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Dunbartonshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons Subdivisions of Scotland County of Dumbarton 1708–1950 Number of members One Replaced by East Dunbartonshire
West DunbartonshireDunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also Westminster) from 1801 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created to cover the county of Dumbarton (later Dunbarton) minus any parliamentary burgh or part thereof within the county. From 1832 to 1918, however, under the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the boundaries of counties and burghs for purposes of parliamentary representation were not necessarily those for other purposes.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 brought constituency boundaries generally into alignment with local government boundaries established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and subsequent related legislation, but there were later changes to local government boundaries which were not reflected in new constituency boundaries until 1950, the same year that the Dunbartonshire constituency was abolished, under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949.
For the period 1832 to 1918 boundary details below are nominal, and for the period 1918 to 1950 they are those applicable in 1918.
For the 1708 (first) general election and every subsequent election of the Parliament of Great Britain the Dumbartonshire constituency consisted of the county of Dumbarton minus the burgh of Dumbarton, which was a component of the Clyde Burghs constituency.
In 1801 the Parliament of Great Britain was merged with the Parliament of Ireland to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Dumbartonshire constituency retained its boundaries as a constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain for the 1802 (first) general election of the new parliament and for the general elections of 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, 1830 and 1831.
Nominally, the constituency had the same boundaries for the 1832 general election, but the burgh of Dumbarton was now a component of Kilmarnock Burghs. 1832 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1835, 1837, 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1868, 1874, 1880, 1885, 1886, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, January 1910, and December 1910.
For the 1918 general election the constituency was defined as covering the county of Dunbarton minus the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank, which comprised Dumbarton Burghs. 1918 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1935 and 1945.[1]
For the 1950 general election new constituency boundaries divided the county of Dunbarton between the East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire constituencies, both entirely within the county.[1]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1708–1832
- 1708 John Campbell
- 1722 Mungo Haldane
- 1725 John Campbell
- 1727 John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
- 1761 Archibald Edmonstone
- 1780 Lord Frederick Campbell
- 1781 George Keith Elphinstone
- 1790 Archibald Edmonstone
- 1796 William Cunninghame Bontine
- 1797 Alexander Telfer Smollett
- 1799 James Colquhoun
- 1806 Henry Glassford
- 1806 Charles Edmonstone
- 1807 Henry Glassford
- 1810 Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun
- 1821 John Buchanan
- 1826 John Campbell
- 1830 Lord Montagu William Graham
MPs 1832–1950
Election Member Party[2][3][4] 1832 John Campbell Colquhoun 1835 Alexander Dennistoun 1837 Sir James Colquhoun 1841 Alexander Smollett Conservative 1859 Patrick Boyle Smollett Conservative 1868 Archibald Orr-Ewing Conservative 1892 John Sinclair Liberal 1895 Alexander Wylie Conservative 1906 James Dundas White Liberal 1910 (December) Arthur Acland Allen Liberal 1918 Sir William Hannay Raeburn Coalition Conservative 1922 Conservative 1923 William Henry Porteous Martin Labour 1924 David Pinkerton Fleming Conservative 1926 by-election John Gibb Thom Conservative 1929 Willie Brooke Labour 1931 John Gibb Thom Conservative 1932 by-election Archibald Cochrane Conservative 1936 by-election Thomas Cassells Labour 1941 by-election Adam McKinlay Labour 1950 constituency divided: see East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire Election results
By-election 1941: Dunbartonshire [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Adam McKinlay 21,900 Communist M. MacEwen 3,862 By-election 1936: Dunbartonshire [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Thomas Cassells 20,187 Conservative A.P. Duffes KC 19,203 SNP R. Gray 2,599 General election 1935: Dunbartonshire [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Com Archibald Douglas Cochrane 24,776 Labour Thomas Cassells 20,679 Independent R. Gray 3,841 By-election 1932: Dunbartonshire[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Com Hon Archibald Douglas Cochrane DSO RN 16,749 Labour Rt Hon Thomas Johnston 13,704 SNP R. Gray 5,178 Communist H. McIntyre 2,870 General election 1929: Dunbartonshire [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Willie Brooke 18,153 Conservative Lieut Col John Gibb Thom 16,576 Liberal Thomas Maule Guthrie 5,071 By-election 1926: Dunbartonshire [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lieut Col John Gibb Thom 12,680 Labour W.H. Martin 11,610 Liberal William Reid 2,146 General election 1924: Dunbartonshire [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Pinkerton Fleming KC 16,223 Labour W.H. Martin 12,872 General election 1923: Dunbartonshire [10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour W.H. Martin 11,705 Conservative David Pinkerton Fleming KC 9,802 Liberal Stanley Holmes 5,726 General election 1922: Dunbartonshire [11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir William Raeburn, 1st Baronet 13,407 Labour W.H. Martin 13,216 General election 1918: Dunbartonshire [12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Sir William Raeburn 12,765 Labour W.H. Martin 7,072 Liberal Arthur Acland Allen 3,048 General election December 1910: Dunbartonshire [13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Acland Allen 8,579 Conservative William Thomas Shaw 7,267 General election January 1910: Dunbartonshire [13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal James Dundas White 8,640 Conservative Col Henry Brock 7,607 General election 1906: Dunbartonshire [14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal James Dundas White 7,404 Conservative Henry Brock 6,937 General election 1900: Dunbartonshire [15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alexander Wylie 6,083 Liberal P.R. Buchanan 5,393 General election 1895: Dunbartonshire [15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alexander Wylie 5,375 Liberal Capt John Sinclair 5,342 General election 1892: Dunbartonshire [16] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Capt John Sinclair 5,249 Conservative Alexander Wylie 4,956 General election 1886: Dunbartonshire [17] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing 4,249 Liberal Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson 4,217 General election 1885: Dunbartonshire [18] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing 4,514 Liberal Robert Threshie Reid QC 4,357 At the General election 1868 Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing was returned unopposed.[19]
Notes and references
- ^ a b Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig, 1972
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 582. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 536. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 622. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ a b Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ The Times, 16 November 1935
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ a b Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Dunbartonshire
- Politics of East Dunbartonshire
- Politics of West Dunbartonshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1708
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
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