Stirling and Falkirk Burghs | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Stirling, Falkirk East and Falkirk West |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | District of Burghs constituency |
Created from | Stirlingshire |
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. It ceased to be a District of Burghs in 1950, but a constituency of the same name covering the same burghs continued in existence. In 1974 it became Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. This was in turn abolished in 1983; it was the last British constituency (apart from those including islands) to consist of non-contiguous parts.
Boundaries
The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.
Members of Parliament
Stirling and Falkirk (1918-1974)
Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | John Macdonald | Liberal | |
1922 | Hugh Murnin | Labour | |
1923 | Sir George McCrae | Liberal | |
1924 | Hugh Murnin | Labour | |
1931 | James Reid, later Baron Reid | Conservative | |
1935 | Joseph Westwood | Labour | |
1948 by-election | Malcolm MacPherson | Labour | |
1971 by-election | Harry Ewing | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (1974-1983)
Year | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Harry Ewing | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ewing | 29,499 | 56.47 | +13.22 | |
Conservative | William Dunn Boyles | 13,881 | 26.57 | +12.50 | |
SNP | John Archibald Donachy | 8,856 | 16.95 | −22.84 | |
Majority | 15,618 | 29.90 | +26.44 | ||
Turnout | 52,236 | 78.95 | −0.41 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ewing | 22,090 | 43.25 | +1.39 | |
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 20,324 | 39.79 | +5.26 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Alexander Campbell | 7,186 | 14.07 | −9.54 | |
Liberal | John David Angles | 1,477 | 2.89 | New | |
Majority | 1,766 | 3.46 | −3.87 | ||
Turnout | 51,077 | 79.36 | −1.87 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ewing | 21,685 | 41.86 | −8.87 | |
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 17,886 | 34.53 | +20.03 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Alexander Campbell | 12,228 | 23.61 | −11.16 | |
Majority | 3,799 | 7.33 | −8.63 | ||
Turnout | 51,799 | 81.23 | +8.65 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ewing | 17,536 | 46.47 | −4.26 | |
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 13,048 | 34.58 | +20.08 | |
Conservative | David R Anderson | 7,149 | 18.95 | −15.82 | |
Majority | 4,488 | 11.89 | −4.07 | ||
Turnout | 37,733 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,984 | 50.73 | −1.92 | |
Conservative | David R Anderson | 15,754 | 34.77 | +3.55 | |
SNP | Iain Murray | 6,571 | 14.50 | +0.12 | |
Majority | 7,230 | 15.96 | −5.47 | ||
Turnout | 45,309 | 72.58 | −4.52 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.74 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 23,146 | 52.65 | +0.26 | |
Conservative | Iain Docherty | 13,726 | 31.22 | −6.39 | |
SNP | Sandy Milne | 6,322 | 14.38 | +4.40 | |
Communist | Peter McIntosh | 767 | 1.74 | New | |
Majority | 9,420 | 21.43 | +6.67 | ||
Turnout | 43,961 | 77.10 | −2.75 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 23,766 | 52.39 | +2.78 | |
Unionist | John A Davidson | 17,070 | 37.63 | −6.17 | |
SNP | Sandy Milne | 4,526 | 9.98 | +3.38 | |
Majority | 6,696 | 14.76 | +8.95 | ||
Turnout | 45,362 | 79.85 | −1.22 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.48 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,423 | 49.61 | +1.45 | |
Unionist | Robert S Johnston | 19,797 | 43.80 | −1.31 | |
SNP | Jimmy Halliday | 2,983 | 6.60 | −0.13 | |
Majority | 2,626 | 5.81 | +2.76 | ||
Turnout | 45,203 | 81.07 | +1.41 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 20,651 | 48.16 | −4.10 | |
Unionist | James McMillan | 19,345 | 45.11 | −2.63 | |
SNP | Jimmy Halliday | 2,885 | 6.73 | New | |
Majority | 1,306 | 3.05 | −9.01 | ||
Turnout | 42,881 | 79.66 | −6.41 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 24,421 | 52.26 | +3.30 | |
Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 22,313 | 47.74 | +2.21 | |
Majority | 1,108 | 4.52 | +1.09 | ||
Turnout | 46,734 | 86.07 | +1.66 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,186 | 48.96 | −7.17 | |
Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 20,632 | 45.53 | +1.67 | |
SNP | Robert Curran | 1,698 | 3.75 | N/A | |
Communist | G McAlister | 801 | 1.77 | New | |
Majority | 1,554 | 3.43 | −8.83 | ||
Turnout | 45,317 | 84.41 | +12.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.42 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 17,001 | 49.0 | −7.1 | |
Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 14,826 | 42.8 | −1.1 | |
SNP | Robert Curran | 2,831 | 8.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,175 | 6.2 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,658 | 72.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Westwood | 18,326 | 56.1 | +4.9 | |
Unionist | James Frederick Gordon Thomson | 14,323 | 43.9 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 4,003 | 12.2 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,649 | 71.5 | −6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Westwood | 17,958 | 51.2 | +14.8 | |
Unionist | James Reid | 17,087 | 48.8 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 871 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,045 | 78.4 | −3.0 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +14.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Reid | 21,844 | 63.6 | +32.3 | |
Labour | Hugh Murnin | 12,483 | 36.4 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 9,361 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,327 | 81.4 | +2.3 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +21.6 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Murnin | 15,408 | 47.4 | −6.5 | |
Unionist | Douglas Jamieson | 10,164 | 31.3 | New | |
Independent Protestant | A Ratcliffe | 6,902 | 21.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,244 | 16.1 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,474 | 79.1 | −2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Murnin | 13,436 | 53.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | George McCrae | 11,512 | 46.1 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 1,924 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,948 | 81.6 | +9.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George McCrae | 10,721 | 50.4 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Hugh Murnin | 10,565 | 49.6 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 156 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,286 | 71.7 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Murnin | 11,073 | 53.3 | +17.6 | |
National Liberal | John Macdonald | 9,717 | 46.7 | −17.6 | |
Majority | 1,356 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,790 | 71.7 | +22.3 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +17.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Macdonald | 9,350 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | Archibald Logan | 5,201 | 35.7 | ||
Majority | 4,149 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 14,551 | 49.4 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
References
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- Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, Part I.
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