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词条 Berwick and Haddington (UK Parliament constituency)
释义

  1. Members of Parliament

  2. Election results

      Elections in the 1910s    Elections in the 1920s    Elections in the 1930s    Elections in the 1940s  

  3. References

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|name = Berwick and Haddington
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|year = 1918
|abolished = 1950
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire
|next = Berwick and East Lothian
|region = Scotland
|county = Berwickshire, East Lothian
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Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, when it replaced the separate Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituencies, until it was renamed Berwick and East Lothian for the 1950 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918John Hope Coalition Liberal
1922Walter Waring National Liberal
1923Robert Spence Labour
1924Chichester Crookshank Unionist
1929George Sinkinson Labour
1931John McEwen Unionist
1945John Robertson Labour
1950constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1918: Berwick and Haddington [1][2][3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Coalition Liberal
|candidate = John Hope
|votes = 8,584
|percentage = 53.9
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Robert W. Foulis
|votes = 4,783
|percentage = 30.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Harold Tennant
|votes = 2,557
|percentage = 16.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,801
|percentage = 23.9
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,924
|percentage = 48.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 32,763
}}{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Coalition Liberal
}}{{Election box end 1918}}

Elections in the 1920s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1922: Berwick and Haddington [4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|candidate = Walter Waring
|votes = 6,342
|percentage =31.9
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Spence
|votes = 5,842
|percentage =29.3
|change = −0.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (Scotland)
|candidate = William Henderson Pringle
|votes = 4,422
|percentage =22.2
|change = +6.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = John Hope
|votes = 3,300
|percentage = 16.6
|change = −37.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 500
|percentage = 2.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,906
|percentage = 60.1
|change = +11.5
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 33,119
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|loser = Independent Liberal
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1923: Berwick and Haddington [5]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Spence
|votes = 8,576
|percentage = 37.0
|change = +7.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Chichester Crookshank
|votes = 8,508
|percentage = 36.7
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Walter Waring
|votes = 6,084
|percentage = 26.3
|change = +4.1
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 68
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 23,168
|percentage = 69.4
|change = +9.3
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 33,381
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|swing = +1.8
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1924: Berwick and Haddington [6]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Chichester Crookshank
|votes = 11,745
|percentage =45.8
|change = +9.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Spence
|votes = 8,882
|percentage =34.7
|change = −2.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (Scotland)
|candidate = William Henderson Pringle
|votes = 4,986
|percentage = 19.5
|change = −6.8
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,863
|percentage = 11.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,613
|percentage = 75.3
|change = +5.9
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 34,017
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +5.7
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1929: Berwick and Haddington[7]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sinkinson
|votes = 11,761
|percentage =37.5
|change =+2.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = John McEwen
|votes = 11,435
|percentage =36.5
|change =-9.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (Scotland)
|candidate = James Greig
|votes = 8,132
|percentage = 26.0
|change = +6.5
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 326
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 31,328
|percentage = 69.6
|change = −5.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 45,043
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +6.1
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1930s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1931: Berwick and Haddington[8]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = John McEwen
|votes = 25,169
|percentage =73.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sinkinson
|votes = 9,089
|percentage = 26.5
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,080
|percentage = 46.9
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,258
|percentage = 74.8
|change =
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1935: Berwick and Haddington [9]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = John McEwen
|votes = 19,839
|percentage =58.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Robertson
|votes = 14,299
|percentage = 41.9
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,540
|percentage = 16.2
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,138
|percentage = 71.9
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Unionist: John McEwen
  • Labour: John Robertson [10]
  • Liberal: [11]

Elections in the 1940s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1945: Berwick and Haddington[12]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Robertson
|votes = 19,037
|percentage = 54.52
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = John McEwen
|votes = 15,880
|percentage = 45.48
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,157
|percentage = 9.04
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,917
|percentage = 70.51
|change =
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

References

1. ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
2. ^Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
3. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.
4. ^The Times, 17 November 1922
5. ^The Times, 8 December 1923
6. ^Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
7. ^The Times, 1 June 1929
8. ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
9. ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
10. ^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
11. ^The Liberal Magazine, 1939
12. ^Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.
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