Berwick and Haddington | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Berwickshire, East Lothian |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire |
Replaced by | Berwick and East Lothian |
Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, when it replaced the separate Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituencies, until it was renamed Berwick and East Lothian for the 1950 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | John Hope | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Walter Waring | National Liberal | |
1923 | Robert Spence | Labour | |
1924 | Chichester Crookshank | Unionist | |
1929 | George Sinkinson | Labour | |
1931 | John McEwen | Unionist | |
1945 | John Robertson | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | National Liberal | John Hope | 8,584 | 53.9 | |
Labour | Robert W. Foulis | 4,783 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal | Harold Tennant | 2,557 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 3,801 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 15,924 | 48.6 | |||
Registered electors | 32,763 | ||||
National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Walter Waring | 6,342 | 31.9 | -22.0 | |
Labour | Robert Spence | 5,842 | 29.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,422 | 22.2 | +6.1 | |
Independent Liberal | John Hope | 3,300 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 500 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,906 | 60.1 | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 33,119 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Spence | 8,576 | 37.0 | +7.7 | |
Unionist | Chichester Crookshank | 8,508 | 36.7 | New | |
Liberal | Walter Waring | 6,084 | 26.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 68 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,168 | 69.4 | +9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 33,381 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Chichester Crookshank | 11,745 | 45.8 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Robert Spence | 8,882 | 34.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,986 | 19.5 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 2,863 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,613 | 75.3 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 34,017 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Sinkinson | 11,761 | 37.5 | +2.8 | |
Unionist | John McEwen | 11,435 | 36.5 | -9.3 | |
Liberal | James Greig | 8,132 | 26.0 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 326 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,328 | 69.6 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 45,043 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | John McEwen | 25,169 | 73.5 | +36.0 | |
Labour | George Sinkinson | 9,089 | 26.5 | -10.0 | |
Majority | 16,080 | 47.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,258 | 74.8 | +5.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | John McEwen | 19,839 | 58.1 | -15.4 | |
Labour | John Robertson | 14,299 | 41.9 | +15.4 | |
Majority | 5,540 | 16.2 | -30.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,138 | 71.9 | -2.9 | ||
Unionist 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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Robertson | 19,037 | 54.52 | ||
Unionist | John McEwen | 15,880 | 45.48 | ||
Majority | 3,157 | 9.04 | |||
Turnout | 34,917 | 70.51 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |