Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Galloway
Type = County
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (which was itself abolished in 2005 and replaced by Dumfries and Galloway).

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1924: GallowayElection box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan
votes = 12,268
percentage = 53.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Cecil Dudgeon
votes = 10,852
percentage = 46.9
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,416
percentage = 6.2
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.8
change = N/AElection box gain with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = N/A

Election box begin
title=Galloway by-election, 1925Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Sidney Richard Streatfeild
votes = 10,846
percentage = 43.5
change = −9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Cecil Dudgeon
votes = 9,918
percentage = 39.7
change = −9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Mitchell
votes = 4,207
percentage = 16.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 928
percentage = 3.8
change = −2.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 83.3
change = +6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
swing = −

Elections in the 1930s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hamilton Mackie
votes = 18,993
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = E.M. Campbell
votes = 9,176
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hector McNeil
votes = 3,418
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = New Party (UK)
candidate = Maj Cecil Randolph Dudgeon
votes = 986
percentage =
change =

See also

References

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