Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh North
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Edinburgh
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh West and Leith Burghs
Replaced by Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West [1]

Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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Boundaries

1918–1950: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh. [2]

1950–1955: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh. [3]

1955–1974: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh, and part of the St. Bernard's ward. [4]

1974–1983: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Bernard's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh. [5]

Members of Parliament

YearMember [6] Party
1918 James Avon Clyde Unionist
1920 by-election Patrick Ford Unionist
1923 Peter Raffan Liberal
1924 Sir Patrick Ford Unionist
1935 Alexander Erskine-Hill Unionist
1945 George Willis Labour
1950 James Latham Clyde Unionist
1955 by-election William Milligan Unionist
1960 by-election Lord Dalkeith Unionist
1965 Conservative
1973 by-election Alexander Fletcher Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Edinburgh North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Rt Hon. James Avon Clyde 11,87963.0
Liberal James Johnston6,98637.0
Majority4,89326.0
Turnout 18,86553.0
Unionist win
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Runciman
1920 Edinburgh North by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 9,944 44.8 −18.2
Liberal Rt Hon. Walter Runciman 8,46938.1+1.1
Labour David Graham Pole 3,80817.1New
Majority1,4756.7−19.3
Turnout 22,22162.3+9.3
Unionist hold Swing -9.7
General election 1922: Edinburgh North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 14,805 61.8 +17.0
Liberal P. H. Allan9,16538.2+0.1
Majority5,64023.6+16.9
Turnout 23,970
Unionist hold Swing +8.4
General election 1923: Edinburgh North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 13,744 55.7 +17.5
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 10,90944.3−17.5
Majority2,83511.4N/A
Turnout 24,65366.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +17.5
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Stewart
General election 1924: Edinburgh North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 14,461 49.3 +5.0
Labour Eleanor Stewart 8,19227.9New
Liberal Peter Wilson Raffan 6,66922.7−33.0
Majority6,26921.4N/A
Turnout 29,32278.0+11.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1929: Edinburgh North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 13,993 39.7 −9.6
Labour Eleanor Stewart 11,34032.2+4.3
Liberal William Mitchell 9,87728.1+5.4
Majority2,6537.5−13.9
Turnout 35,21073.8−4.2
Unionist hold Swing -6.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Edinburgh North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 26,361 75.03 +35.3
Labour Robert Gibson 8,77124.97−7.2
Majority17,59050.06+42.5
Turnout 35,13274.38+0.60
Registered electors 47,234
Unionist hold Swing +19.05
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Chrystal Macmillan
General election 1935: Edinburgh North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill 20,776 66.53 −8.50
Labour Gerald Walker Crawford8,65427.71+2.74
Liberal Jessie Chrystal Macmillan 1,7985.76New
Majority12,12238.82−11.26
Turnout 31,22866.75−7.63
Registered electors 46,786
Unionist hold Swing -5.62

Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Edinburgh North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eustace George Willis 12,825 45.10 +17.39
Unionist Sir Alexander Galloway Erskine Erskine-Hill 12,27043.14−23.39
Liberal Charles Hampton Johnston 3,34411.76+6.00
Majority5551.96N/A
Turnout 28,43964.75−2.00
Registered electors 43,921
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +20.39

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Edinburgh North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Latham McDiarmid Clyde 17,826 51.21 +8.07
Labour Eustace George Willis 13,68339.31−5.79
Liberal Iain Padruig Crawford3,3039.49−2.27
Majority4,14311.90N/A
Turnout 34,81278.71+13.96
Registered electors 44,226
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +6.93
General election 1951: Edinburgh North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Latham McDiarmid Clyde 20,836 58.79 +7.58
Labour Eustace George Willis 14,60441.21+1.90
Majority6,23217.58+5.68
Turnout 35,44080.01+1.30
Registered electors 44,294
Unionist hold Swing +2.84
1955 Edinburgh North by-election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 11,413 59.41 +0.62
Labour George Scott7,79940.59−0.62
Majority3,61418.82+1.24
Turnout 19,212
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Edinburgh North [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 20,425 61.73 +2.94
Labour George Scott12,66438.27−2.94
Majority7,76123.46+5.88
Turnout 33,08972.01−8.00
Registered electors 45,952
Unionist hold Swing +2.94
General election 1959: Edinburgh North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Rankine Milligan 19,991 64.02 +2.29
Labour George Gordon Stott 11,23535.98−2.29
Majority8,75628.04+4.59
Turnout 31,22673.87+1.86
Registered electors 42,270
Unionist hold Swing +2.29

Elections in the 1960s

1960 Edinburgh North by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 12,109 54.20 −9.82
Labour Ronald King Murray 6,77530.32−5.66
Liberal Richard McPake3,45815.50New
Majority5,33423.87−4.17
Turnout 22,34253.10−20.77
Unionist hold Swing -2.05
General election 1964: Edinburgh North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 17,094 58.23 −5.79
Labour Alexander D Reid12,26441.77+5.79
Majority4,83016.46−11.58
Turnout 29,35873.60−0.27
Registered electors 39,888
Unionist hold Swing -5.79
General election 1966: Edinburgh North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Dalkeith 13,765 50.30 −7.93
Labour Walter S Dalgleish10,73039.21−2.56
Liberal Lawrence W Oliver2,87110.49New
Majority3,03511.09−5.36
Turnout 27,36673.85+0.25
Registered electors 37,056
Conservative hold Swing -2.69

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Edinburgh North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 13,005 52.85 +2.55
Labour Robert Finlayson Cook 9,12737.09−2.12
Liberal C Alistair Dow2,47510.06−0.43
Majority3,87815.76+4.67
Turnout 24,60770.05−3.80
Registered electors 35,128
Conservative hold Swing +2.34
1973 Edinburgh North by-election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander MacPherson Fletcher 7,208 38.69 −14.16
Labour Robert Cairns4,46723.98−13.11
SNP William Cuthbertson Wolfe 3,52619.11New
Liberal Ronald Guild3,43118.42+8.36
Majority2,74114.71−1.05
Turnout 18,632
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Edinburgh North [21] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander MacPherson Fletcher 16,417 45.78 −7.07
Labour Robert Cairns9,40426.23−10.86
Liberal Ronald Harrower Guild5,48715.30+5.24
SNP James Lynch4,55012.69N/A
Majority7,01319.56+3.80
Turnout 35,85876.40+6.35
Registered electors 46,936
Conservative hold Swing +1.90
General election October 1974: Edinburgh North [22] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander MacPherson Fletcher 12,856 39.34 −6.44
Labour Martin John O'Neill 8,46525.90−0.32
SNP James Lynch7,68123.50+10.82
Liberal Murdoch MacDonald3,67711.25−4.05
Majority4,39113.44−6.12
Turnout 32,67969.21−7.19
Registered electors 47,215
Conservative hold Swing -3.06
General election 1979: Edinburgh North [23] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander MacPherson Fletcher 14,170 43.59 +4.25
Labour Neil Lindsay9,77330.06+4.16
Liberal Ronald Harrower Guild5,04515.52+4.27
SNP Donald Neil MacCormick 3,52110.83−12.67
Majority4,39713.53+0.09
Turnout 32,50971.76+2.55
Registered electors 45,303
Conservative hold Swing +0.04

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