Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1708–2005
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dumfries & Galloway
Created from	Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1708–1832

Year		Member	Party
	1708	Lord Johnstone
	1709	William Grierson
	1711	James Murray	Tory
	1713	Sir William Johnstone
	1722	Charles Erskine
	1741	Sir John Douglas
	1747	Lord Charles Douglas
	1755	James Veitch
	1761	Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton
	1774	Sir Robert Laurie
	1804	Sir William Johnstone Hope
	1830	John James Hope Johnstone (1)	Tory
1832		Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded

MPs 1832–2005

Election		Member	Party
	1832	John James Hope Johnstone (1)	Conservative
	1847	Viscount Drumlanrig	Conservative
	Feb 1857	John James Hope Johnstone (1)	Conservative
	1865	George Gustavus Walker	Conservative
	1868	Sydney Waterlow	Liberal
	Mar. 1869	George Gustavus Walker	Conservative
	1874	John James Hope Johnstone (2)	Conservative
	1880	Sir Robert Jardine	Liberal
	1886	Sir Robert Jardine	Liberal Unionist
	1892	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	Liberal Unionist
	1895	Robinson Souttar	Liberal
	1900	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Percy Molteno	Liberal
	1918	William Murray	Unionist
	1922	William Allan Chapple	Liberal
	1924	John Charteris	Unionist
	1929	Dr Joseph Hunter ¹	Liberal
	1931	Dr Joseph Hunter ¹	National Liberal
	1935 by-election	Sir Henry Fildes	National Liberal
	1945	Niall Macpherson	National Liberal
	1963 by-election	David Colville Anderson	Conservative
	1964	Sir Hector Monro	Conservative
	1997	Russell Brown	Labour
2005		constituency abolished

¹ Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a Liberal candidate, but in the split after the 1931 general election, he joined the National Liberals.

Election results

Elections of the 1880s

General Election 1885: Dumfriesshire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Jardine	4,857	57.7
	Conservative	Walter Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	3,566	42.3
Majority			1,291	15.4
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Dumfriesshire^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Robert Jardine	4,106	55.8	+13.5
	Liberal	Thomas McKie	3,252	44.2	-13.5
Majority			854	11.6	27.0
Turnout				77.5
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.5

Elections of the 1890s

General Election 1892: Dumfriesshire^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4,123	51.7
	Liberal	Thomas McKie	3,849	48.3
Majority			274	3.4
Turnout				86.4
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Robinson Souttar

General Election 1895: Dumfriesshire^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robinson Souttar	3,965	51.1	+1.8
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	3,952	49.9	-1.8
Majority			13	0.2	3.6
Turnout				86.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+1.8

Elections of the 1900s

General Election 1900: Dumfriesshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4,124	52.9
	Liberal	Robinson Souttar	3,675	47.1
Majority			449	5.8
Turnout				85.0
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Percy Molteno

General Election 1906: Dumfriesshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Alport Molteno	4,814	58.4	+11.3
	Conservative	J.H. Balfour-Browne	3,431	41.6	-11.3
Majority			1,383	16.8	22.6
Turnout				87.8
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+11.3

Elections of the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Dumfriesshire^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Alport Molteno	4,666	53.3
	Liberal Unionist	William Murray	4,091	46.7
Majority			575	6.6
Turnout				90.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Dumfriesshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Alport Molteno	4,708	53.2	-0.1
	Liberal Unionist	William Murray	4,146	46.8	+0.1
Majority			562	6.4	-0.2
Turnout				90.7	+0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.0

General Election 1918: Dumfriesshire^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Maj. William Murray	13,345
	Liberal	Rt Hon. John William Gulland	7,562
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections of the 1920s

Henry Keswick

General Election 1922: Dumfriesshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allan Chapple	13,296	54.6
	Unionist	Henry Keswick	11,055	45.4
Majority			2,241	9.2
Turnout			24,351
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

William Chapple

General Election 1923: Dumfriesshire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allan Chapple	13,107	53.5	-1.1
	Unionist	John Charteris	11,380	46.5	+1.1
Majority			1,727	7.0	-2.2
Turnout			24,487
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election 1924: Dumfriesshire^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Charteris	12,718	46.2	-0.3
	Liberal	William Allan Chapple	8,472	30.8	-22.7
	Labour	Mrs Agnes Dollan	6,342	23.0	n/a
Majority				15.4	22.4
Turnout			27,532
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.2

General Election 1929: Dumfriesshire ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr Joseph Hunter	16,174	45.1	+14.3
	Unionist	John Charteris	12,984	36.2	-10.0
	Labour	W.H. Marwick	6,687	18.7	-4.3
Majority			3,190	8.9	24.3
Turnout			35,845
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+12.2

Elections of the 1930s

General Election 1931: Dumfriesshire^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Joseph Hunter	26,873	77.7	+32.6
	Labour	J. S. Paterson	7,693	22.3	+3.6
Majority			19,180	55.4	46.5
Turnout			34,566	77.6	−3.8
	Liberal National hold		Swing

Dumfriesshire by-election, September 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Sir Henry Fildes	16,271	60.3	−17.4
	Labour Co-op	John Downie	10,697	39.7	+17.4
Majority			5,574	20.6	−34.8
Turnout			26,968	58.7	−18.9
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−17.4

General Election November 1935: Dumfriesshire ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Sir Henry Fildes	22,053	65.4	+5.1
	Labour	John Downie	11,685	34.6	−5.1
Majority			10,368	30.8	+10.2
Turnout			33,738	73.6	+14.9
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections of the 1940s

General Election 1945: Dumfriesshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson	16,465	47.4
	Labour	D Dunwoodie	12,388	35.7
	Liberal	Fl-Off. Ian McColl	5,850	16.9
Majority			4,077	11.7
Turnout				72.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing

Elections of the 1950s

General Election 1950: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson	26,268	59.31
	Labour	Harry S Wilson	18,025	40.69
Majority			8,243	18.61
Turnout				78.60
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson	26,386	61.28
	Labour	George BA Douglas	16,669	38.72
Majority			9,717	22.57
Turnout				80.17
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson	24,550	61.34
	Labour	Harry S Wilson	15,427	38.66
Majority			9,078	22.68
Turnout				73.73
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Dumfries^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson	25,867	58.39
	Labour	Graeme C. Moodie	18,437	41.61
Majority			7,430	16.77
Turnout				77.44
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections of the 1960s

By-election 1963: Dumfries ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Colville Anderson	16,762
	Labour	Iain Jordan	15,791
	Liberal	Charles Abernethy	4,491
	SNP	John HD Gair	4,001
Majority			971
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	22,816	48.65
	Labour	Iain Jordan	18,360	39.15
	SNP	John HD Gair	5,726	12.21
Majority			4,456	9.50
Turnout				81.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	20,779	45.63
	Labour	TC Boyd	16,358	35.92
	SNP	John HD Gair	5,727	12.57
	Liberal	Roy Semple	2,679	5.88
Majority			4,421	9.71
Turnout				80.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1970: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	24,661	53.12
	Labour	Raymond D Donnelly	15,555	33.50
	SNP	John HD Gair	6,211	13.38
Majority			9,106	19.61
Turnout				76.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	21,707	44.05
	Labour	John Wheatley	12,739	25.85
	SNP	LAB Whitley	9,186	18.64
	Liberal	DH Reive	5,642	11.45
Majority			8,968	18.20
Turnout				80.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Dumfries ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	18,386	38.75
	Labour	John Wheatley	12,558	26.47
	SNP	LAB Whitley	12,542	26.43
	Liberal	A Sinclair	3,961	8.35
Majority			5,828	12.28
Turnout				76.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	22,704	45.21
	Labour	A Wood	13,700	27.28
	Liberal	James Robert Wallace	7,169	14.28
	SNP	E Gibson	6,647	13.24
Majority			9,004	17.93
Turnout				78.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	18,730	44.53
	Social Democratic	J McCall	10,036	23.86
	Labour	T McAughtrie	8,764	20.84
	SNP	E Gibson	4,527	10.76
Majority			8,694	20.67
Turnout				73.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	18,785	41.9
	Labour	Catherine Winifred Phillips	11,292	25.2
	Social Democratic	James Robertson McCall	8,064	18.0
	SNP	Thomas McAlpine	6,391	14.2
	Green	Paul Meynall Thomas	349	0.8
Majority			7,493	16.70
Turnout				75.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Seymour Peter Monro	21,089	43.13
	Labour	Peter R. Rennie	14,674	30.01
	SNP	Alasdair Morgan	6,971	14.26
	Liberal Democrat	Neil C. Wallace	4,749	11.76
	Independent	Graham McLeod	312	0.64
	Natural Law	Thomas Barlow	107	0.22
Majority			6,415	13.12
Turnout				79.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Brown	23,528	47.51
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson	13,885	28.04
	SNP	Robert J. Higgins	5,977	12.07
	Liberal Democrat	Neil C. Wallace	5,487	11.08
	Referendum	David F. Parker	533	1.08
	Natural Law	Miss Elizabeth Hunter	117	0.24
Majority			9,643	19.47
Turnout				78.17
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Dumfries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Brown	20,830	48.9	+1.4
	Conservative	John Anthony Charteris	11,996	28.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Andrew Ross Scott	4,955	11.6	+0.6
	SNP	Gerard Alexander Fisher	4,103	9.6	-2.4
	Scottish Socialist	John Dennis	702	1.6	N/A
Majority			8,834	20.7
Turnout			42,586	67.0	-11.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ The Times House of Commons 1929
↑ The Times House of Commons 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1963
↑ The Times, 13 Dec 1963
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)

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