Bothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Bothwell
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Lanarkshire
1918–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Motherwell North, Glasgow Shettleston, Hamilton, Monklands East and Monklands West[1]
Created from Lanarkshire

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.

Boundaries

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]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 David Henderson MacDonald Unionist
1919 John Robertson Labour
1926 Joseph Sullivan Labour
1931 Helen Brown Shaw Unionist
1935 James C. Welsh Labour
1945 John Timmons Labour
1964 James Hamilton Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Bothwell [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 9,359
Labour John Robertson 9,027
Majority
Turnout
Unionist win
Bothwell by-election, 1919 [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 13,135
Coalition Liberal Provost James Moffat 5,967
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Bothwell [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 13,872 57.0
Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle 10,484 43.0
Majority 3,388 14.0 -23.6
Turnout 78.2
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1923: Bothwell [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 14,211 60.2 +3.2
Unionist Peter Denniston Ridge-Beedle 7,569 32.0 -11.0
Liberal J.D. Scott 1,846 7.8 n/a
Majority 6,642 28.2 +14.2
Turnout 73.1 -5.1
Labour hold Swing +7.1
General Election 1924: Bothwell [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Robertson 14,591
Unionist Mrs Helen Brown Shaw 11,314
By-election March 1926: Bothwell [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 14,830
Unionist A.M. Mackay KC 8,740
Liberal Ernest Young 1,276
General Election 1929: Bothwell [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 17,006 55.3
Unionist Helen Brown Shaw 12,077 39.3
Communist Helen Crawfurd 1,677 5.4 n/a
Majority 4,929 16.0
Turnout 30,760
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Bothwell [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Mrs Helen Brown Shaw MBE 16,571
Labour Joseph Sullivan MBE 14,423
Communist B. McCourt 2,163
General Election 1935: Bothwell [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James C. Welsh 20,900
Unionist Mrs Helen Brown Shaw MBE 13,761

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Timmons 25,369 65.8
Unionist Helen Brown Shaw 13,207 34.2

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Timmons 25,715 56.7
Unionist N Cadzow 19,605 43.3
General Election 1951: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Timmons 26,529 56.3
Unionist Norman Cadzow 20,591 43.7
General Election 1955: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Timmons 23,365 54.2
Unionist WG Greig 19,755 45.8
General Election 1959: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Timmons 25,119 54.7
Unionist WG Greig 20,767 45.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 27,556 60.4
Conservative JB Highgate 18,068 39,6
General Election 1966: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 27,166 61.0
Conservative JB Highgate 16,198 36.3
Communist T Woods 1,209 2.7

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 26,431 54.7
Conservative JB Highgate 15,720 32.5
SNP Tom McAlpine 6,157 12.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election Feb 1974: Bothwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 22,326 46.8
Conservative David McAllister 12,725 26.7
SNP Gerald Alexander Fisher 6,710 14.1
Liberal James Park 5,362 11.2
Communist David Bolton 562 1.2
Majority 9,601 20.13
Turnout 47,685 81.22
Labour hold Swing
General Election, October 1974: Bothwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 22,086 48.64 +1.82
SNP John McCool 11,138 24.53 +10.46
Conservative David Anderson Roser 8,125 17.89 -8.79
Liberal Terry Grieve 4,057 8.93 -2.31
Majority 10,948 24.11 +3.98
Turnout 45,406 76.50 -4.72
Labour hold Swing -4.32
General Election, 1979: Bothwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hamilton 26,492 54.97 +6.33
Conservative James Lang Patrick Scott 11,275 23.40 +5.5
Liberal Terry Grieve 5,225 10.84 +1.91
SNP John McCool 5,202 10.79 -13.74
Majority 15,217 31.57 +7.46
Turnout 48,194 78.61 +2.11
Labour hold Swing +0.41

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Bothwell', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  5. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  6. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  8. ↑ The Times, 29 March 1926
  9. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  11. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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