Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dunfermline Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Dunfermline Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1974. 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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[edit] Boundaries
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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. Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly were within the county constituency of West Fife.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | ||
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| 1918 | John Wallace | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1922 | William McLean Watson | Labour | ||
| 1931 | John Wallace | Liberal National | Knighted January 1935[1] | |
| 1935 | William McLean Watson | Labour | ||
| 1950 | James Clunie | Labour | ||
| 1959 | Alan Thompson | Labour | ||
| 1964 | Adam Hunter | Labour | subsequently MP for Dunfermline | |
| Feb. 1974 | constituency abolished: see Dunfermline | |||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
| General Election 1918: Dunfermline Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Liberal | John Wallace | 6,886 | 44.6 | N/A | |
| Independent Labour | William McLean Watson[2] | 5,076 | 32.8 | N/A | |
| Independent Democrat | Arthur Ponsonby[3] | 3,491 | 22.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,810 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 55.2 | N/A | |||
| Coalition Liberal win | (new constituency) | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
| General Election 1922: Dunfermline Burghs | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
| General Election 1931: Dunfermline Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | 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 | ||
| National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Dunfermline Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | William McLean Watson | 16,271 | 52.3 | +10.2 | |
| National Liberal | Sir John Wallace | 14,848 | 47.7 | −10.2 | |
| Majority | 1,423 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 31,119 | 81.6 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | 10.2 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
| General Election 1945: Dunfermline Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | William McLean Watson | 22,021 | 64.7 | +12.4 | |
| National Liberal | 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 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
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[edit] Elections in the 1960s
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[edit] Elections in the 1970s
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[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette Issue 34119 published on the 28 December 1934 page 2. Retrieved on 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)
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
