From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Old Monkland and Bothwell, exclusive of all burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The sixth district, the electoral divisions of Baillieston, Mount Vernon and Carmyle, Springboig and Garrowhill in the ninth district and that part of the electoral division of Old Monkland in the said ninth district which is bounded on the North by the city of Glasgow and the burgh of Coatbridge, on the West by the electoral division of Baillieston and on the South and East by the electoral divisions of Tannochside and Bellshill North."[2]
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
January 31, 2023
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Bothwell was a county constituency in Lanarkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983 It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency BothwellFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsSubdivisions of ScotlandLanarkshire1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromNorth West Lanarkshire and North East LanarkshireReplaced byMotherwell North Glasgow Shettleston Hamilton Monklands East and Monklands West 1 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1910s 3 2 Elections in the 1920s 3 3 Elections in the 1930s 3 4 Elections in the 1940s 3 5 Elections in the 1950s 3 6 Elections in the 1960s 3 7 Elections in the 1970s 4 See also 5 ReferencesBoundaries EditFrom 1918 the constituency consisted of The part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Old Monkland and Bothwell exclusive of all burghs or portions of burghs situated therein The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of The sixth district the electoral divisions of Baillieston Mount Vernon and Carmyle Springboig and Garrowhill in the ninth district and that part of the electoral division of Old Monkland in the said ninth district which is bounded on the North by the city of Glasgow and the burgh of Coatbridge on the West by the electoral division of Baillieston and on the South and East by the electoral divisions of Tannochside and Bellshill North 2 Members of Parliament EditElection Member Party1918 David MacDonald Unionist1919 John Robertson Labour1926 Joseph Sullivan Labour1931 Helen Shaw Unionist1935 James C Welsh Labour1945 John Timmons Labour1964 James Hamilton Labour1983 constituency abolishedElection results EditElections in the 1910s Edit General election 1918 Bothwell 3 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist David MacDonald 9 359 50 9Labour John Robertson 9 027 49 1Majority 332 1 8Turnout 18 386 69 2Registered electors 26 572Unionist win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government 1919 Bothwell by election 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Robertson 13 135 68 8 19 7C Liberal James Moffat 5 967 31 2 NewMajority 7 168 37 6 N ATurnout 19 102 71 9 2 7Registered electors 26 572Labour gain from Unionist Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s Edit General election 1922 Bothwell 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Robertson 13 872 57 0 7 9Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge Beedle 10 484 43 0 7 9Majority 3 388 14 0 N ATurnout 24 356 78 2 9 0Registered electors 31 149Labour gain from Unionist Swing 7 9General election 1923 Bothwell 6 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Robertson 14 211 60 2 3 2Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge Beedle 7 569 32 0 11 0Liberal John Dick Scott 1 846 7 8 NewMajority 6 642 28 2 14 2Turnout 23 626 73 1 5 1Registered electors 32 342Labour hold Swing 7 1General election 1924 Bothwell 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Robertson 14 591 56 3 3 9Unionist Helen Shaw 11 314 43 7 11 7Majority 3 277 12 6 15 6Turnout 25 905 79 3 6 2Registered electors 32 665Labour hold Swing 7 8 Joseph Sullivan 1926 Bothwell by election 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joseph Sullivan 14 830 59 7 3 4Unionist Alexander Morrice Mackay 8 740 35 2 8 5Liberal Ernest Young 1 276 5 1 NewMajority 6 090 24 5 11 9Turnout 24 846 74 2 5 1Registered electors 33 505Labour hold Swing 6 0General election 1929 Bothwell 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joseph Sullivan 17 006 55 2 1 1Unionist Helen Shaw 12 077 39 3 4 4Communist Helen Crawfurd 1 677 5 5 NewMajority 4 929 15 9 3 3Turnout 30 760 72 7 6 6Registered electors 42 312Labour hold Swing 1 7Elections in the 1930s Edit General election 1931 Bothwell 9 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Helen Shaw 16 571 49 98Labour Joseph Sullivan 14 423 43 50Communist Barney McCourt 10 2 163 6 52Majority 2 148 6 48Turnout 33 157 77 71Unionist gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1935 Bothwell 11 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Welsh 20 900 60 30Unionist Helen Shaw 13 761 39 70Majority 7 139 20 60Turnout 34 661 78 64Labour gain from Unionist SwingElections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour John Timmons 25 369 65 8 5 5Unionist Helen Shaw 13 207 34 2 5 5Majority 12 162 31 6 11 0Turnout 38 576 73 12 5 52Labour hold SwingElections in the 1950s Edit General election 1950 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour John Timmons 25 715 56 7 9 1Unionist Norman Cadzow 19 605 43 3 9 1Majority 6 110 13 4 8 2Turnout 45 320 84 54 11 42Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1951 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour John Timmons 26 529 56 3 0 4Unionist Norman Cadzow 20 591 43 7 0 4Majority 5 938 12 60 0 8Turnout 47 120 85 96 1 42Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour John Timmons 23 365 54 2 2 1Unionist William Graham Greig 19 755 45 8 2 1Majority 3 610 8 37 4 23Turnout 43 120 78 93 7 03Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1959 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour John Timmons 25 119 54 7 0 5Unionist William Graham Greig 20 767 45 3 0 5Majority 4 352 9 4 1 0Turnout 45 886 82 17 3 24Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s Edit General election 1964 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 27 556 60 4 5 7Conservative James Brown Highgate 18 068 39 6 5 7Majority 9 488 20 80 11 4Turnout 45 624 80 44 1 73Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1966 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 27 166 61 0 0 6Conservative James Brown Highgate 16 198 36 3 0 6Communist Thomas Woods 1 209 2 7 NewMajority 10 968 24 7 3 9Turnout 44 573 77 78 2 66Labour hold SwingElections in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Bothwell Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 26 431 54 7 6 3Conservative James Brown Highgate 15 720 32 5 3 8SNP Tom McAlpine 6 157 12 8 NewMajority 10 711 22 17 2 4Turnout 42 151 75 32 2 46Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Bothwell 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 22 326 46 8 7 9Conservative David McAllister 12 725 26 7 5 8SNP Gerald Alexander Fisher 6 710 14 1 1 3Liberal James Park 5 362 11 2 NewCommunist David Bolton 562 1 2 NewMajority 9 601 20 13 2 04Turnout 47 685 81 22 5 90Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Bothwell 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 22 086 48 64 1 82SNP John McCool 11 138 24 53 10 46Conservative David Anderson Roser 8 125 17 89 8 79Liberal Terry Grieve 4 057 8 93 2 31Majority 10 948 24 11 3 98Turnout 45 406 76 50 4 72Labour hold Swing 4 32General election 1979 Bothwell 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Hamilton 26 492 54 97 6 33Conservative James Lang Patrick Scott 11 275 23 40 5 51Liberal Terry Grieve 5 225 10 84 1 91SNP John McCool 5 202 10 79 13 74Majority 15 217 31 57 7 46Turnout 48 194 78 61 2 11Labour hold Swing 0 41See also Edit1919 Bothwell by election 1926 Bothwell by election BothwellReferences Edit a b c d Bothwell Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 Retrieved 18 March 2016 Representation of the People Act 1948 First Schedule Craig F W S 1983 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3 ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X Whitaker s Almanack 1920 The Times 17 November 1922 The Times 8 December 1923 a b Oliver amp Boyd s Edinburgh Almanac 1927 The Times 29 March 1926 Whitaker s Almanack 1934 Walker Michael McCourt Barney Graham Stevenson Archived from the original on 25 June 2017 Retrieved 25 June 2017 Whitaker s Almanack 1939 Craig F W S 1983 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3rd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bothwell UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1071062281, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
