Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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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.
| Midlothian and Peebles Northern | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Midlothian |
| Replaced by | Midlothian and Peebles and Edinburgh Pentlands |
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
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Sir John Hope | Unionist | |
| 1922 | George Hutchison | Unionist | |
| 1923 | Andrew Clarke | Labour | |
| 1924 | Sir George Hutchison | Unionist | |
| 1929 by-election | Andrew 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John Hope | 7,762 | 62.1 | |
| Independent | John Brownlie Cadzow | 4,737 | 37.9 | ||
| Majority | 3,025 | 24.2 | |||
| Turnout | 12,499 | 49.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,291 | ||||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Hutchison | 7,416 | 40.9 | −21.2 | |
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 6,942 | 38.3 | New | |
| Liberal | Edward Rolland McNab | 3,770 | 20.8 | New | |
| Majority | 474 | 2.6 | −21.6 | ||
| Turnout | 18,128 | 72.7 | +23.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 24,939 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 8,570 | 45.3 | +7.0 | |
| Unionist | George Hutchison | 6,731 | 35.7 | −5.2 | |
| Liberal | Charles de Bois Murray | 3,578 | 19.0 | −1.8 | |
| Majority | 1,839 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,879 | 74.7 | +2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,278 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Hutchison | 11,320 | 55.2 | +19.5 | |
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 9,173 | 44.8 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 2,147 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,493 | 79.2 | +4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,889 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +10.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 7,917 | 42.0 | −2.8 | |
| Unionist | John Colville | 6,965 | 36.9 | −18.3 | |
| Liberal | David Edwin Keir | 3,130 | 16.6 | New | |
| National (Scotland) | Lewis Spence | 842 | 4.5 | New | |
| Majority | 952 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,854 | 66.0 | −13.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 28,586 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Colville | 11,219 | 39.1 | −16.1 | |
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 10,779 | 37.5 | −7.3 | |
| Liberal | David Edwin Keir | 6,726 | 23.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 440 | 1.6 | −8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 28,724 | 78.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 36,471 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Colville | 22,211 | 72.3 | +33.2 | |
| Labour | Andrew Clarke | 8,501 | 27.7 | −9.8 | |
| Majority | 13,710 | 44.6 | +43.0 | ||
| Turnout | 30,712 | 78.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Colville | 23,711 | 62.9 | −9.4 | |
| Labour | James Lean | 13,970 | 37.1 | +9.4 | |
| Majority | 9,741 | 25.85 | −18.8 | ||
| Turnout | 37,681 | 74.3 | −3.9 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | David Murray | 11,620 | 51.9 | −11.0 | |
| Common Wealth | Tom Wintringham | 10,751 | 48.1 | New | |
| Majority | 869 | 3.8 | −22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 22,371 | 34.6 | −39.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −11.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Hope | 24,834 | 47.95 | ||
| Labour | James Lean | 23,657 | 45.68 | ||
| Common Wealth | Kitty Wintringham | 3,299 | 6.37 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,177 | 2.27 | |||
| Turnout | 51,790 | 70.33 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||