Berwick and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)
Berwick and East Lothian was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first past the post system.
Berwick and East Lothian | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Berwickshire, East Lothian |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Berwick and Haddington |
Replaced by | East Lothian Roxburgh & Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale[1] |
Boundaries
Berwick and East Lothian covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian. It was largely created from Berwick and Haddington and was replaced by East Lothian and part of Roxburgh and Berwickshire for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | John Robertson | Labour | |
1951 | William Anstruther-Gray | Unionist | |
1966 | John Mackintosh | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Michael Ancram | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | John Mackintosh | Labour | |
1978 by-election | John Home Robertson | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
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Berwickshire constituencies electoral history
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Robertson | 17,105 | 40.9 | |
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 15,377 | 36.8 | |
Liberal | Anthony Stodart | 9,352 | 22.4 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,834 | 82.8 | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 22,510 | 52.8 | +16.0 | |
Labour | John Robertson | 20,152 | 47.2 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 2,358 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,662 | 83.8 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 21,739 | 53.3 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Penry Jones | 19,029 | 46.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 6.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,768 | 80.3 | −3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 22,472 | 53.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Penry Jones | 19,622 | 46.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,850 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,094 | 83.2 | +2.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 21,669 | 50.7 | −2.7 | |
Labour | John Mackintosh | 21,044 | 49.3 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 625 | 1.4 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,713 | 85.0 | +1.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 22,620 | 51.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | William Anstruther-Gray | 20,931 | 48.1 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 1,689 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,551 | 86.1 | +1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 21,107 | 45.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | J. Donald M. Hardie | 20,466 | 44.2 | −3.9 | |
SNP | David Rae Fisher Simpson | 4,735 | 10.2 | New | |
Majority | 641 | 1.4 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,308 | 83.7 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 21,234 | 43.4 | −0.8 | |
Labour | John Mackintosh | 20,694 | 42.3 | −3.3 | |
SNP | David Rae Fisher Simpson | 6,956 | 14.2 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 540 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,884 | 85.8 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 20,682 | 43.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 17,942 | 37.6 | −5.8 | |
SNP | R. Macleod | 6,323 | 13.2 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | C. F. Lawson | 2,811 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,740 | 5.7 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,758 | 80.8 | −5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Home Robertson | 20,530 | 47.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 17,418 | 40.2 | +2.6 | |
SNP | Isobel Lindsay | 3,799 | 8.8 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Tam Glen | 1,543 | 3.6 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 3,112 | 7.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,290 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Home Robertson | 21,977 | 43.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 20,304 | 40.2 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Tam Glen | 4,948 | 9.8 | +3.9 | |
SNP | Allan Macartney | 3,300 | 6.5 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 1,673 | 3.3 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 60,919 | 82.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "'Berwick and East Lothian', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons.
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1963.
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1977.
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