Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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Galloway
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire
Replaced by Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

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It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Gilbert McMicking Coalition Liberal
1922 Cecil Dudgeon Liberal
1924 Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt. Unionist
1925 by-election Sidney Streatfeild Unionist
1929 Cecil Dudgeon Liberal
1931 New Party
1931 John Mackie Unionist
1959 by-election John Brewis Unionist
Oct 1974 George Thompson SNP
1979 Ian Lang Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

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Galloway constituencies election results

Elections in the 1910s

G. McMicking Gilbert McMicking.jpg
G. McMicking
General election 1918: Galloway [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Gilbert McMicking Unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Galloway [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 12,406 54.0 N/A
Unionist William Watson 10,55746.0New
Majority1,8498.0N/A
Turnout 22,96377.5N/A
Registered electors 29,645
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Galloway [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1924: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Henniker-Hughan 12,268 53.1 New
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 10,85246.9N/A
Majority1,4166.2N/A
Turnout 23,12076.8N/A
Registered electors 30,107
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1925 Galloway by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 10,846 43.5 −9.6
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 9,91839.7−7.2
Labour J. Mitchell4,20716.8New
Majority9283.8−2.4
Turnout 24,97183.3+6.5
Registered electors 29,992
Unionist hold Swing −1.2
General election 1929: Galloway [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 13,461 42.4 −4.5
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 13,36042.1−11.0
Labour Hector McNeil 4,90315.5N/A
Majority1010.3N/A
Turnout 31,72480.1+3.3
Registered electors 39,621
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Galloway [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Mackie 18,993 58.3 +16.2
Liberal Edward Maitland Campbell9,17628.2−14.2
Labour Hector McNeil 3,41810.5−5.0
New Party Cecil Dudgeon 9863.0New
Majority9,81730.1N/A
Turnout 32,573
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +2.1
General election 1935: Galloway [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Mackie Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold

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: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Unionist John Mackie 13,647 40.74 N/A
Labour Robert N Hales11,82235.29New
Unionist B Fergusson8,03223.98N/A
Majority1,8255.45N/A
Turnout 33,50170.07N/A
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Mackie 19,136 65.55
Labour Alan Thompson 10,05634.45
Majority9,08031.10
Turnout 29,192
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist Swing
General election 1951: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Mackie 16,261 61.63
Labour Alan Thompson 6,94926.34
Liberal Robert Tordiff Johnston3,17412.03
Majority9,31235.29
Turnout 26,384
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Mackie 15,893 66.86 +5.23
Labour William S Gray7,87933.14+6.80
Majority8,01433.72–1.43
Turnout 23,772
Unionist hold Swing
1959 Galloway by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Brewis 13,204 49.93 −16.93
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,72125.42New
Labour W Cross6,52024.65−8.49
Majority6,48324.51−9.20
Turnout 26,445
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1959: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Brewis 15,454 56.29
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,41223.35
Labour James Pickett5,59020.36
Majority9,04232.94
Turnout 27,456
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Brewis 14,530 52.74
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,61924.03
Labour JP Gordon6,40123.23
Majority7,91128.71
Turnout 27,550
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1966: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Brewis 15,137 61.99
Labour D Douglas9,28338.01
Majority5,85423.98
Turnout 24,420
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Brewis 14,003 50.28
SNP Arthur Donaldson 5,72320.55New
Labour D Douglas5,66520.34
Liberal Christopher B.H. Scott2,4618.84New
Majority8,28029.73
Turnout 27,852
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Brewis 13,316 43.86
SNP George Thompson 9,30830.66
Liberal David R. Hannay4,64315.29
Labour H Chalmers3,09110.18
Majority4,00813.20
Turnout 30,358
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP George Thompson 12,242 40.3 +9.6
Conservative Kenneth Alexander Ross12,21240.2−3.7
Liberal David R. Hannay3,18110.5+0.2
Labour TG Fulton2,7429.0−6.2
Majority300.1N/A
Turnout 30,377
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1979: Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Lang 15,306 45.8 +5.6
SNP George Thompson 12,38437.1−3.2
Liberal David R. Hannay2,8528.5−2.0
Labour DD Johnston2,8418.5−0.5
Majority2,9228.7N/A
Turnout 33,333
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  2. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  3. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  4. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  5. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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