Midlothian and Peebles Northern

Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Midlothian
Replaced by	Midlothian and Peebles and Edinburgh Pentlands

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. Along with Peebles and Southern, it was formed by dividing the old Midlothian constituency.

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Calder and Suburban County Districts, the burgh of Dalkeith, and that part of the Lasswade County District which is included in the extra-burghal portions of the parishes of Dalkeith and Inveresk."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1918	Sir John Hope	Unionist
	1922	George Hutchison	Unionist
	1923	Andrew Clarke	Labour
	1924	Sir George Hutchison	Unionist
	1929 by-election	Andrew Clarke	Labour
	1929	John Colville	Unionist
	1943 by-election	Sir David King Murray	Unionist
	1945	Lord John Hope	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Hope	7,762	62.1
	Independent	John Brownlie Cadzow	4,737	37.9
Majority			3,025	24.2
Turnout			12,499	49.4
Registered electors			25,291
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hutchison	7,416	40.9	−21.2
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	6,942	38.3	New
	Liberal	Edward Rolland McNab	3,770	20.8	New
Majority			474	2.6	−21.6
Turnout			18,128	72.7	+23.3
Registered electors			24,939
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^{[6] [7] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	8,570	45.3	+7.0
	Unionist	George Hutchison	6,731	35.7	−5.2
	Liberal	Charles de Bois Murray	3,578	19.0	−1.8
Majority			1,839	9.6	N/A
Turnout			18,879	74.7	+2.0
Registered electors			25,278
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+6.1

General election 1924: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^{[8] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hutchison	11,320	55.2	+19.5
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	9,173	44.8	−0.5
Majority			2,147	10.4	N/A
Turnout			20,493	79.2	+4.5
Registered electors			25,889
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+10.0

1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	7,917	42.0	−2.8
	Unionist	John Colville	6,965	36.9	−18.3
	Liberal	David Edwin Keir	3,130	16.6	New
	National (Scotland)	Lewis Spence	842	4.5	New
Majority			952	5.1	N/A
Turnout			18,854	66.0	−13.2
Registered electors			28,586
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.8

General election 1929: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Colville	11,219	39.1	−16.1
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	10,779	37.5	−7.3
	Liberal	David Edwin Keir	6,726	23.4	N/A
Majority			440	1.6	−8.8
Turnout			28,724	78.8	−0.4
Registered electors			36,471
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Colville	22,211	72.3	+33.2
	Labour	Andrew Clarke	8,501	27.7	−9.8
Majority			13,710	44.6	+43.0
Turnout			30,712	78.2	−0.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1935: Midlothian and Peebles Northern ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Colville	23,711	62.9	−9.4
	Labour	James Lean	13,970	37.1	+9.4
Majority			9,741	25.85	−18.8
Turnout			37,681	74.3	−3.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	David Murray	11,620	51.9	−11.0
	Common Wealth	Tom Wintringham	10,751	48.1	New
Majority			869	3.8	−22.0
Turnout			22,371	34.6	−39.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	−11.0

General election 1945: Midlothian and Peebles Northern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Hope	24,834	47.95
	Labour	James Lean	23,657	45.68
	Common Wealth	Kitty Wintringham	3,299	6.37	N/A
Majority			1,177	2.27
Turnout			51,790	70.33
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
2. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
3. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  638. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
4. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
5. The Times, 17 November 1922
6. The Constitutional Year Book 1929
7. The Liberal Year Book 1929
8. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
9. The Times, 31 January 1929
10. The Times, 1 June 1929
11. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
12. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
13. Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
14. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 638. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.