- Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dunfermline Burghs Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons Major settlements Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing, and Lochgelly 1950–1974 Number of members One 1918–1950 Number of members One Type of constituency District of Burghs constituency Created from Stirling Burghs
West FifeDunfermline Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
From 1918 to 1950 it was also, officially, a district of burghs constituency.
There was also a Dunfermline county constituency from 1974 to 1983.
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Boundaries
As defined in 1918 the constituency covered the parliamentary burghs of Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing, and Lochgelly. Prior to the constituency's creation, the burghs of Dunfermline and Inverkeithing had been represented as components of Stirling Burghs, while Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly were within the county constituency of West Fife.
Members of Parliament
Election Member[1] Party 1918 John Wallace Coalition Liberal 1922 William Watson Labour 1931 John Wallace Liberal National Knighted January 1935[2] 1935 William Watson Labour 1950 James Clunie Labour 1959 Alan Thompson Labour 1964 Adam Hunter Labour subsequently MP for Dunfermline Feb. 1974 constituency abolished: see Dunfermline Election results
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Liberal John Wallace 6,886 44.6 N/A Independent Labour William McLean Watson[3] 5,076 32.8 N/A Independent Democrat Arthur Ponsonby[4] 3,491 22.6 N/A Majority 1,810 11.8 N/A Turnout 55.2 N/A Coalition Liberal win (new seat) Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 11,652 50.4 +17.6 National Liberal John Wallace 11,451 49.6 +5.0 Majority 201 0.8 Turnout 23,102 77.5 +20.3 Labour gain from National Liberal Swing +8.3 General Election 1923: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 12,606 53.6 +3.2 Liberal John Wallace 10,931 46.4 −3.2 Majority 1,675 7.2 +6.4 Turnout 23,537 77.7 +0.2 Labour hold Swing 3.2 General Election 1924: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 13,887 57.9 +4.3 Liberal F. J. Roberston 10,118 42.1 −4.3 Majority 3,769 15.8 +8.6 Turnout 24,005 78.7 +1.0 Labour hold Swing 4.3 General Election 1929: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 15,288 58.5 +0.6 Conservative A. Beaton 9,146 35.0 N/A Communist J. V. Leckie 1,712 6.5 N/A Majority 6,132 23.5 +7.7 Turnout 74.1 −4.6 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Dunfermline Burghs[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National John Wallace 16,863 57.9 N/A Labour William McLean Watson 12,247 42.1 −16.4 Majority 4,616 15.8 Turnout 29,110 80.2 +5.9 Liberal National gain from Labour Swing General Election 1935: Dunfermline Burghs [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 16,271 52.3 +10.2 Liberal National Sir John Wallace 14,848 47.7 −10.2 Majority 1,423 4.6 Turnout 31,119 81.6 +1.4 Labour gain from Liberal National Swing 10.2 Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Dunfermline Burghs Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William McLean Watson 22,021 64.7 +12.4 Liberal National James Henderson 12,028 35.3 −12.4 Majority 9,993 29.4 +24.8 Turnout 34,049 73.0 −8.6 Labour hold Swing 12.4 Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ "London Gazette Issue 34119 published on the 28 December 1934". pp. page 2. http://www.gazettesonline.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=n%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=34119&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=John%20Wallace&selMedalType=&selHonourType=. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ Watson was the nominee of the Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan Miners' Assoiation (Craig, op cit, p. 579)
- ^ Ponsonby had previously been the Liberal MP for Stirling Burghs)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
See also
- Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Categories:- Fife
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
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