Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	1890–1975: Ross and Cromarty; 1975–1983: Highland
1832–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Inverness Burghs, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
Replaced by	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Na h-Eileanan an Iar or the Western Isles

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1832 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Subdivisions of Scotland1890–1975: Ross and Cromarty
1975–1983: Highland

SeatsOne

Created fromInverness Burghs, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire

Replaced byRoss, Cromarty and Skye

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When created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 it combined in one seat the former seats Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.

In 1918 Lewis (a large island several miles offshore) was taken from the seat and merged into the then new Western Isles constituency, and the Fortrose component of the former Inverness Burghs constituency and the Dingwall and Cromarty Parliamentary burghs which formed part of the Wick Burghs constituency were merged into the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

In 1983 the remaining area of the seat was merged with the Isle of Skye and Isle of Raasay areas of the then-Inverness seat to form Ross, Cromarty and Skye.

Election		Member^[1]	Party	Notes
	1832	James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie	Whig^[2]
	1837	Thomas Mackenzie	Conservative^[2]
	1847	Sir James Matheson	Whig^[3]^[4]^[5]
	1859	Sir James Matheson	Liberal
	1868	Alexander Matheson
	1884 by-election	Ronald Munro-Ferguson Later Viscount Novar
	1885	Roderick Macdonald	Crofters
	1892	James Galloway Weir	Liberal
	1911 by-election	Ian Macpherson	Liberal
	1916		Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923		Liberal
	1931		Liberal National	Later made Baron Strathcarron
	1936 by-election	Malcolm MacDonald	National Labour
	1945	John MacLeod	Independent Liberal
	1947	John MacLeod	National Liberal
	1964	Alasdair Mackenzie	Liberal
	1970	Hamish Gray	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie	272	64.8
	Tory	Hugh Alexander Johnstone Munro	148	35.2
Majority			124	29.6
Turnout			420	81.4
Registered electors			516
	Whig win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie	241	54.6	−10.2
	Conservative	Thomas Mackenzie	200	45.4	+10.2
Majority			41	9.2	−20.4
Turnout			441	74.2	−7.2
Registered electors			594
	Whig hold		Swing	−10.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Mackenzie	307	61.0	+15.6
	Whig	William Mackenzie	196	39.0	−15.6
Majority			111	22.0	N/A
Turnout			503	66.7	−7.5
Registered electors			754
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+15.6

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Mackenzie	Unopposed
Registered electors			754
	Conservative gain from Whig

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Ross and Cromarty
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	1890–1975: Ross and Cromarty 1975–1983: Highland
1832–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Inverness Burghs, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
Replaced by	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Na h-Eileanan an Iar or the Western Isles

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	James Matheson	Unopposed
Registered electors			827
	Whig gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Matheson	288	56.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	George William Holmes Ross^[7]	218	43.1	New
Majority			70	13.8	N/A
Turnout			506	60.8	N/A
Registered electors			832
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Matheson	Unopposed
Registered electors			851
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Matheson	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,564
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	717	55.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Alasdair Mackenzie	334	25.7	New
	Crofters	Roderick Macdonald	248	19.1	New
Majority			383	29.5	N/A
Turnout			1,299	75.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,721
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal (Crofters)	Roderick Macdonald	4,942	62.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	2,925	37.2	N/A
Majority			2,017	25.6	N/A
Turnout			7,867	76.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,265
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Crofters)	Roderick Macdonald	4,263	78.1	+40.9
	Liberal Unionist	John Peter Grant	1,197	21.9	New
Majority			3,066	56.2	+30.6
Turnout			5,460	53.2	−23.4
Registered electors			10,265
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Crofters)	Galloway Weir	3,171	56.8	−21.3
	Liberal Unionist	Neil Maclean	2,413	43.2	+21.3
Majority			758	13.6	−42.6
Turnout			5,584	62.3	+9.1
Registered electors			8,966
	Liberal hold		Swing	−21.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Galloway Weir	3,272	57.6	+0.8
	Liberal Unionist	Randle Jackson	2,409	42.4	−0.8
Majority			863	15.2	+1.6
Turnout			5,681	68.8	+6.5
Registered electors			8,256
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

General election 1900: Ross and Cromarty Shire ^[11]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Galloway Weir	3,554	68.3	+10.7
	Conservative	J.D. Fletcher	1,651	31.7	−10.7
Majority			1,903	36.6	+21.4
Turnout			5,205	65.8	−3.0
Registered electors			7,909
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.7

General election 1918: Ross and Cromarty Shire ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	National Liberal	Ian Macpherson	8,358	78.9	*N/A*
	Highland Land League	Hector Munro	2,238	21.1	New
Majority			6,120	57.8	N/A
Turnout			10,636	51.2	N/A
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election 1922: Ross and Cromarty ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Ian Macpherson	5,923	56.7	−22.2
	Liberal	John Macdonald	4,521	43.3	−35.6
Majority			1,402	13.4	−44.4
Turnout			10,444	42.4	−8.8
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Ross and Cromarty by-election^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	Malcolm MacDonald	8,949	49.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Hector McNeil	5,967	33.0	+9.7
	Unionist	Randolph Churchill	2,427	13.4	N/A
	Liberal	Russell Thomas	738	4.1	N/A
Majority			2,982	16.5	N/A
Turnout			18,081	62.4	+11.6
	National Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Galloway Weir	3,883	68.7	+0.4
	Conservative	James Crabb Watt	1,771	31.3	−0.4
Majority			2,112	37.4	+0.8
Turnout			5,654	69.8	+4.0
Registered electors			8,101
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Galloway Weir	4,430	75.8	+7.1
	Liberal Unionist	Neil Maclean	1,418	24.2	−7.1
Majority			3,012	51.6	+14.2
Turnout			5,848	71.2	+1.4
Registered electors			8,211
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macpherson	3,717	74.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Unionist	William Templeton	1,253	25.2	New
Majority			2,464	49.6	N/A
Turnout			4,970	60.2	N/A
Registered electors			8,259
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macpherson	9,564	58.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Hugh Donald MacIntosh	6,710	41.2	New
Majority			2,854	17.6	N/A
Turnout			16,274	55.6	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Ian Macpherson	10,810	76.7	*N/A*
	Labour	John MacKinnon MacDiarmid	3,284	23.3	New
Majority			7,526	53.4	N/A
Turnout			14,094	50.8	N/A
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	John MacLeod	10,061	62.8	*New*
	Labour	Angus Mackay Mackintosh	5,959	37.2	+13.9
Majority			4,102	25.6	N/A
Turnout			16,020	62.4	+11.6
	Independent Liberal gain from National Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal (Conservative)	John MacLeod	10,912	62.6	–0.2
	Labour	Alastair C Reid	6,521	37.4	+0.2
Majority			4,391	25.2	N/A
Turnout			17,433	63.1	+0.7
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal (Conservative)	John MacLeod	10,969	64.25	+1.6
	Labour	Alastair C Reid	6,104	35.75	−1.7
Majority			4,865	28.5	+3.3
Turnout			17,073	57.5	−5.6
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal (Conservative)	John MacLeod	9,929	62.3	−1.9
	Labour	Jane B Saggar	6,003	37.7	+2.0
Majority			3,926	24.6	−3.9
Turnout			15,932	61.9	+4.4
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal (Conservative)	John MacLeod	7,813	47.2	−15.1
	Labour	Jane B Saggar	4,815	29.1	−8.6
	Liberal	Colin Murchison	3,918	23.7	New
Majority			2,998	18.1	−6.5
Turnout			21,902	75.2	+13.3
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	6,923	40.2	+16.5
	National Liberal (Conservative)	John MacLeod	5,516	32.1	−15.1
	Labour	William Alexander Ross	4,767	27.7	−1.4
Majority			1,407	8.2	N/A
Turnout			17,306	69.4	−5.8
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	7,348	42.1	+1.9
	Labour	William Alexander Ross	5,304	30.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Allan John Cameron	4,820	27.6	−4.5
Majority			2,044	11.7	+3.5
Turnout			17,472	71.2	+1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	6,418	33.2	+5.6
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	5,617	29.1	−13.0
	Labour	Ronald D. Maclean	5,023	26.0	−4.4
	SNP	George Nicholson	2,268	11.7	New
Majority			801	4.1	N/A
Turnout			19,326	71.7	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	7,908	36.1	+2.9
	SNP	Willie McRae	5,037	23.0	+11.3
	Liberal	John C. Robertson	4,621	21.1	−8.0
	Labour	Ronald D. Maclean	4,336	19.8	−6.2
Majority			2,871	13.1	+9.0
Turnout			21,902	75.2	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	7,954	38.9	+2.8
	SNP	Willie McRae	7,291	35.7	+12.7
	Labour	Brian Wilson	3,440	16.8	−3.0
	Liberal	Tam Glen	1,747	8.6	−12.5
Majority			663	3.2	−9.9
Turnout			20,432	69.5	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	10,650	42.4	+3.5
	SNP	Willie McRae	5,915	23.6	−12.1
	Labour	Keir Bloomer	5,055	20.1	+3.3
	Liberal	Hamish Morrison	3,496	13.9	+5.3
Majority			4,735	18.8	+15.6
Turnout			25,116	76.4	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing