- Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dundee Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons Major settlements Dundee 1832–1950 Number of members 1832–1868: One
1868–1950: TwoReplaced by Dundee East
Dundee WestDundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West.
From 1832 to 1868 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and from 1868 until its abolition for the 1950 general election it elected two MP using the bloc vote system.
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Politics and history of the constituency
Winston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his Manchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922.
In 1906, the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party. [1]
Members of Parliament
Election Party Member Party Member 1832 Whig George Kinloch 1 seat
until 18681833 by-election Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell 1841 Whig George Duncan 1857 Liberal Sir John Ogilvy 1868 Liberal George Armitstead 1873 by-election Liberal James Yeaman 1874 Liberal Edward Jenkins 1880 Liberal George Armitstead Liberal Frank Henderson 1885 Liberal Charles Carmichael Lacaita Liberal Edmund Robertson 1888 by-election Liberal Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth 1889 by-election Liberal John Leng 1906 Labour Alexander Wilkie 1908 by-election Liberal Winston Churchill 1922 Labour E. D. Morel Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1924 Labour Thomas Johnston 1929 Labour Michael Marcus 1931 Unionist Florence Horsbrugh Liberal Dingle Foot 1945 Labour John Strachey Labour Thomas Cook 1950 Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West Election results
1868-1950
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Thomas Cook 48,804 28.6 Labour John Strachey 48,393 28.4 Liberal Dingle Foot 33,230 19.5 Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 32,309 18.9 Majority 15,163 8.9 Turnout 79.2 Labour gain from Liberal Swing Labour gain from Conservative Swing Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Dundee (2 seats) [2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 50,542 26.8 Liberal Dingle Foot 49,632 26.4 Labour Michael Marcus 44,457 23.6 Labour R. Gibson 43,747 23.2 Majority 6,085 3.2 Majority 5,175 2.8 Turnout 84.7 Conservative hold Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election 1931: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dingle Foot 52,048 29.6 Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 48,556 27.7 Labour Michael Marcus 32,573 18.6 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,229 18.3 Communist Bob Stewart 10,264 5.8 Majority 19,475 11.0 Majority 15,983 9.1 Turnout 84.8 Liberal gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Scottish Prohibition Swing Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 50,073 29.2 Labour Michael Marcus 47,602 27.7 Liberal James Henderson-Stewart 33,890 19.8 Conservative F W Wallace 33,868 19.7 Communist Bob Stewart 6,160 3.6 Majority 16,183 9.4 Majority 13,712 7.9 Turnout 82.5 Scottish Prohibition hold Swing Labour hold Swing Dundee by-election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Thomas Johnston 22,973 69.2 Liberal Ernest Simon 10,234 30.8 Majority 12,739 38.4 Turnout 33,207 42.4 -41.4 Labour hold Swing General Election 1924: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour E. D. Morel 32,846 26.5 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 29,193 23.5 Conservative F W Wallace 28,118 22.7 Liberal A R Duncan 25,566 20.6 Communist Bob Stewart 8,340 6.7 Majority 4,728 3.8 Majority 1,075 0.8 Turnout 83.8 Labour hold Swing Scottish Prohibition hold Swing General Election 1923: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 25,753 25.1 Labour E. D. Morel 23,345 22.7 Liberal J W Pratt 23,031 22.4 Conservative F W Wallace 20,253 19.7 Communist Willie Gallacher 10,380 10.1 Majority 2,722 2.7 Majority 314 0.3 Turnout 72.5 Scottish Prohibition hold Swing Labour hold Swing General Election 1922: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,578 27.6 Labour E. D. Morel 30,292 25.6 National Liberal D J MacDonald 22,244 18.8 National Liberal Winston Churchill 20,466 17.3 Liberal R R Pilkington 6,681 5.7 Communist Willie Gallacher 5,906 5.0 Majority 10,334 8.8 Majority 8,048 6.8 Turnout 80.5 Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal Swing Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Liberal Winston Churchill 25,788 37.5 Labour Alexander Wilkie 24,822 36.1 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 10,423 15.1 Labour James Sunney Brown 7,769 11.3 Majority 15,365 22.4 Majority 14,399 21.0 Turnout 46.6 Coalition Liberal hold Swing Labour hold Swing By-election July 1917: Dundee [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Liberal Winston Churchill 7,302 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 2,036 Majority 5,266 Coalition Liberal hold Swing General Election Dec 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Maj the Rt Hon Winston Churchill 9,240 Labour Alexander Wilkie 8,957 Liberal Unionist Sir George Washington Baxter 5,685 Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4,914 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,825 Liberal hold Swing Labour hold Swing General Election Jan 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Maj the Rt Hon Winston Churchill 10,747 Labour Alexander Wilkie 10,365 Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4,552 Liberal Unionist James Glass 4,339 Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,512 Liberal hold Swing Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1906: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Edmund Robertson 9,276 31.7 +1.5 Labour Alexander Wilkie 6,833 23.3 Liberal Henry Robson 6,122 20.9 -6.4 Liberal Unionist Ernest Shackleton 3,865 13.2 -6.8 Conservative A Duncan Smith 3,183 10.9 -9.2 Majority 5,411 18.5 Majority 711 2.4 Turnout 29,279 81.9 +12.4 Liberal hold Swing Labour gain from Liberal Swing General Election 1900: Dundee (2 seats) [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,777 Liberal Sir John Leng 7,650 Conservative Alexander Duncan Smith 5,181 Liberal Unionist J.E. Graham 5,152 Registered electors 18,655 Elections in the 1890s
General Election 1895: Dundee (2 seats) [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,602 Liberal Sir John Leng 7,592 Liberal Unionist William Charles Smith 5,390 Conservative Edward Jenkins 4,318 Ind. Labour Party James MacDonald 1,313 General Election 1892: Dundee (2 seats) [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John Leng 8,484 Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,191 Conservative William Ogilvy Dalgleish 5,659 Unionist William Charles Smith 5,066 Scottish Trades Councils Labour James MacDonald 354 Registered electors 18,214 Elections in the 1880s
By-election 1888: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Joseph Firth 7,856 Liberal Unionist Lieut Gen Sir Henry Daly KCB 4,217 Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing General Election 1886: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,236 Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,216 Liberal Unionist Brinsley de Courcy Nixon 3,545 Liberal Unionist Lieut Gen Sir Henry Daly KCB 3,346 Majority Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election 1885: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,261 Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,187 Conservative Alexander Hay Moncur 6,279 Conservative Edward Jenkins 5,149 Majority Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election 1880: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal George Armitstead 9,168 Liberal Frank Henderson 6,750 Conservative James Yeaman 4,993 Majority 4,975 Majority 1,757 Registered electors 14,566 Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing Elections in the 1870s
General Election 1874: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal James Yeaman 6,595 Liberal Edward Jenkins 6,048 Liberal Sir John Ogilvy 4,401 Liberal J M D Meiklejohn 2,231 Conservative J A L Gloag 573 Majority 2,194 Majority 1,647 Registered electors 17,814 Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing Dundee by-election, 1873 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal James Yeaman 5,297 Liberal Edward Jenkins 4,010 Liberal J F Stephens 1,086 Majority 1,287 Registered electors 16,652 Liberal hold Swing Elections in the 1860s
General Election 1868: Dundee (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal George Armitstead 7,738 Liberal Sir John Ogilvy 7,661 Liberal J A Guthrie 3,548 Liberal H W Scott 2,085 Majority 4,190 Majority 4,113 Registered electors 14,798 Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing 1832-1868
General Election 1865: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir John Ogilvy Registered electors 3,039 Liberal hold Swing General Election 1859: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir John Ogilvy Registered electors 2,317 Liberal hold Swing General Election 1857: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig Sir John Ogilvy 1,092 Whig George Armitstead 847 Majority 145 Registered electors 2,343 Whig hold Swing General Election 1852: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig George Duncan Registered electors 3,190 Whig hold Swing General Election 1847: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig George Duncan Registered electors 2,635 Whig hold Swing General Election 1841: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig George Duncan 577 Whig J B Smith 445 Majority 132 Registered electors 2,739 Whig hold Swing General Election 1837: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt 663 Tory John Gladstone 381 Majority 282 Registered electors 2,214 Whig hold Swing Dundee by-election, 1835 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt Registered electors Whig hold Swing General Election 1835: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt Registered electors 1,751 Whig hold Swing Dundee by-election, 1833 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Bt Registered electors Whig hold Swing General Election 1832: Dundee Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whig George Kinloch 852 Whig D C Guthrie 593 Majority 259 Registered electors 1,622 Sources
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 - 1885
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1889
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
References
- ^ Morrell, Margot; Stephanie Capparell (2003). Shackleton's Way. Nicholas Brealey. p. 32. ISBN 1-85788-318-7.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ The Times, 31 July 1917
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
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- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
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- Politics of Dundee
- Winston Churchill
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