- Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dumfriesshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1708–2005 Number of members one Replaced by Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dumfries & GallowayDumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the 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 at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
MPs 1708–1832
Year Member Party 1708 Lord Johnston 1709 William Grierson 1711 James Murray 1713 Sir William Johnstone 1722 Charles Erskine 1741 Sir John Douglas 1747 Lord Charles Douglas 1755 James Veitch 1761 Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton 1774 Sir Robert Laurie 1804 Sir William Johnstone Hope 1830 John James Hope Johnstone (1) 1832 Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded MPs 1832–2005
Election Member Party 1832 John James Hope Johnstone (1) Conservative 1847 Viscount Drumlanrig Conservative Feb 1857 John James Hope Johnstone (1) Conservative 1865 George Gustavus Walker Conservative 1868 Sydney Waterlow Liberal Mar. 1869 George Gustavus Walker Conservative 1874 John James Hope Johnstone (2) Conservative 1880 Sir Robert Jardine Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1892 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative 1895 Robinson Souttar Liberal 1900 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative 1906 Percy Molteno Liberal 1918 William Murray Conservative 1922 William Allan Chapple Liberal 1924 John Charteris Conservative 1929 Dr Joseph Hunter 1 Liberal 1931 National Liberal 1935 by-election Sir Henry Fildes National Liberal 1945 Niall Macpherson National Liberal 1963 by-election David Colville Anderson Conservative 1964 Sir Hector Monro Conservative 1997 Russell Brown Labour 2005 constituency abolished 1 Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a Liberal candidate, but in the split after the 1931 general election, he joined the National Liberals.
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2001: Dumfries Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Russell Brown 20,830 48.9 +1.4 Conservative John Charteris 11,996 28.2 +0.1 Liberal Democrat John Ross Scott 4,955 11.6 +0.6 SNP Gerry Fisher 4,103 9.6 -2.4 Scottish Socialist John Dennis 702 1.6 N/A Majority 8,834 20.7 Turnout 42,586 67.0 -11.9 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1970s
General Election Oct 1974: Dumfriesshire [1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hector Monro 18,386 Labour John Wheatley 12,558 SNP L.A.B. Whitley 12,542 Liberal A. Sinclair 3,961 Majority 5,828 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1960s
By-election 1963: Dumfriesshire [2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Colville Anderson QC 16,762 Labour Ian Jordan 15,791 Liberal Charles Abernethy 4,491 SNP John Gair 4,001 Majority 971 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Dumfriesshire [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Niall Macpherson 25,867 Labour G.C. Moodie 18,437 Majority 7,430 Liberal National hold Swing Elections in the 1930s
General Election November 1935: Dumfriesshire [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Sir Henry Fildes 22,053 65.4 +5.1 Labour J. Downie 11,685 34.6 −5.1 Majority 10,368 30.8 +10.2 Turnout 33,738 73.6 +14.9 Liberal National hold Swing +5.1 Dumfriesshire by-election, September 1935 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Sir Henry Fildes 16,271 60.3 −17.4 Labour Co-op J. Downie 10,697 39.7 +17.4 Majority 5,574 20.6 −34.8 Turnout 26,968 58.7 −18.9 Liberal National hold Swing −17.4 General Election 1931: Dumfriesshire[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Joseph Hunter 26,873 77.7 +32.6 Labour J. S. Paterson 7,693 22.3 +3.6 Majority 19,180 55.4 46.5 Turnout 34,566 77.6 −3.8 Liberal National hold Swing Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Dumfriesshire [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dr Joseph Hunter 16,174 Conservative Brig-Gen John Charteris 12,984 Labour W.H. Marwick 6,687 General Election 1924: Dumfriesshire [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brig-Gen John Charteris 12,718 Liberal William Allan Chapple 8,472 Labour Mrs A. Dollan 6,342 General Election 1923: Dumfriesshire [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal William Allan Chapple 13,107 Conservative Brig-Gen John Charteris 11,380 General Election 1922: Dumfriesshire [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal William Allan Chapple 13,296 Conservative Major H. Keswick 11,055 Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Dumfriesshire [10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Maj William Murray 13,345 Liberal Rt Hon John Gulland 7,562 General Election Dec 1910: Dumfriesshire [11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Percy Molteno 4,708 Conservative William Murray 4,146 General Election Jan 1910: Dumfriesshire [12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Percy Molteno 4,666 Conservative William Murray 4,091 Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1906: Dumfriesshire [13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Percy Molteno 4,814 Conservative J.H. Balfour-Browne 3,431 General Election 1900: Dumfriesshire [14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 4,124 Liberal Robinson Souttar 3,675 Elections in the 1890s
General Election 1895: Dumfriesshire [15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robinson Souttar 3,989 Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 3,976 General Election 1892: Dumfriesshire [16] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 4,123 Liberal Thomas McKie 3,849 Elections in the 1880s
General Election 1886: Dumfriesshire [17] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist Sir Robert Jardine 4,106 Liberal Thomas McKie 3,252 General Election 1885: Dumfriesshire [18] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir Robert Jardine 4,857 Conservative Walter Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 3,566 References
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
- ^ The Times, 13 Dec 1963
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1963
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ 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
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Politics of Dumfries and Galloway
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1708
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2005
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