Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
Berwick and Haddington Former county constituencyfor the House of Commons Subdivisions of Scotland Berwickshire, East Lothian 1918 –1950 Seats One Created from Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire Replaced by Berwick and East Lothian
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 results Berwickshire constituencies electoral history
Elections in the 1910s Tennant
Elections in the 1920s Walter Waring J.D. Hope Sir James Greig
Elections in the 1930s General election 1935 : Berwick and Haddington [ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist John McEwen 19,839 58.1 −15.4 Labour John Robertson 14,299 41.9 +15.4 Majority 5,540 16.2 −30.8 Turnout 34,138 71.9 −2.9 Unionist hold Swing
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 General election 1945 : Berwick and Haddington[ 12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Robertson 19,037 54.52 Unionist John McEwen 15,880 45.48 Majority 3,157 9.04 Turnout 34,917 70.51 Labour gain from Unionist Swing
References ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922 ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922 ^ The Times, 8 December 1923 ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927 ^ The Times, 1 June 1929 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939 ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939 ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2) Current constituencies (2024)
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