Bothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bothwell
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Lanarkshire
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from North West Lanarkshire and North East Lanarkshire
Replaced by Motherwell North, Glasgow Shettleston, Hamilton, Monklands East and Monklands West [1]

Bothwell was a county constituency in Lanarkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency.

Contents

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Old Monkland and Bothwell, exclusive of all burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The sixth district, the electoral divisions of Baillieston, Mount Vernon and Carmyle, Springboig and Garrowhill in the ninth district and that part of the electoral division of Old Monkland in the said ninth district which is bounded on the North by the city of Glasgow and the burgh of Coatbridge, on the West by the electoral division of Baillieston and on the South and East by the electoral divisions of Tannochside and Bellshill North." [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 David MacDonald Unionist
1919 by-election John Robertson Labour
1926 by-election Joseph Sullivan Labour
1931 Helen Shaw Unionist
1935 James C. Welsh Labour
1945 John Timmons Labour
1964 James Hamilton Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bothwell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist David MacDonald 9,35950.9
Labour John Robertson 9,02749.1
Majority3321.8
Turnout 18,38669.2
Registered electors 26,572
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1919 Bothwell by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robertson 13,135 68.8 +19.7
C Liberal James Moffat5,96731.2N/A
Majority7,16837.6N/A
Turnout 19,10271.9+2.7
Registered electors 26,572
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bothwell [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robertson 13,872 57.0 +7.9
Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle10,48443.0−7.9
Majority3,38814.0N/A
Turnout 24,35678.2+9.0
Registered electors 31,149
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.9
General election 1923: Bothwell [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robertson 14,211 60.2 +3.2
Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle7,56932.0−11.0
Liberal John Dick Scott1,8467.8New
Majority6,64228.2+14.2
Turnout 23,62673.1−5.1
Registered electors 32,342
Labour hold Swing +7.1
General election 1924: Bothwell [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robertson 14,591 56.3 −3.9
Unionist Helen Shaw 11,31443.7+11.7
Majority3,27712.6−15.6
Turnout 25,90579.3+6.2
Registered electors 32,665
Labour hold Swing −7.8
Joseph Sullivan Joseph Sullivan MP.jpg
Joseph Sullivan
1926 Bothwell by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 14,830 59.7 +3.4
Unionist Alexander Morrice Mackay 8,74035.2−8.5
Liberal Ernest Young 1,2765.1New
Majority6,09024.5+11.9
Turnout 24,84674.2−5.1
Registered electors 33,505
Labour hold Swing +6.0
General election 1929: Bothwell [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 17,006 55.2 −1.1
Unionist Helen Shaw 12,07739.3−4.4
Communist Helen Crawfurd 1,6775.5New
Majority4,92915.9+3.3
Turnout 30,76072.7−6.6
Registered electors 42,312
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bothwell [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Helen Shaw 16,571 49.98
Labour Joseph Sullivan 14,42343.50
Communist Barney McCourt [10] 2,1636.52
Majority2,1486.48N/A
Turnout 33,15777.71
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Bothwell [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Welsh 20,900 60.30
Unionist Helen Shaw 13,76139.70
Majority7,13920.60N/A
Turnout 34,66178.64
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Timmons 25,369 65.8 +5.5
Unionist Helen Shaw 13,20734.2−5.5
Majority12,16231.6+11.0
Turnout 38,57673.12−5.52
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Timmons 25,715 56.7 −9.1
Unionist Norman Cadzow19,60543.3+9.1
Majority6,11013.4−8.2
Turnout 45,32084.54+11.42
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Timmons 26,529 56.3 −0.4
Unionist Norman Cadzow20,59143.7+0.4
Majority5,93812.60−0.8
Turnout 47,12085.96+1.42
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Timmons 23,365 54.2 −2.1
Unionist William Graham Greig19,75545.8+2.1
Majority3,6108.37−4.23
Turnout 43,12078.93−7.03
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Timmons 25,119 54.7 +0.5
Unionist William Graham Greig20,76745.3−0.5
Majority4,3529.4+1.0
Turnout 45,88682.17+3.24
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 27,556 60.4 +5.7
Conservative James Brown Highgate18,06839.6−5.7
Majority9,48820.80+11.4
Turnout 45,62480.44−1.73
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 27,166 61.0 +0.6
Conservative James Brown Highgate16,19836.3−0.7
Communist Thomas Woods1,2092.7New
Majority10,96824.7+3.9
Turnout 44,57377.78−2.66
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Bothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 26,431 54.7 −6.3
Conservative James Brown Highgate15,72032.5−3.8
SNP Tom McAlpine 6,15712.8New
Majority10,71122.17−2.4
Turnout 42,15175.32−2.46
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 22,326 46.8 −7.9
Conservative David McAllister12,72526.7−5.8
SNP Gerald Alexander Fisher6,71014.1+1.3
Liberal James Park5,36211.2New
Communist David Bolton5621.2New
Majority9,60120.13−2.04
Turnout 47,68581.22+5.90
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 22,086 48.64 +1.82
SNP John McCool11,13824.53+10.46
Conservative David Anderson Roser8,12517.89−8.79
Liberal Terry Grieve4,0578.93−2.31
Majority10,94824.11+3.98
Turnout 45,40676.50−4.72
Labour hold Swing -4.32
General election 1979: Bothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 26,492 54.97 +6.33
Conservative James Lang Patrick Scott11,27523.40+5.51
Liberal Terry Grieve5,22510.84+1.91
SNP John McCool5,20210.79−13.74
Majority15,21731.57+7.46
Turnout 48,19478.61+2.11
Labour hold Swing +0.41

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  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  5. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  6. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. 1 2 Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  8. ↑ The Times, 29 March 1926
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  10. ↑ Walker, Michael. "McCourt Barney". Graham Stevenson. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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