Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Greenock
Type = Burgh
Year = 1832
Abolition = 1974
members = One

Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Sutherland
votes = 3,057
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Scott
votes = 2,954
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J Morrison-Davidson
votes = 65
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Thomas Sutherland
votes = 2,905
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Wright
votes = 2,208
percentage =
change =

Elections in the 1900s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Halley Stewart
votes = 3,590
percentage = 52.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Reid
votes = 3,254
percentage = 47.5
change =

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Col Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Collins KBE CMG
votes = 18,013
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = T. Irwin
votes = 10,850
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = A. Ferguson
votes = 6,440
percentage =
change =

Election box begin
title=General Election, November 1935: GreenockElection box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Godfrey Collins
votes = 20,299
percentage = 52.7
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = T. Irwin
votes = 16,945
percentage = 44.0
change = +13.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = J. L. Kinloch
votes = 1,286
percentage = 3.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,354
percentage = 8.7
change = −15.7Election box turnout
votes = 38,530
percentage = 84.4
change = +4.1Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing = −5.9

Election box begin
title=Greenock by-election, 26 November 1936Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Gibson
votes = 20,594
percentage = 53.4
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = V. E. Cornelius
votes = 17,990
percentage = 46.6
change = −6.1Election box majority
votes = 2,604
percentage = 6.8
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 38,584
percentage = 83.3
change = −1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing = 7.85

Elections in the 1940s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hector McNeil
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

See also

*Greenock by-election, 1936
*Greenock by-election, 1941
*Greenock by-election, 1955

References

*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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