Aberdeen and Kincardine East (UK Parliament constituency)

East Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	East Aberdeenshire
Created from	Eastern Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen and Kincardine East (or East Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire) was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

As created in 1918, the constituency was largely a replacement for Eastern Aberdeenshire. In 1950, it was replaced by East Aberdeenshire.

Boundaries

Aberdeen and Kincardine East was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and first used in the 1918 general election. The constituency was entirely within the county of Aberdeen and one of five constituencies covering the county Aberdeen, the city of Aberdeen and the county of Kincardine (except that the Kincardine burgh of Inverbervie was part of a sixth constituency, Montrose Burghs). Also entirely within the county of Aberdeen, there was Aberdeen and Kincardine Central. Kincardine and West Aberdeen covered the county of Kincardine (minus the burgh of Inverbervie) and part of the county of Aberdeen.

Aberdeen and Kincardine East consisted of "The county districts of Deer and Turriff, inclusive of all burghs situated therein." Therefore it included the burghs of Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Rosehearty and Turriff.^[1]

The same boundaries were used in the 1922 general election, the 1923 general election, the 1924 general election, the 1929 general election, the 1931 general election, the 1935 general election and the 1945 general election.

The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 created new boundaries for the 1950 general election. Aberdeen and Kincardine East was mergeed with part of Aberdeen and Kincardine Central to form East Aberdeenshire, which one of four constituencies covering the county of Aberdeen and the city of Aberdeen. East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county, and Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South were entirely within the city.^[1]

Member of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir William Henry Cowan	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Frederick Martin	Liberal
	1924	Robert Boothby	Unionist
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Sir Henry Cowan

General Election 1918: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir William Henry Cowan	4,430	50.5	n/a
	Unionist	Falconer Lewis Wallace	4,343	49.5	n/a
Majority			87	1.0	n/a
Turnout			8,773		n/a
	Liberal win

• endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

Frederick Martin

General Election 1922: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Martin	8,018	60.5	n/a
	National Liberal	Sir William Henry Cowan	5,227	39.5	n/a
Majority			2,791	21.0	22.0
Turnout			13,245	45.5
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Martin	8,793	55.9	-4.6
	Unionist	Falconer Lewis Wallace	6,949	44.1	n/a
Majority			1,844	11.8	-9.2
Turnout			15,742	57.6	+12.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert John Graham Boothby	7,363	46.2	+2.1
	Liberal	Frederick Martin	4,680	29.4	-26.5
	Labour	William Sloan Cormack	3,899	24.4	n/a
Majority			2,683	16.8	28.6
Turnout			15,942	59.0	+1.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.3

General Election 1929: Aberdeenshire and Kincardine East[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert John Graham Boothby	13,354	56.9	+10.7
	Labour	J.E. Hamilton	10,110	43.1	+18.7
Majority			3,244	13.8	-3.0
Turnout			23,464
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert John Graham Boothby	16,396	72.2
	Labour	Frederick Martin	6,299	27.8
Majority			10,097	44.4
Turnout			22,695	80.5
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert John Graham Boothby	12,748	57.0
	Labour	Frederick Martin	9,627	43.0
Majority			3,121	14.0
Turnout			22,375	62.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Aberdeen and Kincardine East[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert John Graham Boothby	13,290	54.9
	Labour	J.R. Allen	10,918	45.1
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

1. Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
2. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
3. The Times, 17 November 1922
4. The Times, 8 December 1923
5. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
6. The Times, 1 June 1929
7. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i01.htm
8. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i01.htm
9. UK General Election results: July 1945 [Archive]

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies