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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dumbarton Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950.
Dumbarton Burghs | |
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Former district of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Dunbartonshire |
Major settlements | Dumbarton and Clydebank |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kilmarnock Burghs Dunbartonshire |
Replaced by | Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire West |
It consisted of the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank in Dunbartonshire. The rest of the county formed the rural (or county) constituency of Dunbartonshire.
Before the creation of the Dumbarton Burghs constituency, the burgh of Dumbarton had formed as part of the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs, and Clydebank had been within the Dunbartonshire county constituency. When Dumbarton Burghs was abolished, the whole county of Dunbartonshire was re-organised into two new county constituencies, Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West.
For almost all of its history, Dumbarton Burghs was represented by David Kirkwood of the Labour Party, an important Red Clydesider. The only exception was 1918 to 1922, when it was represented by John Taylor, a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1918 | John Taylor | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | David Kirkwood, later Baron Kirkwood | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Taylor | 11,734 | 52.62 | |
Labour | David Kirkwood | 10,566 | 47.38 | ||
Majority | 1,168 | 5.24 | |||
Turnout | 22,300 | 70.40 | |||
Registered electors | 31,678 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 16,397 | 64.29 | +16.91 | |
National Liberal | John Taylor | 9,107 | 35.71 | −16.91 | |
Majority | 7,290 | 28.58 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,504 | 76.22 | +5.82 | ||
Registered electors | 33,463 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.91 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 13,472 | 61.26 | −3.03 | |
Unionist | Walter Black Munro | 8,520 | 38.74 | New | |
Majority | 4,952 | 22.52 | −6.06 | ||
Turnout | 21,992 | 67.98 | −8.24 | ||
Registered electors | 32,349 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 14,562 | 59.22 | −2.04 | |
Unionist | Walter Black Munro | 10,027 | 40.78 | +2.04 | |
Majority | 4,535 | 18.44 | −4.08 | ||
Turnout | 24,589 | 76.14 | +8.16 | ||
Registered electors | 32,293 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 19,193 | 63.10 | +3.88 | |
Unionist | Charles Milne | 11,225 | 36.90 | −3.88 | |
Majority | 7,968 | 26.20 | +7.76 | ||
Turnout | 30,418 | 77.06 | +0.92 | ||
Registered electors | 39,474 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | David Kirkwood | 16,335 | 51.57 | −11.53 | |
Unionist | MJ McCracken | 15,338 | 48.43 | +11.53 | |
Majority | 997 | 3.14 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,673 | 80.69 | +3.63 | ||
Registered electors | 39,253 | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | −11.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 20,409 | 65.17 | +13.60 | |
Unionist | MJ McCracken | 10,909 | 34.83 | −13.60 | |
Majority | 9,500 | 30.34 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,318 | 78.80 | −1.89 | ||
Registered electors | 39,744 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +13.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Kirkwood | 16,262 | 65.21 | +0.04 | |
Unionist | John Richardson | 8,676 | 34.79 | −0.04 | |
Majority | 7,586 | 30.42 | +0.08 | ||
Turnout | 24,938 | 73.20 | −5.60 | ||
Registered electors | 34,067 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.04 |
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