Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)

Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Replaced by Edinburgh Pentlands
Created from Midlothian

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. Along with Peebles and Southern, it was formed by dividing the old Midlothian constituency.

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Calder and Suburban County Districts, the burgh of Dalkeith, and that part of the Lasswade County District which is included in the extra-burghal portions of the parishes of Dalkeith and Inveresk."

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1]Party
1918 Sir John Augustus Hope Unionist
1922 George Aitken Clark Hutchison Unionist
1923 Andrew Bathgate Clarke Labour
1924 Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison Unionist
1929 by-election Andrew Bathgate Clarke Labour
1929 John Colville Unionist
1943 by-election Sir David King Murray Unionist
1945 Lord John Hope Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Sir John Augustus Hope 7,710
Independent J.B. Cadzow 4,198

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 7,416 40.9
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 6,942 38.3 n/a
Liberal Edward R. McNab 3,770 20.8 n/a
Majority 474 2.6
Turnout 18,128
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 8,570
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 6,731
Liberal Charles de Bois Murray 3,578
Majority 1,839
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1924: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist George Aitken Clark Hutchison 11,320
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 9,173
Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1929 [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 7,917 42.0 +2.8
Unionist David John Colville 6,965 36.9 −18.3
Liberal David Edwin Keir 3,130 16.6 N/A
National (Scotland) James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence 842 4.5 N/A
Majority 952 5.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1929: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist David John Colville 11,219 39.1
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 10,779 37.5
Liberal David Edwin Keir 6,726 23.4
Majority 440 1.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Midlothian and Peebles Northern[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist David John Colville 22,211 72.3
Labour Andrew Bathgate Clarke 8,501 27.7
Majority 13,710 44.6
Turnout 30,712 78.2
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1935: Midlothian and Peebles Northern [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist David John Colville 23,711 62.9
Labour James Lean 13,970 37.1
Majority 9,741 25.85
Turnout 37,681 74.3
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1943 [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Sir Thomas David King Murray 11,620 51.9 −11.0
Common Wealth Thomas Henry Wintringham 10,751 48.1 N/A
Majority 869 3.8 −22.0
Turnout 22,371 34.6 −39.7
Unionist hold Swing −11.0
General Election 1945: Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist John Adrian Louis Hope 24,834 47.95
Labour James Lean 23,657 45.68
Common Wealth Kitty Wintringham 3,299 6.37
Majority 1,177 2.27
Turnout 51,790 70.33
Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  2. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  3. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  4. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book 1929
  5. ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1929
  6. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  7. ↑ The Times, 31 January 1929
  8. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  11. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  12. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 638. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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