Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the pre-1707 constituency, see Linlithgowshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency). For the 1983–2005 constituency, see Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency). For the 1999-onwards Scottish Parliament constituency, see Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Linlithgowshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Linlithgowshire
1708–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	West Lothian

Linlithgowshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

For the 1950 general election, the constituency was renamed West Lothian.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708	Lord Johnstone
	1708	John Houstoun
	1713	Sir James Carmichael
	1714	John Houstoun
	1715	Sir James Cunynghame
	1722	George Dundas
	1727	Alexander Hamilton
	1741	George Dundas
	1743	Charles Hope-Weir
	1768	John Hope
	1770	James Dundas
	1774	Sir William Cunynghame
	1790	John Hope
	1800	Sir Alexander Hope
	1835	James Hope
	1838	Charles Hope
	1845	William Baillie
	1847	George Dundas
	1859	Charles Baillie
	1859	Walter Ferrier Hamilton
	1865	Peter McLagan	Liberal
	1893	Thomas Hope	Conservative
	1895	Alexander Ure	Liberal
	1913	John Pratt	Liberal
	1918	James Kidd	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1924	James Kidd	Unionist
	1928	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1931	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	Unionist
	1935	George Mathers	Labour
1945		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	3,801	70.3
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,606	29.7	n/a
Majority			2,195	40.6
Turnout				79.4
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,543	58.4	-11.9
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,810	41.6	+11.9
Majority			733	16.8	-23.8
Turnout				63.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.9

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,870	51.4
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	2,709	48.6
Majority			161	2.8
Turnout				79.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Linlithgowshire by-election, 1893 ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	3,240	51.3	+2.7
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,071	48.7	-2.7
Majority			169	2.6	5.4
Turnout				86.3	+7.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.7

Ure

General Election 1895: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,760	54.4
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	3,153	45.6
Majority			607	8.8
Turnout				88.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,827	55.8
	Conservative	David Dundas	3,034	44.2
Majority			793	11.6
Turnout				81.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ure

General Election 1906: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	5,282	65.7
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	2,761	34.3
Majority			2,521	31.4
Turnout				78.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Alexander Ure	6,451	64.6	-1.1
	Liberal Unionist	William Charles Smith	3,536	35.4	+1.1
Majority			2,915	29.2	-2.2
Turnout				84.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election December 1910: Linlithgowshire ^[1]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Alexander Ure	5,835	60.8	-3.8
	Conservative	James Kidd	3,765	39.2	+3.8
Majority			2,070	21.6	-7.6
Turnout				81.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

Linlithgowshire by-election, 1913 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John William Pratt	5,615	52.4
	Unionist	James Kidd	5,094	47.6
Majority			521	4.8
Turnout				87.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

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: John William Pratt
Unionist: James Kidd
Labour: (George Dallas ?)

General Election 1918: Linlithgowshire ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	James Kidd	12,898
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	8,723
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Shinwell

General Election 1922: Linlithgowshire ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	12,625	46.4
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,993	33.0
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,605	20.6	n/a
Majority			3,632	13.4
Turnout			27,223
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Linlithgowshire ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	13,304
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,149
	Liberal	James Johnston	4,691
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1924: Linlithgowshire ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	James Kidd	14,765
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	14,123
Majority
Turnout

Linlithgowshire by-election, 1928^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	14,446
	Unionist	Margaret Henderson Kidd	9,268
	Liberal	John Douglas Young	5,690
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1929: Linlithgowshire^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	18,063	51.6
	Unionist	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	11,241	32.1
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,722	16.3
Majority			6,822	19.5
Turnout			35,026

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Linlithgowshire^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	20,476
	Labour	Emmanuel Shinwell	16,956
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1935: Linlithgowshire ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Mathers	20,905
	Unionist	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	17,730
Majority
Turnout

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
↑ The Times, 7 April 1928
↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

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