Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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For the 1983-2005 constituency, see Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency).

For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Linlithgowshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1945
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Linlithgowshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1945. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

For the 1945 general election, the constituency was renamed West Lothian.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Members of Parliament

1708 Lord Johnstone
1708 John Houstoun
1713 Sir James Carmichael
1714 John Houstoun
1715 Sir James Cunynghame
1722 George Dundas
1727 Alexander Hamilton
1741 George Dundas
1743 Charles Hope-Weir
1768 John Hope
1770 James Dundas
1774 Sir William Cunynghame
1790 John Hope
1800 Sir Alexander Hope
1835 James Hope
1838 Charles Hope
1845 William Baillie
1847 George Dundas
1859 Charles Baillie
1859 Walter Ferrier Hamilton
1865 Peter McLagan
1893 Thomas Hope
1895 Alexander Ure
1913 John Pratt
1918 James Kidd
1922 Emanuel Shinwell
1924 James Kidd
1928 Emanuel Shinwell
1931 Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie
1935 George Mathers, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 1931: Linlithgowshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie Bt	20,476
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	16,956

General Election 1906: Linlithgowshire ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure KC	5,282	65.7
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	2,761	34.3

General Election 1886: Linlithgowshire ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,543
	Conservative	Capt. Thomas Hope	1,810

General Election 1885: Linlithgowshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	3,801
	Conservative	Capt. Thomas Hope	1,606

[edit] References

^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.

[edit] See also

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