| Combined Scottish Universities | |
|---|---|
| Formeruniversity constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | Three |
| Created from | Glasgow & Aberdeen Universities Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities |
TheCombined Scottish Universities was a three-memberuniversity constituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from1918 until1950. It was created by merging the single-member constituencies ofGlasgow and Aberdeen Universities andEdinburgh and St Andrews Universities.
The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Scottish Universities ofSt Andrews,Edinburgh,Glasgow andAberdeen.
The constituency returned threeMembers of Parliament to Westminster, elected bySingle Transferable Vote. The by-elections used thefirst past the post voting system.
ThisUniversity constituency was created by theRepresentation of the People Act 1918 and abolished in 1950 by theRepresentation of the People Act 1948.

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | 3,719 | 28.7 | |||
| Liberal | 3,499 | 27.0 | |||
| Unionist | 3,286 | 25.4 | |||
| Labour | Peter Macdonald | 1,581 | 12.2 | ||
| Independent | William Robert Smith | 850 | 6.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,705 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 12,935 | ||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Andreas Berry | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Liberal | Dugald Cowan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Unionist | Henry Craik | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Andreas Berry | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Liberal | Dugald Cowan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Unionist | Henry Craik | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Henry Craik | 7,188 | 40.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Dugald Cowan | 5,011 | 28.4 | N/A | |
| Unionist | George Andreas Berry | 3,781 | 21.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Martin Munro | 1,639 | 9.3 | New | |
| Majority | 2,142 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17,619 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Buchan | 16,963 | 87.7 | +66.2 | |
| Labour | Hugh Guthrie | 2,378 | 12.3 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 14,585 | 75.4 | +63.2 | ||
| Turnout | 19,341 | 55.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Unionist | John Buchan | 39.7 | 9,959 | ||
| Liberal | Dugald Cowan | 26.7 | 6,698 | ||
| Unionist | George Berry | 22.9 | 5,755 | 9,262 | |
| Labour | James Kerr (Scottish doctor) | 10.7 | 2,691 | 2,867 | |
| Electorate: 43,192 Valid: 25,103 Quota: 6,276 Turnout: 25,103 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Buchan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Liberal | Dugald Cowan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Unionist | Noel Skelton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | George Morrison | 18,070 | 79.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Robert Gibson | 4,750 | 20.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13,320 | 58.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 22,820 | 44.3 | N/A | ||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Graham Kerr | 20,507 | 82.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Naomi Mitchison | 4,293 | 17.3 | −3.5 | |
| Majority | 16,214 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,800 | 48.1 | N/A | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Graham Kerr | 8,252 | 30.4 | N/A | |
| National Liberal | George Morrison | 7,529 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Unionist | Noel Skelton[5] | 7,479 | 27.6 | N/A | |
| SNP | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 3,865 | 14.2 | New | |
| Majority | 723 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 27,125 | N/A | |||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | 16,393 | 56.5 | New | |
| SNP | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 9,034 | 31.1 | +16.9 | |
| Labour | David Cleghorn Thomson | 3,597 | 12.4 | New | |
| Majority | 7,359 | 37.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,024 | 54.8 | +3.6 | ||
| National Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | John Anderson | 14,042 | 48.8 | −7.7 | |
| Independent | Frances H. Melville | 5,618 | 19.5 | New | |
| SNP | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 5,246 | 18.2 | −12.9 | |
| Independent Progressive | Peter Chalmers Mitchell | 3,868 | 13.5 | New | |
| Majority | 8,424 | 29.3 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 28,774 | 52.1 | −2.7 | ||
| Nationalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Boyd-Orr | 20,197 | 71.2 | N/A | |
| National Liberal | R.M. Munro | 8,177 | 28.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,020 | 43.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,374 | 44.6 | −7.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 63,581 | ||||
| Independentgain fromNational Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 16,011 | 48.8 | New | ||
| Independent | 10,685 | 32.6 | New | ||
| Labour | Halliday Sutherland | 2,860 | 8.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Ralph Somerville Weir | 1,872 | 5.7 | N/A | |
| Unionist | 1,361 | 4.2 | −53.8 | ||
| Majority | 7,825 | 23.9 | |||
| Turnout | 32,789 | 51.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Nationalhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Unionisthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Elliot | 22,152 | 68.2 | +64.0 | |
| Labour | C. E. M. Joad | 3,731 | 11.5 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal | John Bannerman | 2,593 | 8.0 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | J. G. Jameson | 2,080 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| National Liberal | Robert Scott Stevenson | 1,938 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,421 | 56.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,494 | 50.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Unionistgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the chancellor of the Exchequer 1943–1945 | Succeeded by |