Midlothian and Peebles Northern | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Midlothian |
Replaced by | Midlothian and Peebles and Edinburgh Pentlands |
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.
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."
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | John Colville | 22,211 | 72.3 | +32.2 | |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |