Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcaldy Burghs
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Kirkcaldy
1832–1950
Number of membersOne
Type of constituency District of burghs constituency
Created from Dysart Burghs [1]

Kirkcaldy Burghs was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1832 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. From 1832 to 1950 it was, officially, a district of burghs constituency.

Contents

Boundaries

1885–1918

Comprising Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dysart, Kinghorn and the Municipal Borough of Kirkcaldy not included in the old Parliamentary Borough (except that portion within the Parliamentary Borough of Dysart). [2]

1918–1949

The burghs of Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven, Burntisland, Dysart and Kinghorn.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1832 Robert Ferguson Whig [3] [4]
1835 John Fergus Whig [3]
1837 Robert Ferguson Whig [3] [4]
1841 by-election Robert Ferguson Whig [3] [5] [6]
1859 Liberal
1862 by-election Roger Sinclair Aytoun Liberal
1874 Robert Reid Liberal
1875 by-election Sir George Campbell Liberal
1885 Independent Liberal
1886 Liberal
1892 by-election Henry Dalziel Liberal later Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy
1921 by-election Thomas Kennedy Labour
1922 Sir Robert Hutchison National Liberal later Baron Hutchison of Montrose
1923 Thomas Kennedy Labour
1931 Albert Russell Unionist
1935 Thomas Kennedy Labour
1944 by-election Thomas Hubbard Labour
1959 Harry Gourlay Labour subsequently MP for Kirkcaldy
Feb. 1974 constituency abolished: see Kirkcaldy

Election results 1832–1885

Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 507
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Fergus Unopposed
Registered electors 539
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 641
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Ferguson's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 27 January 1841: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Ferguson 218 62.5 N/A
Radical John Bowring 13137.5N/A
Majority8725.0N/A
Turnout 34953.1N/A
Registered electors 657
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1841: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 657
Whig hold
General election 1847: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 896
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 786
Whig hold
General election 1857: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Ferguson Unopposed
Registered electors 728
Whig hold
General election 1859: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Ferguson 312 51.5 N/A
Conservative William Harcourt [8] 29448.5New
Majority183.0N/A
Turnout 60678.0N/A
Registered electors 777
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Ferguson resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 25 July 1862: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Sinclair Aytoun Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Sinclair Aytoun Unopposed
Registered electors 816
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Sinclair Aytoun Unopposed
Registered electors 3,160
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Reid 1,967 61.6 N/A
Conservative James Townsend Oswald [10] 1,22838.4New
Majority73923.2N/A
Turnout 3,19584.8N/A
Registered electors 3,766
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Reid's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 Apr 1875: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Campbell 1,811 60.7 −0.9
Independent Liberal William Jarvis Harker [11] 1,17139.3New
Majority64021.4−1.8
Turnout 2,98278.2−6.6
Registered electors 3,811
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Campbell 2,763 97.9 +36.3
Conservative Charles Scott [12] 592.1−36.3
Majority2,70495.8+72.6
Turnout 2,82263.2−21.6
Registered electors 4,465
Liberal hold Swing +36.3

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Kirkcaldy Burghs [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal George Campbell 2,180 49.2 New
Lib-Lab John Malcolm Inglis1,50434.0−63.9
Conservative Hugh Munro 74616.8+14.7
Majority67615.2−80.6
Turnout 4,43083.9+20.7
Registered electors 5,282
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1886: Kirkcaldy Burghs [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Campbell 2,014 68.9 +19.7
Liberal Unionist Thomas Barclay 91131.1+14.3
Majority1,10337.8+22.6
Turnout 2,92555.4−28.5
Registered electors 5,282
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1890s

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Dalziel
1892 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 2,567 62.6 -6.3
Liberal Unionist Robert Cox 1,53137.4+6.3
Majority1,03625.2-12.6
Turnout 4,09877.7+22.3
Registered electors 5,274
Liberal hold Swing -6.3
General election 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs [15] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 2,741 74.5 +5.6
Conservative John Chisholm (politician)93925.5−5.6
Majority1,80249.0+ +11.2
Turnout 3,68069.8+14.4
Registered electors 5,274
Liberal hold Swing +5.6
General election 1895: Kirkcaldy Burghs [16] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 3,078 73.3 -1.2
Conservative Charles Granville Kekewich1,12226.7+1.2
Majority1,95646.6-2.4
Turnout 4,20072.3+2.5
Registered electors 5,808
Liberal hold Swing -1.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kirkcaldy Burghs [16] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 3,354 62.5 −10.8
Liberal Unionist Michael Nairn 2,01337.5+10.8
Majority1,34125.0−21.6
Turnout 5,36778.1+5.8
Registered electors 6,872
Liberal hold Swing −10.8
General election 1906: Kirkcaldy Burghs [17] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 4,659 76.8 +14.3
Conservative Andrew Constable 1,41023.2−14.3
Majority3,24953.6+28.6
Turnout 6,06976.4−1.7
Registered electors 7,943
Liberal hold Swing +14.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel 5,035 75.2 -3.6
Conservative Arthur Anthony Baumann 1,65924.8+3.6
Majority3,37650.4-7.2
Turnout 6,694
Liberal hold Swing -3.6
General election December 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Dalziel Unopposed
Liberal hold

Election results 1918–1949

Decades:

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Kirkcaldy Burghs [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Henry Dalziel Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Kennedy
1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Kennedy 11,674 53.4 New
C Liberal Robert Cook Lockhart10,19946.6N/A
Majority1,4756.8N/A
Turnout 21,87365.6N/A
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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Hutchison
General election 1922: Kirkcaldy Burghs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Robert Hutchison 12,762 51.4 +4.8
Labour Tom Kennedy 12,08948.6-4.8
Majority6732.8N/A
Turnout 24,85179.3+13.7
National Liberal gain from Labour Swing +4.8
General election 1923: Kirkcaldy Burghs [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Kennedy 14,221 54.4 +5.8
Liberal Robert Hutchison 11,93745.6-5.8
Majority2,2848.8N/A
Turnout 26,15881.7+2.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +5.8
General election 1924: Kirkcaldy Burghs [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Kennedy 14,038 52.7 -1.7
Liberal John Murray 12,60747.3+1.7
Majority1,4315.4-3.4
Turnout 26,64581.8+0.1
Labour hold Swing -1.7
General election 1929: Kirkcaldy Burghs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Kennedy 17,410 59.6 +6.9
Unionist Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn 11,80540.4New
Majority5,60519.2+13.8
Turnout 29,21572.2-9.6
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kirkcaldy Burghs [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Russell 19,132 56.9 +16.5
Labour Tom Kennedy 14,49243.1-16.5
Majority4,64013.8N/A
Turnout 33,62481.1+8.9
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +16.5
General election 1935: Kirkcaldy Burghs [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Kennedy 19,457 56.3 +13.2
Unionist Albert Russell 15,08643.7-13.2
Majority4,37112.6N/A
Turnout 34,54379.9-1.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +13.2

Elections in the 1940s

1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 8,268 51.6 -4.7
SNP Douglas Young 6,62141.3New
Christian SocialistHenry Hilditch1,1367.1New
Majority1,64710.9-1.7
Turnout 16,025
Labour hold Swing
General election 1945: Kirkcaldy Burghs [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 15,401 45.0 -11.3
Unionist Christopher Guest 10,09929.5-14.2
SNP Douglas Young 5,81117.0N/A
Communist John McArthur2,8988.5New
Majority5,30215.5+2.9
Turnout 34,20976.4-3.5
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Election results 1950–1973

Decades:

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Kirkcaldy Burghs [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 25,75659.97+14.95
Unionist R Bell17,19240.03+10.51
Majority8,56419.94+4.44
Turnout 42,94884.80+8.40
Labour hold Swing +2.22
General election 1951: Kirkcaldy Burghs [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 26,88560.59+0.62
Conservative and National Liberal Ralph Harris 17,48439.41-0.62
Majority9,40121.18+1.24
Turnout 44,36984.63-0.17
Labour hold Swing +0.62
General election 1955: Kirkcaldy Burghs [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 23,86159.28-1.31
Conservative and National Liberal Duncan Drummond Young16,39240.72+1.31
Majority7,46918.56-2.62
Turnout 40,25375.31-9.32
Labour hold Swing -1.31
General election 1959: Kirkcaldy Burghs [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gourlay 25,42858.28-1.00
Unionist James Law QC14,18632.51-8.21
Liberal David Blyth4,0209.21New
Majority11,24225.77+7.21
Turnout 43,63480.46+5.15
Labour hold Swing +3.61

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Kirkcaldy Burghs [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gourlay 24,26359.99+1.71
Conservative and National Liberal Neil Gow QC11,75629.07-3.44
SNP James C. Lees 4,42310.94New
Majority12,50730.93+5.16
Turnout 40,44277.25-3.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Kirkcaldy Burghs [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gourlay 23,27359.62-0.37
Conservative Neil Gow QC10,53927.00-2.07
SNP James C. Lees 4,42313.38+2.44
Majority12,73432.62+1.59
Turnout 39,03575.41-1.84
Registered electors 52,355
Labour hold Swing +0.85

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Kirkcaldy Burghs [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gourlay 22,98656.01-3.61
Conservative A Myles Hogg13,19332.15+5.15
SNP James C. Lees 4,86311.85-1.53
Majority9,79323.86-8.76
Turnout 41,04271.87-3.54
Registered electors 52,355
Labour hold Swing -4.38

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