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Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1950

Dundee
Formerburgh constituency
for theHouse of Commons
Major settlementsDundee
18321950
Seats1832–1868: One
1868–1950: Two
Created fromForfarshire[1]
Replaced byDundee East
Dundee West

Dundee was aconstituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from1832 to1950, when it was split intoDundee East andDundee West.

From 1832 to1868 it elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) using thefirst-past-the-post voting system, and from 1868 until its abolition for the1950 general election it elected two MPs using thebloc vote system.

Politics and history of the constituency

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Winston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing hisManchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922.

In 1906, the explorerErnest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for theLiberal Unionist Party.[2]

From its creation in 1832 the seat did not return aConservative member until 1931 whenFlorence Horsbrugh was elected.[3] Originally aLiberal stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return aLabour candidate,Alexander Wilkie, who was elected in 1906.[4]

At the1918 general election both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the localUnionists, as well as their own party organisations.[5] From 1923 onwards the Conservatives/Unionists and Liberals each ran only one candidate in the constituency. This was part of an unofficial agreement between the two parties at a local level, with the understanding being that their supporters would give their other vote to the other party's candidate.[6]

Boundaries

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The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in theRepresentation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-

"From the Point, on the East of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Tay would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Tower (in Fife) of Mr. Dalgleish of Scotscraig to the Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road, in a straight Line to the said Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road; thence, Westward, along the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington to the Point called Kings Cross, at which the several Boundaries of the Parishes of Dundee, Strathmartin, and Liff meet; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Liff Road which is distant Twelve hundred Yards (measured along the Liff Road) to the West of the Point at which the Newtyle Road leaves the same; thence in a straight Line drawn due South to the Shore of the Firth of Tay; thence along the Shore of the Firth of Tay to the Point first described."[7]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionPartyMemberPartyMember
1832Whig[8]George Kinloch1 seat
until 1868
1833 by-electionWhig[8][9]Sir Henry Parnell
1841Whig[8][10]George Duncan
1857Whig[11][12]Sir John Ogilvy
1859Liberal
1868LiberalGeorge Armitstead
1873 by-electionLiberalJames Yeaman
1874LiberalEdward Jenkins
1880LiberalGeorge ArmitsteadLiberalFrank Henderson
1885LiberalCharles LacaitaLiberalEdmund Robertson
1888 by-electionLiberalJoseph Bottomley Firth
1889 by-electionLiberalJohn Leng
1906LabourAlexander Wilkie
1908 by-electionLiberalWinston Churchill
1922LabourE. D. MorelScottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour
1924 by-electionLabourThomas Johnston
1929LabourMichael Marcus
1931UnionistFlorence HorsbrughLiberalDingle Foot
1945LabourJohn StracheyLabourThomas Cook
1950Constituency divided. SeeDundee East andDundee West

Election results, 1832–1868

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigGeorge Kinloch85259.0
WhigDavid Charles Guthrie59341.0
Majority25918.0
Turnout1,44589.1
Registered electors1,622
Whigwin (new seat)

Kinloch's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 April 1833: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigHenry ParnellUnopposed
Whighold
General election 1835: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigHenry ParnellUnopposed
Registered electors1,751
Whighold

Parnell was appointed as Paymaster-General of the Land Forces and Treasurer of the Navy, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 6 May 1835: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigHenry ParnellUnopposed
Whighold
General election 1837: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigHenry Parnell63362.4
ConservativeJohn Gladstone38137.6
Majority25224.8
Turnout1,01445.8
Registered electors2,214
Whighold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Dundee[13][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigGeorge Duncan57756.5−5.9
RadicalJohn Benjamin Smith[14]44543.5N/A
Majority13213.0−11.8
Turnout1,02237.3−8.5
Registered electors2,739
WhigholdSwing−5.9
General election 1847: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigGeorge DuncanUnopposed
Registered electors2,635
Whighold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigGeorge DuncanUnopposed
Registered electors3,190
Whighold
General election 1857: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigJohn Ogilvy1,09256.3N/A
RadicalGeorge Armitstead[15]84743.7N/A
Majority24512.6N/A
Turnout1,93982.8N/A
Registered electors2,343
WhigholdSwingN/A
General election 1859: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn OgilvyUnopposed
Registered electors2,317
Liberalhold

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn OgilvyUnopposed
Registered electors3,039
Liberalhold

Seat increased to two members

General election 1868: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeorge Armitstead7,73836.8N/A
LiberalJohn Ogilvy7,66136.4N/A
LiberalJames Alexander Guthrie[16]3,54816.9N/A
LiberalHarry Warren Scott[17]2,0859.9N/A
Majority4,11319.5N/A
Turnout10,516 (est)71.1 (est)N/A
Registered electors14,798
LiberalholdSwingN/A
Liberalwin (new seat)

Election results, 1873–1918

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Elections in the 1870s

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Armitstead resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 Aug 1873: Dundee[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJames Yeaman5,29751.0N/A
LiberalEdward Jenkins4,01038.6N/A
LiberalJames Fitzjames Stephen1,08610.4N/A
Majority1,28712.4−7.1
Turnout10,39362.4−8.7
Registered electors16,652
LiberalholdSwingN/A
General election 1874: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJames Yeaman6,59533.2−3.6
LiberalEdward Jenkins6,04830.5N/A
LiberalJohn Ogilvy4,40122.2−14.2
LiberalJohn Meiklejohn2,23111.2N/A
ConservativeJohn Austin Lake Gloag[18]5732.9New
Majority1,6478.3−11.2
Turnout10,211 (est)57.3 (est)−13.8
Registered electors17,814
LiberalholdSwingN/A
LiberalholdSwingN/A

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeorge Armitstead9,16843.8N/A
LiberalFrank Henderson6,75032.3N/A
ConservativeJames Yeaman4,99323.9+21.0
Majority1,7578.4+0.1
Turnout14,161 (est)97.2 (est)+39.9
Registered electors14,566
LiberalholdSwingN/A
LiberalholdSwingN/A
General election 1885: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalCharles Lacaita8,26130.7−13.1
LiberalEdmund Robertson7,18726.7−5.6
Independent LiberalAlexander Hay Moncur6,27923.4New
ConservativeEdward Jenkins5,14919.2−4.7
Majority9083.3−5.1
Turnout14,62383.9−13.3 (est)
LiberalholdSwing−4.2
LiberalholdSwing−0.5
General election 1886: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmund Robertson8,23635.3+8.6
LiberalCharles Lacaita8,21635.2+4.5
Liberal UnionistBrinsley de Courcy Nixon3,54515.2−4.0
Liberal UnionistHenry Daly3,34614.3N/A
Majority4,67120.0+16.7
Turnout11,89368.3−15.6
Registered electors17,420
LiberalholdSwing+6.3
LiberalholdSwing+4.3

Lacita's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 16 Feb 1888: Dundee[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Bottomley Firth7,85665.1−5.4
Liberal UnionistHenry Daly4,21734.9+5.4
Majority3,63930.2+10.2
Turnout12,07372.7+4.4
Registered electors16,613
LiberalholdSwing−5.4

Firth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 Sep 1889: Dundee[19][20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn LengUnopposed
Liberalhold

Elections in the 1890s

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Leng
General election 1892: Dundee (2 seats)[19][21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Leng8,48430.5−4.7
LiberalEdmund Robertson8,19129.5−5.8
ConservativeWilliam Dalgleish5,65920.4+5.2
Liberal UnionistWilliam Charles Smith (politician)5,06618.3+4.0
Scottish LabourJames MacDonald3541.3New
Majority2,5329.1−10.9
Turnout14,025 (est)77.0+8.7
Registered electors18,214
LiberalholdSwing−5.0
LiberalholdSwing−5.5

Robertson is appointedCivil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 1892: Dundee (1 seat)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmund RobertsonUnopposed
Liberalhold
Robertson
General election 1895: Dundee (2 seats)[19][22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmund Robertson7,60229.0−0.5
LiberalJohn Leng7,59228.9−1.6
Liberal UnionistWilliam Charles Smith (politician)5,39020.6+2.3
ConservativeEdward Jenkins4,31816.5−3.9
Ind. Labour PartyJames MacDonald1,3135.0+3.7
Majority2,2028.3−0.8
Turnout13,490 (est)74.9−2.1
Registered electors18,011
LiberalholdSwing−1.4
LiberalholdSwing+1.2

Elections in the 1900s

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Robertson
General election 1900: Dundee (2 seats)[19][22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmund Robertson7,77730.2+1.2
LiberalJohn Leng7,65029.7+0.8
ConservativeAlexander Duncan Smith5,18120.1+3.6
Liberal UnionistJ.E. Graham5,15220.0−0.6
Majority2,4699.6+1.3
Turnout25,76069.5−5.4
Registered electors18,655
LiberalholdSwing−1.2
LiberalholdSwing−1.4
Wilkie
Shackleton
General election 1906: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmund Robertson9,27631.7+1.5
Labour Repr. Cmte.Alexander Wilkie6,83323.3New
LiberalSir Henry Robson6,12220.9−8.8
Liberal UnionistErnest Shackleton3,86513.2−6.8
ConservativeAlexander Duncan Smith3,18310.9−9.2
Turnout29,27981.9+12.4
Registered electors19,492
Majority5,41118.5+8.9
LiberalholdSwing+4.2
Majority7112.4N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte.gain fromLiberalSwingN/A
Stuart
1908 Dundee by-election[19][23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWinston Churchill7,07943.9−8.7
Liberal UnionistGeorge Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet4,37027.1−3.0
LabourG. H. Stuart-Bunning4,01424.9+1.6
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour6554.1New
Majority2,70916.8−1.7
Turnout16,13884.6+2.7
Registered electors19,041
LiberalholdSwing−2.9

Elections in the 1910s

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Churchill
General election January 1910: Dundee (2 seats)[24][25][n 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWinston Churchill10,74734.1−8.5
LabourAlexander Wilkie10,36532.9+9.6
ConservativeJohn Hall Seymour Lloyd4,55214.4+3.5
Liberal UnionistJames Glass4,33913.8+0.6
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour1,5124.8N/A
Turnout31,51586.1+4.2
Registered electors19,374
Majority6,19519.7+1.2
Liberalhold
Majority5,81318.5+16.1
Labourhold


  1. ^Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats)[24][25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWinston Churchill9,24030.1−4.0
LabourAlexander Wilkie8,95729.3−3.6
Liberal UnionistGeorge Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet5,68518.6+4.8
ConservativeJohn Hall Seymour Lloyd4,91416.0+1.6
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour1,8256.0+1.2
Turnout30,62184.1−2.0
Registered electors19,118
Majority3,55511.5−8.2
Liberalhold
Majority3,27210.7−7.8
Labourhold
1917 Dundee by-election[26][25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWinston Churchill7,30278.2+58.1
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour2,03621.8+15.8
Majority5,26656.4+44.9
Turnout9,33842.5−41.6
Registered electors21,953
LiberalholdSwing+21.2
General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CLiberalWinston Churchill25,78837.5+7.4
LabourAlexander Wilkie24,82236.1+6.8
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour10,42315.1+9.1
LabourJames Sunney Brown7,76911.3N/A
Turnout68,80246.6−37.5
Majority15,36522.4+10.9
Liberalhold
Majority14,39921.0+10.3
Labourhold
Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government.

In 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the DundeeUnionist Party Association in addition to their own party organisations.[27]

Election results, 1922–1945

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Elections in the 1920s

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Pilkington
General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour32,57827.6+12.5
LabourE. D. Morel30,29225.6−10.5
National LiberalDavid Johnstone MacDonald22,24418.8N/A
National LiberalWinston Churchill20,46617.3−20.2
LiberalRobert Pilkington6,6815.7N/A
CommunistWillie Gallacher5,9065.0New
Majority12,13210.3N/A
Majority8,0486.8−14.2
Turnout118,16780.5+33.9
Scottish Prohibitiongain fromNational LiberalSwing
LabourholdSwing
Gallacher
General election 1923: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour25,75325.1−2.5
LabourE. D. Morel23,34522.7−2.9
LiberalJohn Pratt23,03122.4+16.7
UnionistFrederick William Wallace20,25319.7New
CommunistWillie Gallacher10,38010.1+5.1
Majority2,7222.7−7.6
Majority3140.3−6.5
Turnout102,76272.5−8.0
Scottish ProhibitionholdSwing
LabourholdSwing
Morel
General election 1924: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourE. D. Morel32,84626.5+3.8
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour29,19323.5−1.6
UnionistFrederick William Wallace28,11822.7+3.0
LiberalAndrew Rae Duncan25,56620.6−1.8
CommunistBob Stewart8,3406.7−3.4
Majority4,7283.8+3.5
Majority1,0750.8−1.9
Turnout124,06383.8+11.3
LabourholdSwing
Scottish ProhibitionholdSwing
1924 Dundee by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTom Johnston22,97369.2+42.7
LiberalErnest Simon10,23430.8+10.2
Majority12,73938.4+34.6
Turnout33,20742.4−41.4
LabourholdSwing
Henderson-Stewart
General election 1929: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour50,07329.2+5.7
LabourMichael Marcus47,60227.7+1.2
LiberalJames Henderson-Stewart33,89019.8−0.8
UnionistFrederick William Wallace33,86819.7−3.0
CommunistBob Stewart6,1603.6−3.1
Majority16,1839.4+8.6
Majority13,7127.9+4.1
Turnout171,59382.5−1.3
Scottish ProhibitionholdSwing
LabourholdSwing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDingle Foot52,04829.6+9.8
UnionistFlorence Horsbrugh48,55627.7+10.0
LabourMichael Marcus32,57318.6−9.1
Scottish ProhibitionEdwin Scrymgeour32,22918.3−10.9
CommunistBob Stewart10,2645.8+2.2
Majority19,47511.0N/A
Majority16,3279.4N/A
Turnout175,67084.8+2.3
Liberalgain fromLabourSwing
Unionistgain fromScottish ProhibitionSwing
General election 1935: Dundee (2 seats)[28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistFlorence Horsbrugh50,54226.8−0.9
LiberalDingle Foot49,63226.4−3.2
LabourMichael Marcus44,45723.6+5.0
LabourRobert Gibson43,74723.2N/A
Majority6,0853.2−6.2
Majority5,1752.8−8.2
Turnout188,37884.7−0.1
UnionistholdSwing
LiberalholdSwing

Elections in the 1940s

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Strachey
General election 1945: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Cook48,80428.6+5.0
LabourJohn Strachey48,39328.4+5.2
LiberalDingle Foot33,23019.5−6.9
UnionistFlorence Horsbrugh32,30918.9−7.9
SNPArthur Donaldson7,7754.56New
Majority15,1638.9N/A
Majority16,0849.5N/A
Turnout170,51179.2−5.5
Labourgain fromLiberalSwing
Labourgain fromUnionistSwing

Sources

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