Dumbarton Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumbarton Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Dunbartonshire
Major settlements	Dumbarton and Clydebank
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire West
Created from	Kilmarnock Burghs Dunbartonshire

Dumbarton Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950.

Boundaries

It consisted of the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank in Dunbartonshire. The rest of the county formed the rural (or county) constituency of Dunbartonshire.

History

Before creation of the Dumbarton Burghs constituency the burgh of Dumbarton had formed part of the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs, and Clydebank had been within the Dunbartonshire county constituency. When Dumbarton Burghs was abolished the whole county of Dunbartonshire was re-organised into two new county constituencies, Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West.

For almost all of its history Dumbarton Burghs was represented by David Kirkwood of the Labour Party, an important Red Clydesider. The only exception was 1918 to 1922, when it was represented by John Taylor, a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1918	John Taylor	Coalition Liberal
	1922	David Kirkwood, later Baron Kirkwood	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1918: Dumbarton Burghs[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Taylor	11,734
	Labour	David Kirkwood	10,566

General Election 1922: Dumbarton Burghs [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	16,397	64.5
	National Liberal	John Taylor	9,017	35.5
Majority			7,380	29.0
Turnout			25,414
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Dumbarton Burghs[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	13,472
	Unionist	Walter Black Munro	8,520
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Dumbarton Burghs[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	14,562
	Conservative	W.B. Munro	10,027

General Election 1929: Dumbarton Burghs [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	19,193	63.1
	Unionist	Charles Milne	11,225	36.9
Majority			7,968	26.2
Turnout			30,418
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Dumbarton Burghs[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	16,335
	Conservative	M.J. McCracken	15,338

General Election 1935: Dumbarton Burghs [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkwood	20,409
	Conservative	M.J. McCracken	10,909

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
2. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
3. The Times, 8 December 1923
4. The Times, 8 December 1923
5. Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939