The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, as one of two divisions of the Parliamentary County of Stirling and Clackmannan. It was then defined as the Central and Western County Districts of the County of Stirling including all burghs within their boundaries, save for the Burgh of Stirling.[2] From 1950 onwards, due to local government changes, it was defined as the Burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 Districts of the County of Stirling.[3]
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Sourcesedit
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
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West Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to which it elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post electoral system West StirlingshireFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsSubdivisions of ScotlandStirlingshireMajor settlementsBridge of Allan Denny and Dunipace1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromStirlingshire Clackmannan amp Kinross and Stirling BurghsReplaced byStirling Falkirk West Cumbernauld amp Kilsyth Clackmannan Strathkelvin amp Bearsden and Monklands West 1 The constituency was created for the 1918 general election as one of two divisions of the Parliamentary County of Stirling and Clackmannan It was then defined as the Central and Western County Districts of the County of Stirling including all burghs within their boundaries save for the Burgh of Stirling 2 From 1950 onwards due to local government changes it was defined as the Burghs of Bridge of Allan Denny and Dunipace and the Central No 1 Central No 2 Western No 1 Western No 2 and Western No 3 Districts of the County of Stirling 3 The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Elections 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 References 4 Sources 5 See alsoMembers of Parliament editElection Member 4 Party1918 Harry Hope Unionist Party1922 Tom Johnston Labour1924 Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe Unionist Party1929 Tom Johnston Labour1931 James Campbell Ker Unionist Party1935 Tom Johnston Labour1945 Alfred Balfour Labour1959 William Baxter LabourOct 1974 Dennis Canavan Labour1983 constituency abolishedElections editElections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 West Stirlingshire 5 6 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Harry Hope 6 893 51 9Labour Tom Johnston 3 809 28 7Liberal Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 2 582 19 4Majority 3 084 23 2Turnout 13 284 59 1Unionist win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 West Stirlingshire 5 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Johnston 8 919 52 4 23 7Unionist Harry Hope 8 104 47 6 4 3Majority 815 4 8 N ATurnout 17 023 74 1 15 0Labour gain from Unionist Swing 14 0The Liberal nomination William Wright died the day after being nominated so his name did not appear on the ballot General election 1923 West Stirlingshire 5 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Johnston 9 242 51 9 0 5Unionist Harry Hope 6 182 34 7 12 9Liberal Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes 2 390 13 4 NewMajority 3 060 17 2 12 4Turnout 17 814 74 7 0 6Labour hold Swing 6 2General election 1924 West Stirlingshire 5 9 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe 10 043 50 7 16 0Labour Tom Johnston 9 749 49 3 2 6Majority 294 1 4 N ATurnout 19 792 81 0 6 3Unionist gain from Labour Swing 9 3General election 1929 West Stirlingshire 5 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Johnston 15 179 56 7 7 4Unionist Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe 11 589 43 3 7 4Majority 3 590 13 4 N ATurnout 26 768 82 7 1 7Labour gain from Unionist Swing 7 4Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 West Stirlingshire 5 11 Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Campbell Ker 14 771 53 3 10 0Labour Tom Johnston 12 952 46 7 10 0Majority 1 819 6 6 N ATurnout 27 723 84 0 1 3Unionist gain from Labour Swing 10 0General election 1935 West Stirlingshire 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Johnston 16 015 55 1 8 4Unionist Arthur Paterson Duffes 13 053 44 9 8 4Majority 2 962 10 2 N ATurnout 29 068 82 3 1 7Labour gain from Unionist Swing 8 4General Election 1939 40Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939 the following candidates had been selected Labour Alfred Balfour 13 Conservative Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 West Stirlingshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Alfred Balfour 16 066 54 4 0 7Unionist J C L Anderson 13 489 45 6 0 7Majority 2 577 8 8 1 4Turnout 29 555 75 0 7 3Labour hold Swing 0 7Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Alfred Balfour 19 930 55 63 1 27Unionist Betty Harvie Anderson 15 894 44 37 1 27Majority 4 036 11 26 2 54Turnout 35 824 85 68 10 50Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1951 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Alfred Balfour 20 893 56 03 0 4Unionist Betty Harvie Anderson 16 396 43 97 0 4Majority 4 497 12 06 0 80Turnout 37 289 86 67 0 99Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Alfred Balfour 18 836 54 59 1 44Unionist W Allan Gay 15 669 45 41 1 44Majority 3 167 9 18 2 88Turnout 34 505 80 06 6 61Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1959 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour William Baxter 21 008 57 55 2 96Unionist W Allan Gay 15 497 42 45 2 96Majority 5 511 15 10 5 92Turnout 36 505 83 56 3 5Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour William Baxter 21 144 58 77 1 22Unionist John Barr 14 834 41 23 1 22Majority 11 112 17 54 2 44Turnout 35 978 81 19 2 37Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1966 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour William Baxter 17 513 48 59 10 18SNP Robert McIntyre 9 381 26 03 NewConservative J Donald M Hardie 9 148 25 38 15 85Majority 8 132 22 56 5 02Turnout 36 042 82 42 1 23Labour hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour William Baxter 18 884 48 89 0 30Conservative John Glen 11 465 29 68 4 30SNP Robert McIntyre 8 279 21 43 4 60Majority 7 419 19 21 3 35Turnout 38 628 78 94 3 48Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour William Baxter 17 730 40 85 8 04SNP Janette Jones 12 886 29 69 8 26Conservative T Price 12 789 29 46 0 22Majority 4 844 11 16 8 05Turnout 43 405 82 07 3 13Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Dennis Canavan 16 698 39 04 1 81SNP Janette Jones 16 331 38 18 6 49Conservative David Mitchell 7 875 18 41 11 05Liberal Iain MacFarlane 1 865 4 36 NewMajority 367 0 86 10 30Turnout 42 769 80 71 1 36Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1979 West Stirlingshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Dennis Canavan 22 516 47 70 8 66Conservative Anna McCurley 12 160 25 76 7 35SNP Janette Jones 8 627 18 27 19 91Liberal David Stewart Patrick Cant 3 905 8 27 3 91Majority 10 356 21 94 21 08Turnout 47 208 81 96 1 25Labour hold SwingReferences edit Stirlingshire West Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Retrieved 24 March 2016 Report of the Boundary Commission Scotland Cd 8759 Schedule Part I section 21 Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Cmd 7270 p 26 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with S part 5 a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig Whitaker s Almanack 1920 The Times 17 November 1922 The Times 8 December 1923 Oliver amp Boyd s Edinburgh Almanac 1927 The Times 1 June 1929 Whitaker s Almanack 1934 Whitaker s Almanack 1939 Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party 1939Sources editCraig F W S 1983 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3rd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X http www politicsresources netSee also edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Stirlingshire UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1178345431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
