Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgowshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Linlithgowshire
1708–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	West Lothian

Linlithgowshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

For the 1950 general election, the constituency was renamed West Lothian.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708	Lord Johnstone
	1708	John Houstoun
	1713	Sir James Carmichael
	1714	John Houstoun
	1715	Sir James Cunynghame
	1722	George Dundas
	1727	Alexander Hamilton
	1741	George Dundas
	1743	Charles Hope-Weir
	1768	John Hope
	1770	James Dundas
	1774	Sir William Cunynghame
	1790	John Hope
	1800	Sir Alexander Hope
	1835	James Hope
	1838	Charles Hope
	1845	William Baillie
	1847	George Dundas
	1859	Charles Baillie
	1859	Walter Ferrier Hamilton
	1865	Peter McLagan	Liberal
	1893	Thomas Hope	Conservative
	1895	Alexander Ure	Liberal
	1913	John Pratt	Liberal
	1918	James Kidd	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1924	James Kidd	Unionist
	1928	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1931	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	Unionist
	1935	George Mathers	Labour
1945		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Linlithgowshire [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mathers	20,905
	Unionist	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	17,730
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1931: Linlithgowshire[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	20,476
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	16,956
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Linlithgowshire[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	18,063	51.6
	Unionist	Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie	11,241	32.1
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,722	16.3
Majority			6,822	19.5
Turnout			35,026

By-election, Apr 1928: Linlithgowshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	14,446
	Unionist	Margaret Henderson Kidd	9,268
	Liberal	John Douglas Young	5,690
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1924: Linlithgowshire [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Kidd	14,765
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	14,123
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1923: Linlithgowshire [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	13,304
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,149
	Liberal	James Johnston	4,691
Majority
Turnout

Shinwell

General Election 1922: Linlithgowshire [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emanuel Shinwell	12,625	46.4
	Unionist	James Kidd	8,993	33.0
	Liberal	John Fraser Orr	5,605	20.6	n/a
Majority			3,632	13.4
Turnout			27,223
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Linlithgowshire [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Kidd	12,898
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	8,723
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

By-election 7 Nov 1913: Linlithgowshire [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Pratt	5,615
	Unionist	James Kidd	5,094
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Linlithgowshire [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	5,835
	Conservative	James Kidd	3,765
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Jan 1910: Linlithgowshire [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	6,451
	Conservative	William Charles Smith	3,536
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Alexander Ure

General Election 1906: Linlithgowshire [12] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	5,282	65.7
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	2,761	34.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1900: Linlithgowshire [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,827
	Conservative	David Dundas	3,034
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Linlithgowshire [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ure	3,760
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	3,153
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Linlithgowshire [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,876
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	2,709
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Linlithgowshire [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	2,543
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,810
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Linlithgowshire [17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter McLagan	3,801
	Conservative	Thomas Hope	1,606
Majority
Turnout

References

1. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
2. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
3. The Times, 1 June 1929
4. The Times, 7 April 1928
5. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
6. The Times, 8 December 1923
7. The Times, 17 November 1922
8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
10. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
11. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
12. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
13. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
14. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
15. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
16. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
17. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)