Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Ross and Cromarty
Type = County
Year = 1832
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

When created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 it combined in one constituency the former constituencies of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.

In 1918 Lewis was taken from the constituency and merged into the then new Western Isles consituency, and the Fortrose component of the former Inverness Burghs constituency and the Dingwall and Cromarty components of the former Northern Burghs constituency were merged into the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

In 1983 the area of the Ross and Cromarty constituency was merged with the Isle of Skye and Isle of Raasay areas of the former Inverness constituency to form the then new Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency.

Local government areas

1890 to 1918

County councils were created in Scotland in 1890, and so the constituency area became also the county council area of Ross and Cromarty, minus the Fortrose, Dingwall and Cromarty parliamentary burghs.

1918 to 1975

When reformed in 1918 the constituency covered the county of Ross and Cromarty (including the former parliamentary burghs) minus Lewis.

1975 to 1983

County councils were abolished in 1975 and replaced with regions and districts and island council areas. The constituency area was then that of the district of Ross and Cromarty plus the Lochalsh area of Skye and Lochalsh. Both districts were within the Highland region.

See also

* Counties of Scotland
* Regions and districts of Scotland

Member of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=Ross and Cromarty by-election, 1936Election box candidate with party link
party = National Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm MacDonald
votes = 8,949
percentage = 49.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hector McNeil
votes = 5,967
percentage = 33.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Randolph Churchill
votes = 2,427
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Russell Thomas
votes = 738
percentage = 4.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,982
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = National Labour Party (UK)
loser = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing = n/a

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party
candidate = Rt Hon Sir James Ian Macpherson Bt KC
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = James Galloway Weir
votes = 3,883
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J.C. Watt KC
votes = 1,773
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Roderick Macdonald MD
votes = 4,263
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = John Peter Grant
votes = 1,197
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Roderick Macdonald MD
votes = 4,942
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Munro-Fegruson
votes = 2,925
percentage =
change =

References

See also