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Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West.

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

From 1832 to 1868 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and from 1868 until its abolition for the 1950 general election it elected two MPs using the bloc vote system.

Politics and history of the constituency edit

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

In 1906, the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party.[2]

From its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a Conservative member until 1931 when Florence Horsbrugh was elected.[3] Originally a Liberal stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a Labour candidate, Alexander Wilkie, who was elected in 1906.[4]

At the 1918 general election both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the local Unionists, 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 edit

The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation 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 edit

Election Party Member Party Member
1832 Whig[8] George Kinloch 1 seat
until 1868
1833 by-election Whig[8][9] Sir Henry Parnell
1841 Whig[8][10] George Duncan
1857 Whig[11][12] Sir John Ogilvy
1859 Liberal
1868 Liberal George Armitstead
1873 by-election Liberal James Yeaman
1874 Liberal Edward Jenkins
1880 Liberal George Armitstead Liberal Frank Henderson
1885 Liberal Charles Lacaita Liberal Edmund Robertson
1888 by-election Liberal Joseph Bottomley Firth
1889 by-election Liberal John Leng
1906 Labour Alexander Wilkie
1908 by-election Liberal Winston Churchill
1922 Labour E. D. Morel Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour
1924 by-election Labour Thomas Johnston
1929 Labour Michael Marcus
1931 Unionist Florence Horsbrugh Liberal Dingle Foot
1945 Labour John Strachey Labour Thomas Cook
1950 Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West

Election results 1832-1868 edit

Elections in the 1830s edit

General election 1832: Dundee[13][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Kinloch 852 59.0
Whig David Charles Guthrie 593 41.0
Majority 259 18.0
Turnout 1,445 89.1
Registered electors 1,622
Whig win (new seat)

Kinloch's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 April 1833: Dundee[13][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Henry Parnell Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1835: Dundee[13][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Henry Parnell Unopposed
Registered electors 1,751
Whig hold

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry Parnell Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Dundee[13][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Henry Parnell 633 62.4
Conservative John Gladstone 381 37.6
Majority 252 24.8
Turnout 1,014 45.8
Registered electors 2,214
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s edit

General election 1841: Dundee[13][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan 577 56.5 −5.9
Radical John Benjamin Smith[14] 445 43.5 New
Majority 132 13.0 −11.8
Turnout 1,022 37.3 −8.5
Registered electors 2,739
Whig hold Swing −5.9
General election 1847: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan Unopposed
Registered electors 2,635
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s edit

General election 1852: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Duncan Unopposed
Registered electors 3,190
Whig hold
General election 1857: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Ogilvy 1,092 56.3 N/A
Radical George Armitstead[15] 847 43.7 New
Majority 245 12.6 N/A
Turnout 1,939 82.8 N/A
Registered electors 2,343
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1859: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ogilvy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,317
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s edit

General election 1865: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ogilvy Unopposed
Registered electors 3,039
Liberal hold

Seat increased to two members

General election 1868: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Armitstead 7,738 36.8 N/A
Liberal John Ogilvy 7,661 36.4 N/A
Liberal James Alexander Guthrie[16] 3,548 16.9 N/A
Liberal Harry Warren Scott[17] 2,085 9.9 N/A
Majority 4,113 19.5 N/A
Turnout 10,516 (est) 71.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 14,798
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal win (new seat)

Election results 1873-1918 edit

Elections in the 1870s edit

Armitstead resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 Aug 1873: Dundee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Yeaman 5,297 51.0 N/A
Liberal Edward Jenkins 4,010 38.6 N/A
Liberal James Fitzjames Stephen 1,086 10.4 N/A
Majority 1,287 12.4 −7.1
Turnout 10,393 62.4 −8.7
Registered electors 16,652
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1874: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Yeaman 6,595 33.2 −3.6
Liberal Edward Jenkins 6,048 30.5 N/A
Liberal John Ogilvy 4,401 22.2 −14.2
Liberal John Meiklejohn 2,231 11.2 N/A
Conservative John Austin Lake Gloag[18] 573 2.9 New
Majority 1,647 8.3 −11.2
Turnout 10,211 (est) 57.3 (est) −13.8
Registered electors 17,814
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1880: Dundee (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Armitstead 9,168 43.8 N/A
Liberal Frank Henderson 6,750 32.3 N/A
Conservative James Yeaman 4,993 23.9 +21.0
Majority 1,757 8.4 +0.1
Turnout 14,161 (est) 97.2 (est) +39.9
Registered electors 14,566
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1885: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,261 30.7 −13.1
Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,187 26.7 −5.6
Independent Liberal Alexander Hay Moncur 6,279 23.4 N/A
Conservative Edward Jenkins 5,149 19.2 −4.7
Majority 908 3.3 −5.1
Turnout 14,623 83.9 −13.3 (est)
Liberal hold Swing −4.2
Liberal hold Swing −0.5
General election 1886: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,236 35.3 +8.6
Liberal Charles Lacaita 8,216 35.2 +4.5
Liberal Unionist Brinsley de Courcy Nixon 3,545 15.2 -4.0
Liberal Unionist Henry Daly 3,346 14.3 N/A
Majority 4,671 20.0 +16.7
Turnout 11,893 68.3 -15.6
Registered electors 17,420
Liberal hold Swing +6.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.3

Lacita's resignation caused a by-election.

 
By-election, 16 Feb 1888: Dundee[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Bottomley Firth 7,856 65.1 −5.4
Liberal Unionist Henry Daly 4,217 34.9 +5.4
Majority 3,639 30.2 +10.2
Turnout 12,073 72.7 +4.4
Registered electors 16,613
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

Firth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 Sep 1889: Dundee [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Leng Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s edit

 
Leng
General election 1892: Dundee (2 seats) [19][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Leng 8,484 30.5 −4.7
Liberal Edmund Robertson 8,191 29.5 −5.8
Conservative William Dalgleish 5,659 20.4 +5.2
Liberal Unionist William Charles Smith (politician) 5,066 18.3 +4.0
Scottish Labour James MacDonald 354 1.3 New
Majority 2,532 9.1 −10.9
Turnout 14,025 (est) 77.0 +8.7
Registered electors 18,214
Liberal hold Swing −5.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.5

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

By-election, 1892: Dundee (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson Unopposed
Liberal hold
 
Robertson
General election 1895: Dundee (2 seats) [19][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,602 29.0 −0.5
Liberal John Leng 7,592 28.9 −1.6
Liberal Unionist William Charles Smith (politician) 5,390 20.6 +2.3
Conservative Edward Jenkins 4,318 16.5 −3.9
Ind. Labour Party James MacDonald 1,313 5.0 +3.7
Majority 2,202 8.3 −0.8
Turnout 13,490 (est) 74.9 −2.1
Registered electors 18,011
Liberal hold Swing −1.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1900s edit

 
Robertson
General election 1900: Dundee (2 seats) [19][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 7,777 30.2 +1.2
Liberal John Leng 7,650 29.7 +0.8
Conservative Alexander Duncan Smith 5,181 20.1 +3.6
Liberal Unionist J.E. Graham 5,152 20.0 −0.6
Majority 2,469 9.6 +1.3
Turnout 25,760 69.5 −5.4
Registered electors 18,655
Liberal hold Swing −1.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.4
 
Wilkie
 
Shackleton
General election 1906: Dundee (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Robertson 9,276 31.7 +1.5
Labour Repr. Cmte. Alexander Wilkie 6,833 23.3 New
Liberal Sir Henry Robson 6,122 20.9 −8.8
Liberal Unionist Ernest Shackleton 3,865 13.2 −6.8
Conservative Alexander Duncan Smith 3,183 10.9 −9.2
Turnout 29,279 81.9 +12.4
Registered electors 19,492
Majority 5,411 18.5 +8.9
Liberal hold Swing +4.2
Majority 711 2.4 N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal Swing N/A
 
Stuart
1908 Dundee by-election[19][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 7,079 43.9 −8.7
Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet 4,370 27.1 −3.0
Labour G. H. Stuart-Bunning 4,014 24.9 +1.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 655 4.1 New
Majority 2,709 16.8 −1.7
Turnout 16,138 84.6 +2.7
Registered electors 19,041
Liberal hold Swing −2.9

Elections in the 1910s edit

 
Churchill
General election January 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 10,747 34.1 −18.5[n 1]
Labour Alexander Wilkie 10,365 32.9 +9.6
Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4,552 14.4 +3.5
Liberal Unionist James Glass 4,339 13.8 +0.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,512 4.8 New
Turnout 31,515 86.1 +4.2
Registered electors 19,374
Majority 6,195 19.7 +1.2
Liberal hold
Majority 5,813 18.5 +16.1
Labour hold
  1. ^ Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 9,240 30.1 −4.0
Labour Alexander Wilkie 8,957 29.3 −3.6
Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet 5,685 18.6 +4.8
Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4,914 16.0 +1.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,825 6.0 +1.2
Turnout 30,621 84.1 −2.0
Registered electors 19,118
Majority 3,555 11.5 −8.2
Liberal hold
Majority 3,272 10.7 −7.8
Labour hold
1917 Dundee by-election[26][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 7,302 78.2 +58.1
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 2,036 21.8 +15.8
Majority 5,266 56.4 +44.9
Turnout 9,338 42.5 −41.6
Registered electors 21,953
Liberal hold Swing +21.2
General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Winston Churchill 25,788 37.5 +7.4
Labour Alexander Wilkie 24,822 36.1 +6.8
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 10,423 15.1 +9.1
Labour James Sunney Brown 7,769 11.3 N/A
Turnout 68,802 46.6 −37.5
Majority 15,365 22.4 +10.9
Liberal hold
Majority 14,399 21.0 +10.3
Labour hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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

Election results 1922-1945 edit

Elections in the 1920s edit

 
Pilkington
General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,578 27.6 +12.5
Labour E. D. Morel 30,292 25.6 -10.5
National Liberal David Johnstone MacDonald 22,244 18.8 N/A
National Liberal Winston Churchill 20,466 17.3 -20.2
Liberal Robert Pilkington 6,681 5.7 N/A
Communist Willie Gallacher 5,906 5.0 New
Majority 10,334 8.8 N/A
Majority 8,048 6.8 -14.2
Turnout 118,167 80.5 +33.9
Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal Swing
Labour hold Swing
 
Gallacher
General election 1923: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 25,753 25.1 -2.5
Labour E. D. Morel 23,345 22.7 -2.9
Liberal John Pratt 23,031 22.4 +16.7
Unionist Frederick William Wallace 20,253 19.7 New
Communist Willie Gallacher 10,380 10.1 +5.1
Majority 2,722 2.7 -6.1
Majority 314 0.3 -6.5
Turnout 102,762 72.5 -8.0
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
 
Morel
General election 1924: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. D. Morel 32,846 26.5 +3.8
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 29,193 23.5 -1.6
Unionist Frederick William Wallace 28,118 22.7 +3.0
Liberal Andrew Rae Duncan 25,566 20.6 -1.8
Communist Bob Stewart 8,340 6.7 -3.4
Majority 4,728 3.8 +3.5
Majority 1,075 0.8 -1.9
Turnout 124,063 83.8 +11.3
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
1924 Dundee by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Johnston 22,973 69.2 +42.7
Liberal Ernest Simon 10,234 30.8 +10.2
Majority 12,739 38.4 +34.6
Turnout 33,207 42.4 -41.4
Labour hold Swing
 
Henderson-Stewart
General election 1929: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 50,073 29.2 +5.7
Labour Michael Marcus 47,602 27.7 +1.2
Liberal James Henderson-Stewart 33,890 19.8 -0.8
Unionist Frederick William Wallace 33,868 19.7 -3.0
Communist Bob Stewart 6,160 3.6 -3.1
Majority 16,183 9.4 +8.6
Majority 13,712 7.9 +4.1
Turnout 171,593 82.5 -1.3
Scottish Prohibition hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dingle Foot 52,048 29.6 +9.8
Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 48,556 27.7 +10.0
Labour Michael Marcus 32,573 18.6 -9.1
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,229 18.3 -10.9
Communist Bob Stewart 10,264 5.8 +2.2
Majority 19,475 11.0 N/A
Majority 15,983 9.1 N/A
Turnout 175,670 84.8 +2.3
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Unionist gain from Scottish Prohibition Swing
General election 1935: Dundee (2 seats) [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 50,542 26.8 -0.9
Liberal Dingle Foot 49,632 26.4 -3.2
Labour Michael Marcus 44,457 23.6 +5.0
Labour Robert Gibson 43,747 23.2 N/A
Majority 6,085 3.2 -5.9
Majority 5,175 2.8 -8.2
Turnout 188,378 84.7 -0.1
Unionist hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s edit

 
Strachey
General election 1945: Dundee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Cook 48,804 28.6 +5.0
Labour John Strachey 48,393 28.4 +5.2
Liberal Dingle Foot 33,230 19.5 -6.9
Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 32,309 18.9 -7.9
SNP Arthur Donaldson 7,775 4.56 New
Majority 15,163 8.9 N/A
Majority 16,495 9.7 N/A
Turnout 170,511 79.2 -5.5
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Sources edit

  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 - 1885
  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
  • Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1889

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Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950 when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West DundeeFormer Burgh constituencyfor the House of CommonsMajor settlementsDundee1832 1950Seats1832 1868 One1868 1950 TwoCreated fromForfarshire 1 Replaced byDundee East Dundee WestFrom 1832 to 1868 it elected one Member of Parliament MP using the first past the post voting system and from 1868 until its abolition for the 1950 general election it elected two MPs using the bloc vote system Contents 1 Politics and history of the constituency 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 1832 1868 4 1 Elections in the 1830s 4 2 Elections in the 1840s 4 3 Elections in the 1850s 4 4 Elections in the 1860s 5 Election results 1873 1918 5 1 Elections in the 1870s 5 2 Elections in the 1880s 5 3 Elections in the 1890s 5 4 Elections in the 1900s 5 5 Elections in the 1910s 6 Election results 1922 1945 6 1 Elections in the 1920s 6 2 Elections in the 1930s 6 3 Elections in the 1940s 7 Sources 8 ReferencesPolitics and history of the constituency editWinston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by election of 1908 soon after losing his Manchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922 In 1906 the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party 2 From its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a Conservative member until 1931 when Florence Horsbrugh was elected 3 Originally a Liberal stronghold the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a Labour candidate Alexander Wilkie who was elected in 1906 4 At the 1918 general election both Churchill still then a Liberal and Wilkie were supported by the local Unionists 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 editThe boundaries of the constituency as set out in the Representation 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 editElection Party Member Party Member1832 Whig 8 George Kinloch 1 seatuntil 18681833 by election Whig 8 9 Sir Henry Parnell1841 Whig 8 10 George Duncan1857 Whig 11 12 Sir John Ogilvy1859 Liberal1868 Liberal George Armitstead1873 by election Liberal James Yeaman1874 Liberal Edward Jenkins1880 Liberal George Armitstead Liberal Frank Henderson1885 Liberal Charles Lacaita Liberal Edmund Robertson1888 by election Liberal Joseph Bottomley Firth1889 by election Liberal John Leng1906 Labour Alexander Wilkie1908 by election Liberal Winston Churchill1922 Labour E D Morel Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour1924 by election Labour Thomas Johnston1929 Labour Michael Marcus1931 Unionist Florence Horsbrugh Liberal Dingle Foot1945 Labour John Strachey Labour Thomas Cook1950 Constituency divided See Dundee East and Dundee WestElection results 1832 1868 editElections in the 1830s edit General election 1832 Dundee 13 8 Party Candidate Votes Whig George Kinloch 852 59 0Whig David Charles Guthrie 593 41 0Majority 259 18 0Turnout 1 445 89 1Registered electors 1 622Whig win new seat Kinloch s death caused a by election By election 17 April 1833 Dundee 13 8 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Parnell UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1835 Dundee 13 8 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Parnell UnopposedRegistered electors 1 751Whig holdParnell 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 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Parnell UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1837 Dundee 13 8 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Parnell 633 62 4Conservative John Gladstone 381 37 6Majority 252 24 8Turnout 1 014 45 8Registered electors 2 214Whig holdElections in the 1840s edit General election 1841 Dundee 13 8 Party Candidate Votes Whig George Duncan 577 56 5 5 9Radical John Benjamin Smith 14 445 43 5 NewMajority 132 13 0 11 8Turnout 1 022 37 3 8 5Registered electors 2 739Whig hold Swing 5 9General election 1847 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Whig George Duncan UnopposedRegistered electors 2 635Whig holdElections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Whig George Duncan UnopposedRegistered electors 3 190Whig holdGeneral election 1857 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Ogilvy 1 092 56 3 N ARadical George Armitstead 15 847 43 7 NewMajority 245 12 6 N ATurnout 1 939 82 8 N ARegistered electors 2 343Whig hold Swing N AGeneral election 1859 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Ogilvy UnopposedRegistered electors 2 317Liberal holdElections in the 1860s edit General election 1865 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Ogilvy UnopposedRegistered electors 3 039Liberal holdSeat increased to two members General election 1868 Dundee 2 seats 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal George Armitstead 7 738 36 8 N ALiberal John Ogilvy 7 661 36 4 N ALiberal James Alexander Guthrie 16 3 548 16 9 N ALiberal Harry Warren Scott 17 2 085 9 9 N AMajority 4 113 19 5 N ATurnout 10 516 est 71 1 est N ARegistered electors 14 798Liberal hold Swing N ALiberal win new seat Election results 1873 1918 editElections in the 1870s edit Armitstead resigned causing a by election By election 7 Aug 1873 Dundee 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal James Yeaman 5 297 51 0 N ALiberal Edward Jenkins 4 010 38 6 N ALiberal James Fitzjames Stephen 1 086 10 4 N AMajority 1 287 12 4 7 1Turnout 10 393 62 4 8 7Registered electors 16 652Liberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1874 Dundee 2 seats 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal James Yeaman 6 595 33 2 3 6Liberal Edward Jenkins 6 048 30 5 N ALiberal John Ogilvy 4 401 22 2 14 2Liberal John Meiklejohn 2 231 11 2 N AConservative John Austin Lake Gloag 18 573 2 9 NewMajority 1 647 8 3 11 2Turnout 10 211 est 57 3 est 13 8Registered electors 17 814Liberal hold Swing N ALiberal hold Swing N AElections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 Dundee 2 seats 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal George Armitstead 9 168 43 8 N ALiberal Frank Henderson 6 750 32 3 N AConservative James Yeaman 4 993 23 9 21 0Majority 1 757 8 4 0 1Turnout 14 161 est 97 2 est 39 9Registered electors 14 566Liberal hold Swing N ALiberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1885 Dundee 2 seats 19 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Lacaita 8 261 30 7 13 1Liberal Edmund Robertson 7 187 26 7 5 6Independent Liberal Alexander Hay Moncur 6 279 23 4 N AConservative Edward Jenkins 5 149 19 2 4 7Majority 908 3 3 5 1Turnout 14 623 83 9 13 3 est Liberal hold Swing 4 2Liberal hold Swing 0 5General election 1886 Dundee 2 seats 19 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edmund Robertson 8 236 35 3 8 6Liberal Charles Lacaita 8 216 35 2 4 5Liberal Unionist Brinsley de Courcy Nixon 3 545 15 2 4 0Liberal Unionist Henry Daly 3 346 14 3 N AMajority 4 671 20 0 16 7Turnout 11 893 68 3 15 6Registered electors 17 420Liberal hold Swing 6 3Liberal hold Swing 4 3Lacita s resignation caused a by election nbsp By election 16 Feb 1888 Dundee 19 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Bottomley Firth 7 856 65 1 5 4Liberal Unionist Henry Daly 4 217 34 9 5 4Majority 3 639 30 2 10 2Turnout 12 073 72 7 4 4Registered electors 16 613Liberal hold Swing 5 4Firth s death caused a by election By election 25 Sep 1889 Dundee 19 20 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Leng UnopposedLiberal holdElections in the 1890s edit nbsp LengGeneral election 1892 Dundee 2 seats 19 21 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Leng 8 484 30 5 4 7Liberal Edmund Robertson 8 191 29 5 5 8Conservative William Dalgleish 5 659 20 4 5 2Liberal Unionist William Charles Smith politician 5 066 18 3 4 0Scottish Labour James MacDonald 354 1 3 NewMajority 2 532 9 1 10 9Turnout 14 025 est 77 0 8 7Registered electors 18 214Liberal hold Swing 5 0Liberal hold Swing 5 5Robertson is appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty requiring a by election By election 1892 Dundee 1 seat 19 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edmund Robertson UnopposedLiberal hold nbsp RobertsonGeneral election 1895 Dundee 2 seats 19 22 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edmund Robertson 7 602 29 0 0 5Liberal John Leng 7 592 28 9 1 6Liberal Unionist William Charles Smith politician 5 390 20 6 2 3Conservative Edward Jenkins 4 318 16 5 3 9Ind Labour Party James MacDonald 1 313 5 0 3 7Majority 2 202 8 3 0 8Turnout 13 490 est 74 9 2 1Registered electors 18 011Liberal hold Swing 1 4Liberal hold Swing 1 2Elections in the 1900s edit nbsp RobertsonGeneral election 1900 Dundee 2 seats 19 22 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edmund Robertson 7 777 30 2 1 2Liberal John Leng 7 650 29 7 0 8Conservative Alexander Duncan Smith 5 181 20 1 3 6Liberal Unionist J E Graham 5 152 20 0 0 6Majority 2 469 9 6 1 3Turnout 25 760 69 5 5 4Registered electors 18 655Liberal hold Swing 1 2Liberal hold Swing 1 4 nbsp Wilkie nbsp ShackletonGeneral election 1906 Dundee 2 seats 19 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edmund Robertson 9 276 31 7 1 5Labour Repr Cmte Alexander Wilkie 6 833 23 3 NewLiberal Sir Henry Robson 6 122 20 9 8 8Liberal Unionist Ernest Shackleton 3 865 13 2 6 8Conservative Alexander Duncan Smith 3 183 10 9 9 2Turnout 29 279 81 9 12 4Registered electors 19 492Majority 5 411 18 5 8 9Liberal hold Swing 4 2Majority 711 2 4 N ALabour Repr Cmte gain from Liberal Swing N A nbsp Stuart1908 Dundee by election 19 23 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Winston Churchill 7 079 43 9 8 7Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter 1st Baronet 4 370 27 1 3 0Labour G H Stuart Bunning 4 014 24 9 1 6Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 655 4 1 NewMajority 2 709 16 8 1 7Turnout 16 138 84 6 2 7Registered electors 19 041Liberal hold Swing 2 9Elections in the 1910s edit nbsp ChurchillGeneral election January 1910 Dundee 2 seats 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Winston Churchill 10 747 34 1 18 5 n 1 Labour Alexander Wilkie 10 365 32 9 9 6Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4 552 14 4 3 5Liberal Unionist James Glass 4 339 13 8 0 6Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1 512 4 8 NewTurnout 31 515 86 1 4 2Registered electors 19 374Majority 6 195 19 7 1 2Liberal holdMajority 5 813 18 5 16 1Labour hold Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election General election December 1910 Dundee 2 seats 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Winston Churchill 9 240 30 1 4 0Labour Alexander Wilkie 8 957 29 3 3 6Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter 1st Baronet 5 685 18 6 4 8Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd 4 914 16 0 1 6Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1 825 6 0 1 2Turnout 30 621 84 1 2 0Registered electors 19 118Majority 3 555 11 5 8 2Liberal holdMajority 3 272 10 7 7 8Labour hold1917 Dundee by election 26 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Winston Churchill 7 302 78 2 58 1Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 2 036 21 8 15 8Majority 5 266 56 4 44 9Turnout 9 338 42 5 41 6Registered electors 21 953Liberal hold Swing 21 2General election 1918 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Winston Churchill 25 788 37 5 7 4Labour Alexander Wilkie 24 822 36 1 6 8Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 10 423 15 1 9 1Labour James Sunney Brown 7 769 11 3 N ATurnout 68 802 46 6 37 5Majority 15 365 22 4 10 9Liberal holdMajority 14 399 21 0 10 3Labour holdC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government In 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the Dundee Unionist Party Association in addition to their own party organisations 27 Election results 1922 1945 editElections in the 1920s edit nbsp PilkingtonGeneral election 1922 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32 578 27 6 12 5Labour E D Morel 30 292 25 6 10 5National Liberal David Johnstone MacDonald 22 244 18 8 N ANational Liberal Winston Churchill 20 466 17 3 20 2Liberal Robert Pilkington 6 681 5 7 N ACommunist Willie Gallacher 5 906 5 0 NewMajority 10 334 8 8 N AMajority 8 048 6 8 14 2Turnout 118 167 80 5 33 9Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal SwingLabour hold Swing nbsp GallacherGeneral election 1923 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 25 753 25 1 2 5Labour E D Morel 23 345 22 7 2 9Liberal John Pratt 23 031 22 4 16 7Unionist Frederick William Wallace 20 253 19 7 NewCommunist Willie Gallacher 10 380 10 1 5 1Majority 2 722 2 7 6 1Majority 314 0 3 6 5Turnout 102 762 72 5 8 0Scottish Prohibition hold SwingLabour hold Swing nbsp MorelGeneral election 1924 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Labour E D Morel 32 846 26 5 3 8Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 29 193 23 5 1 6Unionist Frederick William Wallace 28 118 22 7 3 0Liberal Andrew Rae Duncan 25 566 20 6 1 8Communist Bob Stewart 8 340 6 7 3 4Majority 4 728 3 8 3 5Majority 1 075 0 8 1 9Turnout 124 063 83 8 11 3Labour hold SwingScottish Prohibition hold Swing1924 Dundee by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Johnston 22 973 69 2 42 7Liberal Ernest Simon 10 234 30 8 10 2Majority 12 739 38 4 34 6Turnout 33 207 42 4 41 4Labour hold Swing nbsp Henderson StewartGeneral election 1929 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 50 073 29 2 5 7Labour Michael Marcus 47 602 27 7 1 2Liberal James Henderson Stewart 33 890 19 8 0 8Unionist Frederick William Wallace 33 868 19 7 3 0Communist Bob Stewart 6 160 3 6 3 1Majority 16 183 9 4 8 6Majority 13 712 7 9 4 1Turnout 171 593 82 5 1 3Scottish Prohibition hold SwingLabour hold SwingElections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Liberal Dingle Foot 52 048 29 6 9 8Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 48 556 27 7 10 0Labour Michael Marcus 32 573 18 6 9 1Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32 229 18 3 10 9Communist Bob Stewart 10 264 5 8 2 2Majority 19 475 11 0 N AMajority 15 983 9 1 N ATurnout 175 670 84 8 2 3Liberal gain from Labour SwingUnionist gain from Scottish Prohibition SwingGeneral election 1935 Dundee 2 seats 28 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 50 542 26 8 0 9Liberal Dingle Foot 49 632 26 4 3 2Labour Michael Marcus 44 457 23 6 5 0Labour Robert Gibson 43 747 23 2 N AMajority 6 085 3 2 5 9Majority 5 175 2 8 8 2Turnout 188 378 84 7 0 1Unionist hold SwingLiberal hold SwingElections in the 1940s edit nbsp StracheyGeneral election 1945 Dundee 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Cook 48 804 28 6 5 0Labour John Strachey 48 393 28 4 5 2Liberal Dingle Foot 33 230 19 5 6 9Unionist Florence Horsbrugh 32 309 18 9 7 9SNP Arthur Donaldson 7 775 4 56 NewMajority 15 163 8 9 N AMajority 16 495 9 7 N ATurnout 170 511 79 2 5 5Labour gain from Liberal SwingLabour gain from Unionist SwingSources editF W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 Debrett s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1889 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with D part 4 References edit Escott Margaret Forfarshire Angus The History of Parliament Retrieved 7 May 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