Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcaldy Burghs
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Kirkcaldy
1832–1950
Number of members One
Type of constituency District of burghs constituency

Kirkcaldy Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1832 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. From 1832 to 1950 it was, officially, a district of burghs constituency.

Boundaries

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In 1918 the constituency covered the burghs of Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven, Burntisland, Dysart and Kinghorn.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Notes
1832 Robert Ferguson
1835 John Fergus
1837 Robert Ferguson
1841 by-election Robert Ferguson
1862 by-election Roger Sinclair Aytoun
1874 Robert Reid
1875 by-election Sir George Campbell Liberal
1892 by-election Sir James Henry Dalziel Liberal later Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy
1921 by-election Thomas Kennedy Labour
1922 Sir Robert Hutchison National Liberal later Baron Hutchison of Montrose
1923 Thomas Kennedy Labour
1931 Albert Russell Unionist
1935 Thomas Kennedy Labour
1944 by-election Thomas Hubbard Labour
1959 Harry Gourlay Labour subsequently MP for Kirkcaldy
Feb. 1974 constituency abolished: see Kirkcaldy

Election results

Elections in the 1860s

At the United Kingdom general election, 1868 Roger Sinclair Aytoun was returned unopposed.[1]

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Kirkcaldy Burghs [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir George Campbell 2,180
Independent Liberal John Malcolm Inglis 1,504
Conservative Hugh Thomas Munro 746
Majority 676
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1886: Kirkcaldy Burghs [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir George Campbell 2,014
Liberal Unionist Thomas Barclay 911
Majority 1,103
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Henry Dalziel
Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1892
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Henry Dalziel 2,567
Liberal Unionist Robert Cox 1,531
Majority 1,036
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Henry Dalziel 2,741
Liberal Unionist John Chisholm 939
Majority 1,802
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1895: Kirkcaldy Burghs [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Henry Dalziel 3,078
Conservative Charles Granville Kekewich 1,122
Majority 1,956
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Kirkcaldy Burghs [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Henry Dalziel 3,354
Liberal Unionist Michael Barker Nairn 2,013
Majority 1,341
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1906: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Henry Dalziel 4,659
Conservative Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable 1,410
Majority 3,249
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel 5,035 75.2
Conservative Arthur Anthony Baumann 1,659 24.8
Majority 3,376 50.4
Turnout 6,694
Liberal hold Swing
General Election Dec 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
General Election 1918: Kirkcaldy Burghs[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel unopposed n/a n/a
Coalition Liberal hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1920s

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1921[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Kennedy 11,674 53.4 n/a
Coalition Liberal Sir Robert Cook Lockhart 10,199 46.6 n/a
Majority 1,475 6.8 n/a
Turnout 65.6 n/a
Labour gain from Coalition Liberal Swing n/a
Hutchison
General Election 1922: Kirkcaldy Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Sir Robert Hutchison 12,762 51.4 +4.8
Labour Thomas Kennedy 12,089 48.6 -4.8
Majority 673 2.8 9.6
Turnout 79.3 +13.7
National Liberal gain from Labour Swing +4.8
General Election 1923: Kirkcaldy Burghs [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Kennedy 14,221 54.4 +5.8
Liberal Sir Robert Hutchison 11,937 45.6 -5.8
Majority 2,284 8.8 11.6
Turnout 81.7 +2.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +5.8
General Election 1924: Kirkcaldy Burghs [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Kennedy 14,038 52.7 -1.7
Liberal John Murray 12,607 47.3 +1.7
Majority 1,431 5.4 -3.4
Turnout 81.8
Labour hold Swing -1.7
General Election 1929: Kirkcaldy Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Kennedy 17,410 59.6 +6.9
Unionist Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn 11,805 40.4 n/a
Majority 5,605 19.2 +13.8
Turnout 72.2 -9.6
Labour hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Kirkcaldy Burghs[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Russell 19,132 56.9 +16.5
Labour Rt Hon. Thomas Kennedy 14,492 43.1 -16.5
Majority 33.0
Turnout 81.1 +8.9
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +16.5
General Election 1935: Kirkcaldy Burghs [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rt Hon. Thomas Kennedy 19,457 56.3 +13.2
Unionist Albert Russell 15,086 43.7 -13.2
Majority 4,371 12.6 26.4
Turnout 79.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +13.2

Elections in the 1940s

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard
SNP Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1945: Kirkcaldy Burghs[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard 15,401 45.02 -11.28
Unionist WCG Guest 10,099 29.52 -14.18
SNP Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young 5,811 16.99 N/A
Communist J McArthur 2,898 8.47 N/A
Majority 5,302 15.50 +2.90
Turnout 34,209 76.40 -3.50
Registered electors 44,778
Labour hold Swing +1.45

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Kirkcaldy Burghs[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard 25,756 59.97 +14.95
Unionist R Bell 17,192 40.03 +10.51
Majority 8,564 19.94 +4.44
Turnout 42,948 84.80 +8.40
Registered electors 50,645
Labour hold Swing +2.22
General Election 1951: Kirkcaldy Burghs[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard 26,885 60.59 +0.62
Unionist (National Liberal) Ralph Harris 17,484 39.41 -0.62
Majority 9,401 21.19 +1.24
Turnout 44,369 84.63 -0.17
Registered electors 52,427
Labour hold Swing +0.62
General Election 1955: Kirkcaldy Burghs[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard 23,861 59.28 -1.31
Unionist (National Liberal) Duncan Drummond Young 16,392 40.72 +1.31
Majority 7,469 18.56 -2.62
Turnout 40,253 75.31 -9.32
Registered electors 53,450
Labour hold Swing -1.31
General Election 1959: Kirkcaldy Burghs[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay 25,428 58.28 -1.00
Unionist James Law 14,186 32.51 -8.21
Liberal David Blyth 4,020 9.21 N/A
Majority 11,242 25.76 +7.20
Turnout 43,634 80.46 +5.15
Registered electors 54,232
Labour hold Swing +3.61

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Kirkcaldy Burghs[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay 24,263 59.99 +1.71
Unionist (National Liberal) Neil Gow 11,756 29.07 N/A
SNP James Corson Lees 4,423 10.94 N/A
Majority 12,507 30.93 +5.17
Turnout 40,442 77.25 -3.21
Registered electors 52,355
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Kirkcaldy Burghs[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay 23,273 59.62 -0.37
Conservative Neil Gow 10,539 27.00 -2.07
SNP James Corson Lees 4,423 13.38 +2.44
Majority 12,734 32.62 +1.59
Turnout 39,035 75.41 -1.84
Registered electors 52,355
Labour hold Swing +0.85

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Kirkcaldy Burghs[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay 22,986 56.01 -3.61
Conservative A Myles Hogg 13,193 32.15 +5.15
SNP James Corson Lees 4,863 11.85 -1.53
Majority 9,793 23.86 -8.76
Turnout 41,042 71.87 -3.54
Registered electors 52,355
Labour hold Swing -4.38

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  11. ↑ The Times, 7 March 1921
  12. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  13. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  14. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  15. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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