Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
January 01, 1970
moray, nairn, parliament, constituency, moray, nairn, county, constituency, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, from, 1918, 1983, moray, nairnformer, county, constituencyfor, house, commons1918, 1983seatsonecreated, fromelginshire, nairnshireelgin, bu. Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983 Moray and NairnFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromElginshire amp NairnshireElgin BurghsReplaced byMorayInverness Nairn amp Lochaber It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin previously part of Elgin Burghs and Nairn and Forres previously part of Inverness Burghs It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness Nairn and Lochaber Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2 1 Elections in the 1910s 2 2 Elections in the 1920s 2 3 Elections in the 1930s 2 4 Elections in the 1940s 2 5 Elections in the 1950s 2 6 Elections in the 1960s 2 7 Elections in the 1970s 3 ReferencesMembers of Parliament editElection Member Party 1918 Sir Archibald Williamson Coalition Liberal 1922 Thomas Maule Guthrie Coalition Liberal 1922 National Liberal 1923 James Stuart Unionist 1959 Gordon Campbell Conservative Feb 1974 Winnie Ewing SNP 1979 Alex Pollock Conservative 1983 constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1910s edit General election 14 December 1918 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Archibald Williamson Unopposed Liberal win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit 1922 Moray and Nairn by election Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Thomas Guthrie Unopposed Liberal hold C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government General election 1922 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes National Liberal Thomas Guthrie 6 263 51 8 N A Liberal James Scott 5 832 48 2 N A Majority 431 3 6 N A Turnout 12 095 49 0 N A Registered electors 24 691 National Liberal hold Swing N A General election 1923 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 8 116 53 4 New Liberal Thomas Guthrie 7 089 46 6 1 6 Majority 1 027 6 8 N A Turnout 15 215 61 3 12 3 Registered electors 24 798 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N A General election 1924 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 9 762 61 9 8 5 Labour Skene Mackay 6 005 38 1 New Majority 3 757 23 8 17 0 Turnout 15 767 61 7 0 4 Registered electors 25 539 Unionist hold Swing N A General election 1929 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 8 896 43 7 18 2 Labour Joseph Duncan 6 566 32 3 5 8 Liberal John Tennant 4 889 24 0 New Majority 2 330 11 4 12 4 Turnout 20 348 68 6 6 9 Registered electors 29 669 Unionist hold Swing 6 2 Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart Unopposed N A N A Unionist hold Swing N A General election 14 November 1935 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 12 755 63 5 N A Labour James Davidson Vassie 7 347 36 5 New Majority 5 408 27 0 N A Turnout 20 102 N A Unionist hold Swing N A Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 12 809 61 58 Labour Sinclair Shaw 7 993 38 42 Majority 4 816 23 16 Turnout 20 802 62 13 Unionist hold Swing Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 15 478 59 85 Labour Richard Murray 10 383 40 15 Majority 5 095 19 70 Turnout 25 861 Unionist hold Swing General election 1951 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 15 881 60 23 Labour David Hutchinson 10 487 39 77 Majority 5 394 20 46 Turnout 26 368 Unionist hold Swing General election 1955 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Stuart 14 667 60 59 Labour M Mackay 9 538 39 41 Majority 5 129 21 18 Turnout 24 205 Unionist hold Swing General election 1959 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist Gordon Campbell 13 742 52 63 Labour M Mackay 6 539 25 04 Liberal Donald C MacDonald 5 831 22 33 New Majority 7 203 27 59 Turnout 26 112 Unionist hold Swing Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Unionist Gordon Campbell 12 741 50 86 Labour Gordon McIntosh 6 830 27 27 Liberal John Macleod 5 478 21 87 Majority 5 911 23 59 Turnout 25 049 Unionist hold Swing General election 1966 Moray amp Nairn Party Candidate Votes Conservative Gordon Campbell 11 842 48 15 Labour Donald MacKenzie 8 384 34 09 Liberal Thomas Alexander MacNair 4 368 17 76 Majority 3 458 14 06 Turnout 24 594 68 0 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Moray and Nairn Party Candidate Votes Conservative Gordon Campbell 13 994 49 4 1 3 SNP Thomas A Howe 7 885 27 8 New Labour Peter Talbot 6 452 22 8 11 3 Majority 6 109 21 6 7 5 Turnout 28 331 72 0 4 0 Conservative hold Swing General election February 1974 Moray and Nairn Party Candidate Votes SNP Winnie Ewing 16 046 49 26 Conservative Gordon Campbell 14 229 43 68 Labour E G Smith 2 299 7 06 Majority 1 817 5 58 Turnout 32 574 78 72 SNP gain from Conservative Swing General election October 1974 Moray and Nairn Party Candidate Votes SNP Winnie Ewing 12 667 41 2 8 1 Conservative Alexander Pollock 12 300 40 0 3 7 Labour E G Smith 2 985 9 7 2 6 Liberal Keith Schellenberg 2 814 9 1 New Majority 367 1 2 4 4 Turnout 30 766 74 7 4 0 SNP hold Swing General election 1979 Moray and Nairn Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alexander Pollock 14 220 40 1 0 1 SNP Winnie Ewing 13 800 38 9 2 3 Liberal Steve Rodan 4 361 12 3 3 2 Labour G E Scobie 3 104 8 7 1 0 Majority 420 1 2 N A Turnout 35 487 77 5 2 8 Conservative gain from SNP SwingReferences editCraig 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 M part 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moray and Nairn UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1178149348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
