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Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West.

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From 1832 to 1868 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and from 1868 until its abolition for the 1950 general election it elected two MPs using the bloc vote system.

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Politics and history of the constituency

Winston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his Manchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922.

In 1906, the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party.[2]

From its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a Conservative member until 1931 when Florence Horsbrugh was elected.[3] Originally a Liberal stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a Labour candidate, Alexander Wilkie, who was elected in 1906.[4]

At the 1918 general election both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the local Unionists, as well as their own party organisations.[5] From 1923 onwards the Conservatives/Unionists and Liberals each ran only one candidate in the constituency. This was part of an unofficial agreement between the two parties at a local level, with the understanding being that their supporters would give their other vote to the other party's candidate.[6]

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Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-

"From the Point, on the East of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Tay would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Tower (in Fife) of Mr. Dalgleish of Scotscraig to the Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road, in a straight Line to the said Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road; thence, Westward, along the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington to the Point called Kings Cross, at which the several Boundaries of the Parishes of Dundee, Strathmartin, and Liff meet; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Liff Road which is distant Twelve hundred Yards (measured along the Liff Road) to the West of the Point at which the Newtyle Road leaves the same; thence in a straight Line drawn due South to the Shore of the Firth of Tay; thence along the Shore of the Firth of Tay to the Point first described."[7]
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Members of Parliament

Election results, 1832–1868

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Elections in the 1830s

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Kinloch's death caused a by-election.

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Parnell was appointed as Paymaster-General of the Land Forces and Treasurer of the Navy, requiring a by-election.

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Elections in the 1840s

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Elections in the 1850s

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Elections in the 1860s

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Seat increased to two members

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Election results, 1873–1918

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Elections in the 1870s

Armitstead resigned, causing a by-election.

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Elections in the 1880s

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Lacita's resignation caused a by-election.

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Firth's death caused a by-election.

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Elections in the 1890s

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Leng
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Robertson is appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

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Robertson
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Elections in the 1900s

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Robertson
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Wilkie
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Shackleton
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Stuart
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Elections in the 1910s

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Churchill
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  1. Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
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In 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the Dundee Unionist Party Association in addition to their own party organisations.[27]

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Election results, 1922–1945

Elections in the 1920s

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Pilkington
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Gallacher
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Morel
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Henderson-Stewart
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Elections in the 1930s

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Elections in the 1940s

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Strachey
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