Kirkcaldy Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1832 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. From 1832 to 1950 it was, officially, a district of burghs constituency.
Kirkcaldy Burghs | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Kirkcaldy |
1832–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | District of burghs constituency |
Created from | Dysart Burghs[1] |
Boundaries
edit1885–1918
editComprising Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dysart, Kinghorn and the Municipal Burgh of Kirkcaldy not included in the old Parliamentary Burgh (except that portion within the Parliamentary Borough of Dysart).[2]
1918–1949
editThe burghs of Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven, Burntisland, Dysart and Kinghorn.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1832 | Robert Ferguson | Whig[3][4] | ||
1835 | John Fergus | Whig[3] | ||
1837 | Robert Ferguson | Whig[3][4] | ||
1841 by-election | Robert Ferguson | Whig[3][5][6] | ||
1859 | Liberal | |||
1862 by-election | Roger Sinclair Aytoun | Liberal | ||
1874 | Robert Reid | Liberal | ||
1875 by-election | Sir George Campbell | Liberal | ||
1885 | Independent Liberal | |||
1886 | Liberal | |||
1892 by-election | Henry Dalziel | Liberal | later Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy | |
1921 by-election | Thomas Kennedy | Labour | ||
1922 | Sir Robert Hutchison | National Liberal | later Baron Hutchison of Montrose | |
1923 | Thomas Kennedy | Labour | ||
1931 | Albert Russell | Unionist | ||
1935 | Thomas Kennedy | Labour | ||
1944 by-election | Thomas Hubbard | Labour | ||
1959 | Harry Gourlay | Labour | subsequently MP for Kirkcaldy | |
Feb. 1974 | constituency abolished: see Kirkcaldy |
Election results 1832–1885
editDecades: |
Elections in the 1830s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 507 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Fergus | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 539 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 641 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
editFerguson's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | 218 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Radical | John Bowring | 131 | 37.5 | New | |
Majority | 87 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 349 | 53.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 657 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 657 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 896 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 786 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 728 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Ferguson | 312 | 51.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Harcourt[8] | 294 | 48.5 | New | |
Majority | 18 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 606 | 78.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 777 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
editFerguson resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roger Sinclair Aytoun | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roger Sinclair Aytoun | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 816 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roger Sinclair Aytoun | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,160 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Reid | 1,967 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Townsend Oswald[10] | 1,228 | 38.4 | New | |
Majority | 739 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,195 | 84.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,766 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Reid's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Campbell | 1,811 | 60.7 | −0.9 | |
Independent Liberal | William Jarvis Harker[11] | 1,171 | 39.3 | New | |
Majority | 640 | 21.4 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,982 | 78.2 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,811 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Campbell | 2,763 | 97.9 | +36.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Scott[12] | 59 | 2.1 | −36.3 | |
Majority | 2,704 | 95.8 | +72.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,822 | 63.2 | −21.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,465 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +36.3 |
Election results 1885–1918
editElections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | George Campbell | 2,180 | 49.2 | New | |
Lib-Lab | John Malcolm Inglis | 1,504 | 34.0 | −63.9 | |
Conservative | Hugh Munro | 746 | 16.8 | +14.7 | |
Majority | 676 | 15.2 | −80.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,430 | 83.9 | +20.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,282 | ||||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Campbell | 2,014 | 68.9 | +19.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Barclay | 911 | 31.1 | +14.3 | |
Majority | 1,103 | 37.8 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,925 | 55.4 | −28.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,282 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 2,567 | 62.6 | −6.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Cox | 1,531 | 37.4 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 1,036 | 25.2 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,098 | 77.7 | +22.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,274 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 2,741 | 74.5 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | John Chisholm (politician) | 939 | 25.5 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 1,802 | 49.0 | + +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,680 | 69.8 | +14.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,274 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 3,078 | 73.3 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Granville Kekewich | 1,122 | 26.7 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 46.6 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,200 | 72.3 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,808 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 3,354 | 62.5 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Michael Nairn | 2,013 | 37.5 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 1,341 | 25.0 | −21.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,367 | 78.1 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,872 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 4,659 | 76.8 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew Constable | 1,410 | 23.2 | −14.3 | |
Majority | 3,249 | 53.6 | +28.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,069 | 76.4 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,943 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +14.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | 5,035 | 75.2 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Arthur Anthony Baumann | 1,659 | 24.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 3,376 | 50.4 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,694 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Dalziel | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Election results 1918–1949
editDecades: |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Henry Dalziel | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 11,674 | 53.4 | New | |
C | Liberal | Robert Cook Lockhart | 10,199 | 46.6 | N/A |
Majority | 1,475 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,873 | 65.6 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 12,762 | 51.4 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 12,089 | 48.6 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 673 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,851 | 79.3 | +13.7 | ||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 14,221 | 54.4 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Hutchison | 11,937 | 45.6 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 2,284 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,158 | 81.7 | +2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 14,038 | 52.7 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | John Murray | 12,607 | 47.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,431 | 5.4 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,645 | 81.8 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 17,410 | 59.6 | +6.9 | |
Unionist | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn | 11,805 | 40.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,605 | 19.2 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,215 | 72.2 | −9.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Albert Russell | 19,132 | 56.9 | +16.5 | |
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 14,492 | 43.1 | −16.5 | |
Majority | 4,640 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,624 | 81.1 | +8.9 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +16.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Kennedy | 19,457 | 56.3 | +13.2 | |
Unionist | Albert Russell | 15,086 | 43.7 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 4,371 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,543 | 79.9 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.2 |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hubbard | 8,268 | 51.6 | −4.7 | |
SNP | Douglas Young | 6,621 | 41.3 | New | |
Christian Socialist | Henry Hilditch | 1,136 | 7.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,647 | 10.9 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,025 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hubbard | 15,401 | 45.0 | −11.3 | |
Unionist | Christopher Guest | 10,099 | 29.5 | −14.2 | |
SNP | Douglas Young | 5,811 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Communist | John McArthur | 2,898 | 8.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,302 | 15.5 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,209 | 76.4 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Election results 1950–1973
editDecades: |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hubbard | 25,756 | 59.97 | +14.95 | |
Unionist | R Bell | 17,192 | 40.03 | +10.51 | |
Majority | 8,564 | 19.94 | +4.44 | ||
Turnout | 42,948 | 84.80 | +8.40 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.22 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hubbard | 26,885 | 60.59 | +0.62 | |
National Liberal | Ralph Harris | 17,484 | 39.41 | −0.62 | |
Majority | 9,401 | 21.18 | +1.24 | ||
Turnout | 44,369 | 84.63 | −0.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hubbard | 23,861 | 59.28 | −1.31 | |
National Liberal | Duncan Drummond Young | 16,392 | 40.72 | +1.31 | |
Majority | 7,469 | 18.56 | −2.62 | ||
Turnout | 40,253 | 75.31 | −9.32 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 25,428 | 58.28 | −1.00 | |
Unionist | James Law QC | 14,186 | 32.51 | −8.21 | |
Liberal | David Blyth | 4,020 | 9.21 | New | |
Majority | 11,242 | 25.77 | +7.21 | ||
Turnout | 43,634 | 80.46 | +5.15 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.61 |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 24,263 | 59.99 | +1.71 | |
National Liberal | Neil Gow QC | 11,756 | 29.07 | −3.44 | |
SNP | James C. Lees | 4,423 | 10.94 | New | |
Majority | 12,507 | 30.92 | +5.15 | ||
Turnout | 40,442 | 77.25 | −3.21 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 23,273 | 59.62 | −0.37 | |
Conservative | Neil Gow QC | 10,539 | 27.00 | −2.07 | |
SNP | James C. Lees | 4,423 | 13.38 | +2.44 | |
Majority | 12,734 | 32.62 | +1.60 | ||
Turnout | 39,035 | 75.41 | −1.84 | ||
Registered electors | 52,355 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.85 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 22,986 | 56.01 | −3.61 | |
Conservative | A Myles Hogg | 13,193 | 32.15 | +5.15 | |
SNP | James C. Lees | 4,863 | 11.85 | −1.53 | |
Majority | 9,793 | 23.86 | −8.76 | ||
Turnout | 41,042 | 71.87 | −3.54 | ||
Registered electors | 52,355 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.38 |
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