Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Major settlementsEdinburgh
SeatsOne
Created fromEdinburgh Central, Edinburgh West and Leith Burghs
Replaced byEdinburgh Central, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West[1]
Quick facts Major settlements, 1918–1983 ...
Edinburgh North
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlementsEdinburgh
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromEdinburgh Central, Edinburgh West and Leith Burghs
Replaced byEdinburgh Central, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West[1]
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Boundaries

1918–1950: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.[2]

1950–1955: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.[3]

1955–1974: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh, and part of the St. Bernard's ward.[4]

1974–1983: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Bernard's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.[5]

Members of Parliament

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YearMember[6]Party
1918James Avon ClydeUnionist
1920 by-electionPatrick FordUnionist
1923Peter RaffanLiberal
1924Sir Patrick FordUnionist
1935Alexander Erskine-HillUnionist
1945George WillisLabour
1950James Latham ClydeUnionist
1955 by-electionWilliam MilliganUnionist
1960 by-electionLord DalkeithUnionist
1965 Conservative
1973 by-electionAlexander FletcherConservative
1983 constituency abolished
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Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Edinburgh North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Rt Hon. James Avon Clyde 11,879 63.0
Liberal James Johnston 6,986 37.0
Majority 4,893 26.0
Turnout 18,865 53.0
Unionist win
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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Elections in the 1920s

Runciman
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1920 Edinburgh North by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 9,944 44.8 −18.2
Liberal Rt Hon. Walter Runciman 8,469 38.1 +1.1
Labour David Graham Pole 3,808 17.1 New
Majority 1,475 6.7 −19.3
Turnout 22,221 62.3 +9.3
Unionist hold Swing -9.7
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General election 1922: Edinburgh North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 14,805 61.8 +17.0
Liberal P. H. Allan 9,165 38.2 +0.1
Majority 5,640 23.6 +16.9
Turnout 23,970
Unionist hold Swing +8.4
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General election 1923: Edinburgh North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 13,744 55.7 +17.5
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 10,909 44.3 −17.5
Majority 2,835 11.4 N/A
Turnout 24,653 66.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +17.5
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Stewart
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General election 1924: Edinburgh North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 14,461 49.3 +5.0
Labour Eleanor Stewart 8,192 27.9 New
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 6,669 22.7 −33.0
Majority 6,269 21.4 N/A
Turnout 29,322 78.0 +11.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
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General election 1929: Edinburgh North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 13,993 39.7 −9.6
Labour Eleanor Stewart 11,340 32.2 +4.3
Liberal William Mitchell 9,877 28.1 +5.4
Majority 2,653 7.5 −13.9
Turnout 35,210 73.8 −4.2
Unionist hold Swing -6.9
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Edinburgh North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 26,361 75.03 +35.3
Labour Robert Gibson 8,771 24.97 −7.2
Majority 17,590 50.06 +42.5
Turnout 35,132 74.38 +0.60
Registered electors 47,234
Unionist hold Swing +19.05
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Chrystal Macmillan
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General election 1935: Edinburgh North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill 20,776 66.53 −8.50
Labour Gerald Walker Crawford 8,654 27.71 +2.74
Liberal Jessie Chrystal Macmillan 1,798 5.76 New
Majority 12,122 38.82 −11.26
Turnout 31,228 66.75 −7.63
Registered electors 46,786
Unionist hold Swing -5.62
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Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

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General election 1945: Edinburgh North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eustace George Willis 12,825 45.10 +17.39
Unionist Sir Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill 12,270 43.14 −23.39
Liberal Charles Hampton Johnston 3,344 11.76 +6.00
Majority 555 1.96 N/A
Turnout 28,439 64.75 −2.00
Registered electors 43,921
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +20.39
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Edinburgh North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Latham McDiarmid Clyde 17,826 51.21 +8.07
Labour Eustace George Willis 13,683 39.31 −5.79
Liberal Iain Padruig Crawford 3,303 9.49 −2.27
Majority 4,143 11.90 N/A
Turnout 34,812 78.71 +13.96
Registered electors 44,226
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +6.93
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General election 1951: Edinburgh North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Latham McDiarmid Clyde 20,836 58.79 +7.58
Labour Eustace George Willis 14,604 41.21 +1.90
Majority 6,232 17.58 +5.68
Turnout 35,440 80.01 +1.30
Registered electors 44,294
Unionist hold Swing +2.84
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1955 Edinburgh North by-election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 11,413 59.41 +0.62
Labour George Scott 7,799 40.59 −0.62
Majority 3,614 18.82 +1.24
Turnout 19,212
Unionist hold Swing
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General election 1955: Edinburgh North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 20,425 61.73 +2.94
Labour George Scott 12,664 38.27 −2.94
Majority 7,761 23.46 +5.88
Turnout 33,089 72.01 −8.00
Registered electors 45,952
Unionist hold Swing +2.94
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General election 1959: Edinburgh North[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 19,991 64.02 +2.29
Labour George Gordon Stott 11,235 35.98 −2.29
Majority 8,756 28.04 +4.59
Turnout 31,226 73.87 +1.86
Registered electors 42,270
Unionist hold Swing +2.29
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Elections in the 1960s

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1960 Edinburgh North by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 12,109 54.20 −9.82
Labour Ronald King Murray 6,775 30.32 −5.66
Liberal Richard McPake 3,458 15.50 New
Majority 5,334 23.87 −4.17
Turnout 22,342 53.10 −20.77
Unionist hold Swing -2.05
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General election 1964: Edinburgh North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 17,094 58.23 −5.79
Labour Alexander D Reid 12,264 41.77 +5.79
Majority 4,830 16.46 −11.58
Turnout 29,358 73.60 −0.27
Registered electors 39,888
Unionist hold Swing -5.79
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General election 1966: Edinburgh North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 13,765 50.30 −7.93
Labour Walter Dalgleish 10,730 39.21 −2.56
Liberal Lawrence Oliver 2,871 10.49 New
Majority 3,035 11.09 −5.36
Turnout 27,366 73.85 +0.25
Registered electors 37,056
Conservative hold Swing -2.69
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Edinburgh North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Douglas–Scott 13,005 52.85 +2.55
Labour Robin Cook 9,127 37.09 −2.12
Liberal C Alistair Dow 2,475 10.06 −0.43
Majority 3,878 15.76 +4.67
Turnout 24,607 70.05 −3.80
Registered electors 35,128
Conservative hold Swing +2.34
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1973 Edinburgh North by-election[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Fletcher 7,208 38.69 −14.16
Labour Robert Cairns 4,467 23.98 −13.11
SNP William Wolfe 3,526 19.11 New
Liberal Ronald Guild 3,431 18.42 +8.36
Majority 2,741 14.71 −1.05
Turnout 18,632
Registered electors 35,128
Conservative hold Swing
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1970 notional result[21]
Party Vote %
Conservative19,30055.46
Labour12,20035.06
Liberal3,3009.48
Turnout 34,800 71.19
Electorate 48,884
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General election February 1974: Edinburgh North[22][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Fletcher 16,417 45.78 –9.68
Labour Robert Cairns 9,404 26.23 –8.83
Liberal Ronald Guild 5,487 15.30 +5.82
SNP James Lynch 4,550 12.69 N/A
Majority 7,013 19.56 +3.80
Turnout 35,858 76.40 +5.21
Registered electors 46,936 –1,948
Conservative hold Swing –0.42
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General election October 1974: Edinburgh North[23][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Fletcher 12,856 39.34 –6.44
Labour Martin O'Neill 8,465 25.90 –0.32
SNP James Lynch 7,681 23.50 +10.82
Liberal Murdoch MacDonald 3,677 11.25 –4.05
Majority 4,391 13.44 –6.12
Turnout 32,679 69.21 –7.19
Registered electors 47,215
Conservative hold Swing –3.06
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General election 1979: Edinburgh North[24][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Fletcher 14,170 43.59 +4.25
Labour Neil Lindsay 9,773 30.06 +4.16
Liberal Ronald Guild 5,045 15.52 +4.27
SNP Neil MacCormick 3,521 10.83 –12.67
Majority 4,397 13.53 +0.09
Turnout 32,509 71.76 +2.55
Registered electors 45,303
Conservative hold Swing +0.04
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