Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Replaced by	Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire; Kinross & Western Perthshire

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

Subdivisions of ScotlandClackmannanshire, Kinross-shire

SeatsOne

Created fromClackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Replaced byClackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire
Kinross & Western Perthshire

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From 1708 to 1832 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire had been paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.

From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.

From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1832	Sir Charles Adam	Whig^[2]^[3]
	1841	George Abercromby	Whig^[2]^[4]
	1842 by-election	Sir William Morison	Whig^[5]
	1851 by-election	James Johnstone	Peelite^[6]^[7]
	1857	Viscount Melgund	Whig^[8]^[9]
	1859	Sir William Patrick Adam	Liberal
	1880 by-election	John Balfour	Liberal
	1899 by-election	Eugene Wason	Liberal
	1916	Eugene Wason	Coalition Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Charles Adam	527	72.9
	Tory	Robert Bruce	196	27.1
Majority			331	45.8
Turnout			723	82.3
Registered electors			879
	Whig win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Adam	447	61.1	−11.8
	Conservative	Robert Bruce	285	38.9	+11.8
Majority			162	22.2	−23.6
Turnout			732	73.9	−8.4
Registered electors			990
	Whig hold		Swing	−11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Charles Adam	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Adam	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,181
	Whig hold

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

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Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Replaced by	Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire Kinross & Western Perthshire

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	George Abercromby	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,272
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	William Morison	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,373
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	James Johnstone	328	55.5	*New*
	Whig	William Patrick Adam^[6]	263	44.5	N/A
Majority			65	11.0	N/A
Turnout			591	42.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,385
	Peelite gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,836
	Whig gain from Peelite

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Patrick Adam	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,932
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Patrick Adam	943	66.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Richard Haig^[12]	468	33.2	New
Majority			475	33.6	N/A
Turnout			1,411	74.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,896
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Patrick Adam	1,150	71.5	+4.7
	Conservative	James Richard Haig^[12]	458	28.5	−4.7
Majority			692	43.0	+9.4
Turnout			1,608	77.2	+2.8
Registered electors			2,084
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Balfour	3,159	63.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Congalton Bethune	1,844	36.9	N/A
Majority			1,315	26.2	N/A
Turnout			5,003	72.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,930
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Balfour	3,541	64.8	+1.7
	Liberal Unionist	James Edward Tierney Aitchison	1,927	35.2	−1.7
Majority			1,614	29.6	+3.4
Turnout			5,468	72.6	+0.4
Registered electors			7,535
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

1899 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,489	54.0	−0.8
	Conservative	George Younger	2,973	46.0	+0.8
Majority			516	8.0	−1.6
Turnout			6,462	83.7	+8.0
Registered electors			7,722
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.8

General election 1900: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires ^[17]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,284	52.8	−2.0
	Conservative	George Younger	2,933	47.2	+2.0
Majority			351	5.6	−4.0
Turnout			6,217	81.7	+6.0
Registered electors			7,609
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

General election 1906: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires^[18]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	4,027	60.3	+7.5
	Liberal Unionist	James Avon Clyde	2,648	39.7	−7.5
Majority			1,379	20.6	+15.0
Turnout			6,675	84.3	+2.6
Registered electors			7,919
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

General election, January 1910: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires^[19]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,971	59.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Nelson Briggs Constable	2,703	40.5	+0.8
Majority			1,268	19.0	−1.6
Turnout			6,674	82.4	−1.9
Registered electors			8,103
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Balfour	3,133	54.8	−10.0
	Conservative	George Younger	2,588	45.2	+10.0
Majority			545	9.6	−20.0
Turnout			5,721	75.7	+3.1
Registered electors			7,561
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0