Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgowshire
Linlithgowshire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Linlithgowshire
1708–1950
Seats	One
Replaced by	West Lothian

Linlithgowshire was a Scottish county constituency of Great Britain and after 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was replaced in 1950 by an equivalent constituency named West Lothian.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Linlithgowshire.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until 1950.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

For the 1950 general election, the constituency was abolished and replaced by West Lothian.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708	Lord Johnstone
	1708	John Houston
	1713	Sir James Carmichael
	1714	John Houston
	1715	Sir James Cunynghame
	1722	George Dundas^[6]
	1727	Alexander Hamilton
	1741	George Dundas
	1743	Charles Hope-Weir
	1768	John Hope
	1770	James Dundas
	1774	Sir William Cunynghame
	1790	John Hope	Tory^[7]
	1800	Sir Alexander Hope	Tory^[7]^[8]
	1834	Sir Alexander Hope	Conservative^[7]^[8]
	1835	James Hope	Conservative^[7]^[8]
	1838	Charles Hope	Conservative^[7]^[8]
	1845	William Baillie	Conservative^[8]
	1847	George Dundas	Conservative^[8]
	Feb. 1859	Charles Baillie	Conservative^[8]
	May 1859	Walter Ferrier Hamilton	Liberal^[8]
	1865	Peter McLagan	Liberal^[8]
	1893	Thomas Hope	Conservative
	1895	Alexander Ure	Liberal
	1913	John Pratt	Liberal
	1918	James Kidd	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1924	James Kidd	Unionist
	1928	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1931	Sir Adrian Baillie	Unionist
	1935	George Mathers	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Alexander Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			68
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Alexander Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			68
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Alexander Hope	267	51.3
	Whig	James Joseph Hope-Vere	253	48.7
Majority			14	2.6
Turnout			520	86.7
Registered electors			600
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			692
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Hope	329	63.3
	Whig	Robert Fulke Greville^[10]	191	36.7
Majority			138	26.6
Turnout			520	71.7
Registered electors			725
	Conservative hold

Hope resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 June 1838: Linlithgowshire ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hope	330	61.1	−2.2
	Whig	James Johnston	210	38.9	+2.2
Majority			120	22.2	−4.4
Turnout			540	73.6	+1.9
Registered electors			734
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			686
	Conservative hold

Hope was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, London, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 October 1841: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hope	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Hope resigned after being appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, causing a by-election.

By-election, 22 August 1845: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Baillie	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Dundas	Unopposed
Registered electors			596
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Dundas	Unopposed
Registered electors			502
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Dundas	Unopposed
Registered electors			427
	Conservative hold

Dundas resigned upon his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, causing a by-election.

By-election, 5 February 1859: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Baillie	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter Ferrier Hamilton	Unopposed
Registered electors			425
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	Unopposed
Registered electors			813
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	600	60.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Pender^[11]	385	39.1	N/A
Majority			215	21.8	N/A
Turnout			985	80.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,226
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,198
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Linlithgowshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	747	74.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Robertson	256	25.5	New
Majority			491	49.0	N/A
Turnout			1,003	81.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,232
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1885: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	3,801	70.3	−4.2
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,606	29.7	+4.2
Majority			2,195	40.6	−8.4
Turnout			5,407	79.4	−2.0
Registered electors			6,808
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

General election 1886: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,543	58.4	−11.9
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,810	41.6	+11.9
Majority			733	16.8	−23.8
Turnout			4,353	63.9	−15.5
Registered electors			6,808
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,870	51.4	−7.0
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	2,709	48.6	+7.0
Majority			161	2.8	−14.0
Turnout			5,579	79.2	+15.3
Registered electors			7,042
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.0

1893 Linlithgowshire by-election^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	3,240	51.3	+2.7
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,071	48.7	−2.7
Majority			169	2.6	N/A
Turnout			6,311	86.3	+7.1
Registered electors			7,315
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.7

General election 1895: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,760	54.4	+3.0
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	3,153	45.6	−3.0
Majority			607	8.8	+6.0
Turnout			6,913	88.4	+9.2
Registered electors			7,823
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,827	55.8	+1.4
	Conservative	David Dundas	3,034	44.2	−1.4
Majority			793	11.6	+2.8
Turnout			6,861	81.2	−7.2
Registered electors			8,450
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 1906: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	5,282	65.7	+9.9
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	2,761	34.3	−9.9
Majority			2,521	31.4	+19.8
Turnout			8,043	78.1	−3.1
Registered electors			10,301
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	6,451	64.6	−1.1
	Liberal Unionist	William Charles Smith	3,536	35.4	+1.1
Majority			2,915	29.2	−2.2
Turnout			9,987	84.6	+6.5
Registered electors			11,810
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

General election December 1910: Linlithgowshire ^[12]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	5,835	60.8	−3.8
	Conservative	James Kidd	3,765	39.2	+3.8
Majority			2,070	21.6	−7.6
Turnout			9,600	81.1	−3.5
Registered electors			11,840
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.8

1913 Linlithgowshire by-election^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pratt	5,615	52.4	−8.4
	Unionist	James Kidd	5,094	47.6	+8.4
Majority			521	4.8	−16.8
Turnout			10,709	87.8	+6.7
Registered electors			12,193
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.4

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: John Pratt
Unionist: James Kidd
Labour: (George Dallas ?)

General election 1918: Linlithgowshire ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	James Kidd	12,898	59.7	+20.5
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	8,723	40.3	New
Majority			4,175	19.4	N/A
Turnout			21,621	66.4	−14.7
Registered electors			32,562
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Linlithgowshire ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	12,625	46.4	+6.1
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,993	33.0	−29.7
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,605	20.6	New
Majority			3,632	13.4	N/A
Turnout			27,223	76.5	+10.1
Registered electors			35,582
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+17.9

General election 1923: Linlithgowshire ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	13,304	50.9	+4.5
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,149	31.2	−1.8
	Liberal	James Johnston	4,691	17.9	−2.7
Majority			5,155	19.7	+6.3
Turnout			26,144	71.7	−4.8
Registered electors			36,459
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1924: Linlithgowshire ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Kidd	14,765	51.1	+19.9
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	14,123	48.9	−2.0
Majority			642	2.2	N/A
Turnout			28,888	80.0	+8.3
Registered electors			36,122
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+11.0

1928 Linlithgowshire by-election^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	14,446	49.1	+0.2
	Unionist	Margaret Kidd	9,268	31.5	−19.6
	Liberal	Douglas Young	5,690	19.4	New
Majority			5,178	17.6	N/A
Turnout			29,044	81.5	+1.5
Registered electors			36,082
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.9

General election 1929: Linlithgowshire^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	18,063	51.6	+2.7
	Unionist	Adrian Baillie	11,241	32.1	−19.0
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,722	16.3	N/A
Majority			6,822	19.5	N/A
Turnout			35,026	77.9	−2.1
Registered electors			44,962
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Linlithgowshire^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Adrian Baillie	20,476	54.7	+22.6
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	16,956	45.3	−6.3
Majority			3,520	9.4	N/A
Turnout			37,432	82.1	+4.2
Registered electors			45,612
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+14.5

General election 1935: Linlithgowshire ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mathers	20,905	54.1	+8.8
	Unionist	Adrian Baillie	17,730	45.9	−8.8
Majority			3,175	8.2	N/A
Turnout			38,635	80.8	−1.3
Registered electors			47,813
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.8

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Linlithgowshire ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mathers	24,762	64.1	+10.0
	Unionist	Rupert Speir	13,871	35.9	−10.0
Majority			10,891	28.2	+20.0
Turnout			38,633	73.2	−7.6
Registered electors			52,752
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.0

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^ "Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

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[HOP1754-3] "Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[HOP1790-4] "Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[HOP1820-5] "Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[6] "DUNDAS, George (1690-1762), of Dundas, Linlithgow". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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[hop1820-1832-9] Fisher, David R. "Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[10] "Page 3". Caledonian Mercury. 3 August 1837. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "The New Parliament". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 November 1868. p. 6. Retrieved 25 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[ReferenceA-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[ReferenceB-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[14] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

[ReferenceC-15] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[ReferenceD-16] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

[17] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

[18] Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

[19] The Times, 17 November 1922

[20] The Times, 8 December 1923

[21] Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927

[22] The Times, 7 April 1928

[23] The Times, 1 June 1929

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[25] Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

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