Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Montrose Burghs | |
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Former district of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Aberdeen Burghs and Perth Burghs |
Replaced by | North Angus & Mearns and South Angus |
Montrose Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent the parliamentary burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Inverbervie.
In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
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Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Horatio Ross | 796 | 59.8 | ||
Radical | Patrick Chalmers | 535 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 261 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,331 | 89.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,494 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Patrick Chalmers | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,551 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Patrick Chalmers | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,636 | ||||
Radical hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Patrick Chalmers | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,403 | ||||
Radical hold |
Chalmers resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Joseph Hume | 532 | 69.7 | N/A | |
Radical | David Greenhill[12][13] | 231 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 301 | 39.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 763 | 64.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,178 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,586 | ||||
Radical hold |
Hume's death caused a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Edward Baxter | 478 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Whig | John Ogilvy[14][15] | 434 | 47.6 | New | |
Majority | 44 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 912 | 57.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,585 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,575 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,651 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,806 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | 3,199 | 75.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Macdonald Macdonald[16] | 1,027 | 24.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,172 | 51.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,226 | 66.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,337 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | 3,333 | 64.0 | −11.7 | |
Conservative | William Macdonald Macdonald[16] | 1,875 | 36.0 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 1,458 | 28.0 | −23.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,208 | 66.0 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,891 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Baxter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,343 | ||||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,532 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | Alexander Gordon | 2,779 | 39.3 | New | |
Conservative | Alexander Mackenzie | 763 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 753 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,074 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,357 | 61.7 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Patton | 2,088 | 38.3 | +27.5 | |
Majority | 1,269 | 23.4 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,445 | 60.7 | −18.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,941 | 65.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Arthur Lockhart | 2,090 | 34.7 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,851 | 30.6 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,031 | 71.5 | +10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,436 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shiress Will | 3,594 | 59.3 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter | 2,462 | 40.7 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 1,132 | 18.6 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,056 | 71.4 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,484 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 4,565 | 64.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Wilson | 2,572 | 36.0 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 1,993 | 28.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,137 | 82.1 | +10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,692 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 3,960 | 62.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Birrell Don | 2,390 | 37.6 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 1,570 | 24.8 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,350 | 71.5 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,881 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morley | 4,416 | 69.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Sprot | 1,922 | 30.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 2,494 | 39.4 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,338 | 75.7 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,373 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,083 | 46.7 | −23.0 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Joseph Burgess | 1,937 | 29.4 | New | |
Conservative | Andrew Constable | 1,576 | 23.9 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 1,146 | 17.3 | −22.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,596 | 80.4 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,205 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,606 | 50.9 | −18.8 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Joseph Burgess | 1,888 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Low | 1,592 | 22.5 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 1,718 | 24.3 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,086 | 84.2 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,414 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,878 | 64.3 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | William Low | 2,155 | 35.7 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 1,723 | 28.6 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,033 | 72.0 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Robert Harcourt
- Unionist: John Hossell Henderson[23]
- Labour: James Maxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Sturrock | 9,309 | 76.0 | +11.7 |
Labour | H. N. Brailsford | 2,940 | 24.0 | New | |
Majority | 6,369 | 52.0 | +23.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,249 | 49.1 | −22.9 | ||
Registered electors | 24,956 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Sturrock | 8,407 | 54.4 | −21.6 | |
Labour | John Carnegie | 7,044 | 45.6 | +21.6 | |
Majority | 1,363 | 8.8 | −43.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,451 | 62.7 | +13.6 | ||
Registered electors | 24,628 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | −21.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sturrock | 8,717 | 55.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | John Carnegie | 7,032 | 44.7 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,685 | 10.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,749 | 62.9 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 25,031 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 9,226 | 57.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Thomas Barron | 6,914 | 42.8 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 2,312 | 14.4 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 16,140 | 68.5 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 23,568 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 11,715 | 55.5 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Thomas Irwin | 9,381 | 44.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,334 | 11.0 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,096 | 71.3 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 29,573 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 17,212 | 77.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Arthur Fraser Macintosh | 5,137 | 23.0 | −21.5 | |
Majority | 12,075 | 54.0 | +43.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,349 | 74.6 | +3.3 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Charles Kerr | 7,963 | 46.9 | −30.1 | |
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 7,030 | 41.4 | +18.4 | |
National (Scotland) | Douglas Emslie | 1,996 | 11.7 | New | |
Majority | 933 | 5.5 | −48.5 | ||
Turnout | 16,989 | 56.7 | −17.9 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Charles Kerr | 15,198 | 69.6 | −7.4 | |
Labour | James Erskine Harper | 6,632 | 30.4 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 8,566 | 39.2 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,830 | 70.6 | −4.0 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: John Maclay
- Labour: Olive R Crutchley[30]
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Maclay | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Maclay | 13,966 | 58.2 | −11.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Alexander MacNair | 10,011 | 41.8 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 3,955 | 16.4 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 24,007 | 72.3 | +1.7 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
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