Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Moray and Nairn
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
19181983
SeatsOne
Created from Elginshire & Nairnshire
Elgin Burghs
Replaced by Moray
Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

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It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.

It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Archibald Williamson Coalition Liberal
1922 Thomas Maule Guthrie Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 James Stuart Unionist
1959 Gordon Campbell Conservative
Feb 1974 Winnie Ewing SNP
1979 Alex Pollock Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Archibald Williamson Unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 Moray and Nairn by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Thomas Guthrie Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Thomas Guthrie 6,263 51.8 N/A
Liberal James Scott 5,83248.2N/A
Majority4313.6N/A
Turnout 12,09549.0N/A
Registered electors 24,691
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 8,116 53.4 New
Liberal Thomas Guthrie 7,08946.61.6
Majority1,0276.8N/A
Turnout 15,21561.3+12.3
Registered electors 24,798
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1924: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 9,762 61.9 +8.5
Labour Skene Mackay 6,00538.1New
Majority3,75723.8+17.0
Turnout 15,76761.7+0.4
Registered electors 25,539
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 8,896 43.7 18.2
Labour Joseph Duncan 6,56632.35.8
Liberal John Tennant 4,88924.0New
Majority2,33011.4-12.4
Turnout 20,34868.6+6.9
Registered electors 29,669
Unionist hold Swing 6.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 14 November 1935: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 12,755 63.5 N/A
Labour James Davidson Vassie7,34736.5New
Majority5,40827.0N/A
Turnout 20,102N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 12,809 61.58
Labour Sinclair Shaw7,99338.42
Majority4,81623.16
Turnout 20,80262.13
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 15,478 59.85
Labour Richard Murray10,38340.15
Majority5,09519.70
Turnout 25,861
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1951: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 15,881 60.23
Labour David Hutchinson10,48739.77
Majority5,39420.46
Turnout 26,368
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart 14,667 60.59
Labour M Mackay9,53839.41
Majority5,12921.18
Turnout 24,205
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1959: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gordon Campbell 13,742 52.63
Labour M. Mackay6,53925.04
Liberal Donald C. MacDonald5,83122.33New
Majority7,20327.59
Turnout 26,112
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gordon Campbell 12,741 50.86
Labour Gordon McIntosh6,83027.27
Liberal John Macleod5,47821.87
Majority5,91123.59
Turnout 25,049
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1966: Moray & Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Campbell 11,842 48.15
Labour Donald MacKenzie8,38434.09
Liberal Thomas Alexander MacNair4,36817.76
Majority3,45814.06
Turnout 24,59468.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Moray and Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Campbell 13,994 49.4 +1.3
SNP Thomas A Howe7,88527.8New
Labour Peter Talbot6,45222.8-11.3
Majority6,10921.6+7.5
Turnout 28,33172.0+4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Moray and Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 16,046 49.26
Conservative Gordon Campbell 14,22943.68
Labour E G Smith2,2997.06
Majority1,8175.58
Turnout 32,57478.72
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
General election October 1974: Moray and Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 12,667 41.2 -8.1
Conservative Alexander Pollock 12,30040.0-3.7
Labour E.G. Smith2,9859.7+2.6
Liberal Keith Schellenberg 2,8149.1New
Majority3671.2-4.4
Turnout 30,76674.7-4.0
SNP hold Swing
General election 1979: Moray and Nairn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Pollock 14,220 40.1 +0.1
SNP Winnie Ewing 13,80038.9-2.3
Liberal Steve Rodan 4,36112.3+3.2
Labour G E Scobie3,1048.7-1.0
Majority4201.2N/A
Turnout 35,48777.5+2.8
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

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