Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire
1832–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire Kinross & Western Perthshire
Created from	Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

From 1708 to 1832 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire had been paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.

From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.

From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1832	Sir Charles Adam	Liberal
	1841	George Abercromby	Liberal
	1842 by-election	Sir William Morison	Liberal
	1851 by-election	James Johnstone	Liberal
	1857	Viscount Melgund	Liberal
	1859	Sir William Patrick Adam	Liberal
	1880 by-election	John Balfour	Liberal
	1899 by-election	Eugene Wason	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

At the December 1910 general election Eugene Wason was returned unopposed.^[2]

Eugene Wason

General Election, January 1910: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,971	59.5	-0.8
	Conservative	Nelson Briggs Constable	2,703	40.5	+0.8
Majority			1,268	19.0	-1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8

General Election 1906: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	4,027	60.3	+7.5
	Conservative	James Avon Clyde KC	2,648	39.7	-7.5
Majority			1,379	20.6	+15.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

General Election 1900: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,284	52.8	-1.2
	Conservative	George Younger	2,933	47.2	+1.2
Majority			351	5.6	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

Clackmannan and Kinross Shires by-election, 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	3,489	54.0	-0.8
	Conservative	George Younger	2,973	46.0	+0.8
Majority			516	8.0	-1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8

In 1899 John Balfour was appointed a judge in Scotland and resigned his seat causing a by-election which took place on 20 December 1899.

John Balfour

General Election 1895: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon John Blair Balfour QC	3,133	54.8	-9.9
	Conservative	George Younger	2,588	45.2	+9.9
Majority			545	9.5	-19.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.9

John Balfour was returned unopposed at a by-election on 25 August 1892, having accepted office as Lord Advocate.^[5]

General Election 1892: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon John Blair Balfour QC	3,541	64.7	+1.6
	Liberal Unionist	Dr J.E.T. Atchison	1,928	35.3	-1.6
Majority			1,613	29.4	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election 1886: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon John Balfour QC LLD	3,159	63.1	-8.0
	Liberal Unionist	Charles C Bethune	1,844	36.9	+8.0
Majority			1,315	26.3	-15.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.0

A by-election was held in November 1880, due to William Patrick Adam appointment as Governor of Madras. John Balfour was returned unopposed. John Balfour was again returned unopposed at the 1885 General Election. He accepted office as Lord Advocate, and was yet again returned unopposed on 13 February 1886.^[6]

General Election 1880: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir William Patrick Adam	1,150	71.1
	Conservative	J. R. Haig	468	28.9
Majority			682	42.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

At the General Election 1868 William Patrick Adam was returned unopposed. The seat was vacated following his acceptance of office as a Lord of the Treasury and he was returned unopposed on 6 January 1869 ^[8]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
2. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
3. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
4. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
7. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1881
8. Debrett's House of Commons, 1870