Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Montrose Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1950
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Created from Aberdeen Burghs and Perth Burghs
Replaced by North Angus & Mearns and South Angus

Montrose Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950.

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The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent the parliamentary burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Inverbervie.

In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1832 Horatio Ross Whig [1]
1835 Patrick Chalmers Radical [2] [3]
1842 by-election Joseph Hume Radical [4] [5] [6] [7]
1855 by-election William Edward Baxter Radical [8] [9] [10]
1859 Liberal
1885 John Shiress Will Liberal
1896 by-election John Morley Liberal
1908 by-election Robert Harcourt Liberal
1918 John Sturrock Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1924 Robert Hutchison Liberal
1930 Independent Liberal
1931 National Liberal
1932 by-election Charles Kerr National Liberal
1940 by-election John Maclay National Liberal
1950 constituency abolished: see North Angus & Mearns and South Angus

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Montrose Burghs [11] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Horatio Ross 796 59.8
Radical Patrick Chalmers 53540.2
Majority26119.6
Turnout 1,33189.1
Registered electors 1,494
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical Patrick Chalmers Unopposed
Registered electors 1,551
Radical gain from Whig
General election 1837: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical Patrick Chalmers Unopposed
Registered electors 1,636
Radical hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Patrick Chalmers Unopposed
Registered electors 1,403
Radical hold

Chalmers resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 April 1842: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Hume Unopposed
Radical hold
General election 1847: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Hume 532 69.7 N/A
Radical David Greenhill [12] [13] 23130.3N/A
Majority30139.4N/A
Turnout 76364.8N/A
Registered electors 1,178
Radical hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Hume Unopposed
Registered electors 1,586
Radical hold

Hume's death caused a by-election.

William Baxter William Edward Baxter00.jpg
William Baxter
By-election, 9 March 1855: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Edward Baxter 478 52.4 N/A
Whig John Ogilvy [14] [15] 43447.6New
Majority444.8N/A
Turnout 91257.5N/A
Registered electors 1,585
Radical hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Edward Baxter Unopposed
Registered electors 1,575
Radical hold
General election 1859: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Baxter Unopposed
Registered electors 1,651
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Baxter Unopposed
Registered electors 1,806
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Baxter 3,199 75.7 N/A
Conservative William Macdonald Macdonald [16] 1,02724.3New
Majority2,17251.4N/A
Turnout 4,22666.7N/A
Registered electors 6,337
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Baxter 3,333 64.0 −11.7
Conservative William Macdonald Macdonald [16] 1,87536.0+11.7
Majority1,45828.0−23.4
Turnout 5,20866.0−0.7
Registered electors 7,891
Liberal hold Swing −11.7

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Montrose Burghs [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Baxter Unopposed
Registered electors 8,343
Liberal hold
John Shiress Will John Shiress Will.jpg
John Shiress Will
General election 1885: Montrose Burghs [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Shiress Will 3,532 49.9 N/A
Independent Liberal Alexander Gordon2,77939.3New
Conservative Alexander Mackenzie76310.8New
Majority75310.6N/A
Turnout 7,07478.9N/A
Registered electors 8,963
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1886: Montrose Burghs [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Shiress Will 3,357 61.7 +11.8
Liberal Unionist Arthur Patton2,08838.3+27.5
Majority1,26923.4+12.8
Turnout 5,44560.7−18.2
Registered electors 8,963
Liberal hold Swing +6.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Montrose Burghs [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Shiress Will 3,941 65.3 +3.6
Liberal Unionist Robert Arthur Lockhart2,09034.7−3.6
Majority1,85130.6+7.2
Turnout 6,03171.5+10.8
Registered electors 8,436
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
General election 1895: Montrose Burghs [21] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Shiress Will 3,594 59.3 −6.0
Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter2,46240.7+6.0
Majority1,13218.6−12.0
Turnout 6,05671.4-0.1
Registered electors 8,484
Liberal hold Swing −6.0
John Morley John Morley 2.jpg
John Morley
1896 Montrose Burghs by-election [21] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Morley 4,565 64.0 +4.7
Conservative John Wilson2,57236.0−4.7
Majority1,99328.0+9.4
Turnout 7,13782.1+10.7
Registered electors 8,692
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Montrose Burghs [21] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Morley 3,960 62.4 +3.1
Liberal Unionist John Birrell Don2,39037.6−3.1
Majority1,57024.8+6.2
Turnout 6,35071.5+0.1
Registered electors 8,881
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
General election 1906: Montrose Burghs [22] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Morley 4,416 69.7 +7.3
Conservative Alexander Sprot 1,92230.3−7.3
Majority2,49439.4+14.6
Turnout 6,33875.7+4.2
Registered electors 8,373
Liberal hold Swing +7.3
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1908 [18] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Harcourt 3,083 46.7 −23.0
Ind. Labour Party Joseph Burgess 1,93729.4New
Conservative Andrew Constable 1,57623.9−6.4
Majority1,14617.3−22.1
Turnout 6,59680.4+4.7
Registered electors 8,205
Liberal hold Swing −8.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Montrose Burghs [18] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Harcourt 3,606 50.9 −18.8
Ind. Labour Party Joseph Burgess 1,88826.6N/A
Conservative William Low1,59222.5−7.8
Majority1,71824.3−15.1
Turnout 7,08684.2+8.5
Registered electors 8,414
Liberal hold Swing −5.5
General election December 1910: Montrose Burghs [18] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Harcourt 3,878 64.3 +13.4
Conservative William Low2,15535.7+13.2
Majority1,72328.6+4.3
Turnout 6,03372.0−12.2
Registered electors 8,383
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Montrose Burghs [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal John Sturrock 9,30976.0+11.7
Labour H. N. Brailsford 2,94024.0New
Majority6,36952.0+23.4
Turnout 12,24949.1−22.9
Registered electors 24,956
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Montrose Burghs [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Sturrock 8,407 54.4 −21.6
Labour John Carnegie 7,04445.6+21.6
Majority1,3638.8−43.2
Turnout 15,45162.7+13.6
Registered electors 24,628
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing −21.6
General election 1923: Montrose Burghs [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Sturrock 8,717 55.3 +0.9
Labour John Carnegie 7,03244.7−0.9
Majority1,68510.6+1.8
Turnout 15,74962.9+0.2
Registered electors 25,031
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General election 1924: Montrose Burghs [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Hutchison 9,226 57.2 +1.9
Labour Thomas Barron 6,91442.8−1.9
Majority2,31214.4+3.8
Turnout 16,14068.5+5.6
Registered electors 23,568
Liberal hold Swing +1.9
General election 1929: Montrose Burghs [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Hutchison 11,715 55.5 −1.7
Labour Thomas Irwin 9,38144.5+1.7
Majority2,33411.0−3.4
Turnout 21,09671.3+2.8
Registered electors 29,573
Liberal hold Swing −1.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Montrose Burghs [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Robert Hutchison 17,212 77.0 N/A
Labour Arthur Fraser Macintosh5,13723.0-21.5
Majority12,07554.0+43.0
Turnout 22,34974.6+3.3
National Liberal hold Swing
1932 Montrose Burghs by-election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Charles Kerr 7,963 46.9 -30.1
Labour Tom Kennedy 7,03041.4+18.4
National (Scotland) Douglas Emslie1,99611.7New
Majority9335.5-48.5
Turnout 16,98956.7-17.9
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1935: Montrose Burghs [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Charles Kerr 15,198 69.6 -7.4
Labour James Erskine Harper6,63230.4+7.4
Majority8,56639.2-14.8
Turnout 21,83070.6-4.0
National Liberal hold Swing

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

1940 Montrose Burghs by-election [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Maclay Unopposed N/AN/A
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Montrose Burghs [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Maclay 13,966 58.2 -11.4
Labour Thomas Alexander MacNair10,01141.8+11.4
Majority3,95516.4-22.8
Turnout 24,00772.3+1.7
National Liberal hold Swing

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