Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)
This article is about the pre-1983 constituency. For the similarly named post-1997 constituency, see Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency).
Edinburgh North | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Edinburgh |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West[1] |
Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 11,879 | 63.0 | n/a | ||
Liberal | James Johnston | 6,986 | 37.0 | n/a | |
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Unionist win | |||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
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Walter Runciman
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 9,944 | 44.8 | -18.2 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Walter Runciman | 8,469 | 38.1 | +1.1 | |
Labour | David Graham Pole | 3,808 | 17.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,475 | 6.7 | -19.3 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 14,805 | 61.8 | +17.0 | |
Liberal | P. H. Allan | 9,165 | 38.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 5,640 | 23.6 | +16.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,970 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Wilson Raffan | 13,744 | 55.7 | +17.5 | |
Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 10,909 | 44.3 | -17.5 | |
Majority | 2,835 | 11.4 | 35.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,653 | 66.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +17.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 14,461 | 49.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Eleanor Stewart | 8,192 | 27.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Peter Wilson Raffan | 6,669 | 22.7 | -33.0 | |
Majority | 6,269 | 21.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 29,322 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford | 13,993 | 39.7 | -9.6 | |
Labour | Eleanor Stewart | 11,340 | 32.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | William Mitchell | 9,877 | 28.1 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,653 | 7.5 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,210 | 73.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.9 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford | 26,361 | 75.03 | +35.00 | |
Labour | Robert Gibson | 8,771 | 24.97 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 17,590 | 50.07 | +42.5 | ||
Turnout | 35,132 | 74.38 | +0.60 | ||
Registered electors | 47,234 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +19.05 | |||
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Miss Macmillan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill | 20,776 | 66.53 | -8.50 | |
Labour | G.W. Crawford | 8,654 | 27.71 | +2.74 | |
Liberal | Chrystal Macmillan | 1,798 | 5.76 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,122 | 38.82 | -11.25 | ||
Turnout | 31,228 | 66.75 | -7.63 | ||
Registered electors | 46,786 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.62 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Alexander Erskine-Hill
- Labour: G W Crawford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eustace George Willis | 12,825 | 45.10 | +17.39 | |
Unionist | Sir Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill | 12,270 | 43.14 | -23.39 | |
Liberal | Lt. Charles Hampton Johnston | 3,344 | 11.76 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 555 | 1.95 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,439 | 64.75 | -3.00 | ||
Registered electors | 43,921 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +20.39 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Latham McDiarmid Clyde | 17,826 | 51.21 | +8.07 | |
Labour | Eustace George Willis | 13,683 | 39.31 | -5.79 | |
Liberal | Iain Padruig Crawford | 3,303 | 9.49 | -2.27 | |
Majority | 4,143 | 11.90 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,812 | 78.71 | +13.96 | ||
Registered electors | 44,226 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.93 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Latham McDiarmid Clyde | 20,836 | 58.79 | +7.58 | |
Labour | Eustace George Willis | 14,604 | 41.21 | +1.90 | |
Majority | 6,232 | 17.58 | +5.68 | ||
Turnout | 35,440 | 80.01 | +1.30 | ||
Registered electors | 44,294 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Rankine Milligan | 20,425 | 61.73 | +2.94 | |
Labour | George Scott | 12,664 | 38.27 | -2.94 | |
Majority | 7,761 | 23.45 | +5.87 | ||
Turnout | 33,089 | 72.01 | -8.00 | ||
Registered electors | 45,952 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.94 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Rankine Milligan | 19,991 | 64.02 | +2.29 | |
Labour | George Gordon Stott | 11,235 | 35.98 | -2.29 | |
Majority | 8,756 | 28.04 | +4.59 | ||
Turnout | 31,226 | 73.87 | +1.86 | ||
Registered electors | 42,270 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.29 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith | 12,109 | 54.2 | -9.8 | |
Labour | Ronald King Murray | 6,775 | 30.3 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | R. McPake | 3,458 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,334 | 23.9 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,342 | 53.1 | -20.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith | 17,094 | 58.23 | -5.79 | |
Labour | Alexander D Reid | 12,264 | 41.77 | +5.79 | |
Majority | 4,830 | 16.45 | -11.59 | ||
Turnout | 29,358 | 73.60 | -0.27 | ||
Registered electors | 39,888 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.79 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith | 13,765 | 50.30 | -7.93 | |
Labour | Walter S Dalgleish | 10,730 | 39.21 | -2.56 | |
Liberal | Lawrence W Oliver | 2,871 | 10.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,035 | 11.09 | -5.36 | ||
Turnout | 27,366 | 73.85 | +0.25 | ||
Registered electors | 37,056 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.69 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith | 13,005 | 52.85 | +2.55 | |
Labour | Robert Finlayson Cook | 9,127 | 37.09 | -2.12 | |
Liberal | C Alistair Dow | 2,475 | 10.06 | -0.43 | |
Majority | 3,878 | 15.76 | +4.67 | ||
Turnout | 24,607 | 70.05 | -3.80 | ||
Registered electors | 35,128 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.34 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander MacPhershon Fletcher | 16,417 | 45.78 | -7.07 | |
Labour | Robert Cairns | 9,404 | 26.23 | -10.86 | |
Liberal | Ronald Harrower Guild | 5,487 | 15.30 | +5.24 | |
SNP | James Lynch | 4,550 | 12.69 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,013 | 19.56 | +3.80 | ||
Turnout | 35,858 | 76.40 | +6.35 | ||
Registered electors | 46,936 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.90 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander MacPhershon Fletcher | 12,856 | 39.34 | -6.44 | |
Labour | Martin John O'Neill | 8,465 | 25.90 | -0.32 | |
SNP | James Lynch | 7,681 | 23.50 | +10.82 | |
Liberal | Murdoch MacDonald | 3,677 | 11.25 | -4.05 | |
Majority | 4,391 | 13.44 | -6.12 | ||
Turnout | 32,679 | 69.21 | -7.19 | ||
Registered electors | 47,215 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.06 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander MacPhershon Fletcher | 14,170 | 43.59 | +4.25 | |
Labour | Neil Lindsay | 9,773 | 30.06 | +4.16 | |
Liberal | Ronald Harrower Guild | 5,045 | 15.52 | +4.27 | |
SNP | Donald Neil MacCormick | 3,521 | 10.83 | -12.67 | |
Majority | 4,397 | 13.53 | +0.09 | ||
Turnout | 32,509 | 71.76 | +2.55 | ||
Registered electors | 45,303 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.04 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "'Edinburgh North', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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