Berwick and East Lothian was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first past the post system.
Berwick and East Lothian | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Berwickshire, East Lothian |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Berwick and Haddington |
Replaced by | East Lothian Roxburgh & Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale[1] |
History
editBoundaries
editBerwick and East Lothian covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian. It was largely created from Berwick and Haddington and was replaced by East Lothian and part of Roxburgh and Berwickshire for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1950 | John Robertson | Labour | |
1951 | William Anstruther-Gray | Unionist | |
1966 | John Mackintosh | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Michael Ancram | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | John Mackintosh | Labour | |
1978 by-election | John Home Robertson | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
editElections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 17,105 | 40.9 | |
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 15,377 | 36.8 | |
Liberal | Anthony Stodart | 9,352 | 22.4 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,834 | 82.8 | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 22,510 | 52.8 | +16.0 | |
Labour | John Robertson | 20,152 | 47.2 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 2,358 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,662 | 83.8 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 21,739 | 53.3 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Penry Jones | 19,029 | 46.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 6.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,768 | 80.3 | −3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 22,472 | 53.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Penry Jones | 19,622 | 46.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,850 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,094 | 83.2 | +2.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 21,669 | 50.7 | −2.7 | |
Labour | John Mackintosh | 21,044 | 49.3 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 625 | 1.4 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,713 | 85.0 | +1.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 22,620 | 51.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | William Anstruther-Gray | 20,931 | 48.1 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 1,689 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,551 | 86.1 | +1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 21,107 | 45.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | J. Donald M. Hardie | 20,466 | 44.2 | −3.9 | |
SNP | David Rae Fisher Simpson | 4,735 | 10.2 | New | |
Majority | 641 | 1.4 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,308 | 83.7 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 21,234 | 43.4 | −0.8 | |
Labour | John Mackintosh | 20,694 | 42.3 | −3.3 | |
SNP | David Rae Fisher Simpson | 6,956 | 14.2 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 540 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,884 | 85.8 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mackintosh | 20,682 | 43.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 17,942 | 37.6 | −5.8 | |
SNP | R. Macleod | 6,323 | 13.2 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | C. F. Lawson | 2,811 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,740 | 5.7 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,758 | 80.8 | −5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Home Robertson | 20,530 | 47.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 17,418 | 40.2 | +2.6 | |
SNP | Isobel Lindsay | 3,799 | 8.8 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Tam Glen | 1,543 | 3.6 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 3,112 | 7.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,290 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Home Robertson | 21,977 | 43.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 20,304 | 40.2 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Tam Glen | 4,948 | 9.8 | +3.9 | |
SNP | Allan Macartney | 3,300 | 6.5 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 1,673 | 3.3 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 60,919 | 82.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |