turnout | 25,049 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 11,842 | 48.15 | ||
Labour | Donald MacKenzie | 8,384 | 34.09 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Alexander MacNair | 4,368 | 17.76 | ||
Majority | 3,458 | 14.06 | |||
Turnout | 24,594 | 68.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 13,994 | 49.4 | +1.3 | |
SNP | Thomas A Howe | 7,885 | 27.8 | New | |
Labour | Peter Talbot | 6,452 | 22.8 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 6,109 | 21.6 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,331 | 72.0 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Winnie Ewing | 16,046 | 49.26 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 14,229 | 43.68 | ||
Labour | E G Smith | 2,299 | 7.06 | ||
Majority | 1,817 | 5.58 | |||
Turnout | 32,574 | 78.72 | |||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Winnie Ewing | 12,667 | 41.2 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 12,300 | 40.0 | -3.7 | |
Labour | E.G. Smith | 2,985 | 9.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Keith Schellenberg | 2,814 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 367 | 1.2 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,766 | 74.7 | -4.0 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 14,220 | 40.1 | +0.1 | |
SNP | Winnie Ewing | 13,800 | 38.9 | -2.3 | |
Liberal | Steve Rodan | 4,361 | 12.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | G E Scobie | 3,104 | 8.7 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 420 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,487 | 77.5 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | ||||
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
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