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<sup>1</sup> Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate, but in split after the [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931 general election]], he joined the [[National Liberal Party (UK)|National Liberals]].
<sup>1</sup> Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate, but in the split after the [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931 general election]], he joined the [[National Liberal Party (UK)|National Liberals]].


==Election results==
==Election results==

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Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1708-1832

Year Member Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1708 Lord Johnston
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1709 William Grierson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1711 James Murray
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1713 Sir William Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1722 Charles Erskine
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1741 Sir John Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1747 Lord Charles Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1755 James Veitch
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1761 Archibald Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1774 Sir Robert Laurie
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1804 Sir William Johnstone Hope
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1830 John James Hope Johnstone
1832 Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded

MPs 1832-2005

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1832 John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1847 Viscount Drumlanrig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Feb 1857 John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1865 George Gustavus Walker Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1868 Sydney Waterlow Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mar. 1869 George Gustavus Walker Conservative
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1874 John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1880 Sir Robert Jardine Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | 1886 Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1895 Robinson Souttar Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1900 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Percy Molteno Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 William Murray Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 William Allan Chapple Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 John Charteris Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Dr Joseph Hunter 1 Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 by-election Sir Henry Fildes National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Niall Macpherson National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1963 by-election David Colville Anderson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1964 Sir Hector Monro Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 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 in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Dumfries
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Brown 20,830 48.9 +1.4
Conservative John Charteris 11,996 28.2 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Ross Scott 4,955 11.6 +0.6
SNP Gerry 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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election OCt 1974: Dumfriesshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hector Monro 18,386
Labour John Wheatley 12,558
SNP L.A.B. Whitley 12,542
Liberal A. Sinclair 3,961
Majority 5,828
Conservative hold Swing


Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Dumfriesshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Party (UK) Rt Hon Niall Macpherson 25,867
Labour G.C. Moodie 18,437
Majority 7,430
National Liberal Party (UK) hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election November 1935: Dumfriesshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Party (UK) Sir Henry Fildes 22,053 65.4 +5.1
Labour J. Downie 11,685 34.6 −5.1
Majority 10,368 30.8 +10.2
Turnout 33,738 73.6 +14.9
National Liberal Party (UK) hold Swing +5.1
Dumfriesshire by-election, September 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Party (UK) Sir Henry Fildes 16,271 60.3 −17.4
Labour Co-op J. Downie 10,697 39.7 +17.4
Majority 5,574 20.6 −34.8
Turnout 26,968 58.7 −18.9
National Liberal Party (UK) hold Swing −17.4
General Election 1931: Dumfriesshire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 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
National Liberal Party (UK) hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Dumfriesshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brig-Gen John Charteris 12,718
Liberal William Allan Chapple 8,472
Labour Mrs A. Dollan 6,342

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Dumfriesshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Maj William Murray 13,345
Liberal Rt Hon John Gulland 7,562
General Election Dec 1910: Dumfriesshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Molteno 4,708
Conservative William Murray 4,146
General Election Jan 1910: Dumfriesshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Molteno 4,666
Conservative William Murray 4,091

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Dumfriesshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Molteno 4,814
Conservative J.H. Balfour-Browne 3,431
General Election 1900: Dumfriesshire [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 4,124
Liberal Robinson Souttar 3,675

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Dumfriesshire [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robinson Souttar 3,989
Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 3,976
General Election 1892: Dumfriesshire [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Jardine Herries Maxwell 4,123
Liberal Thomas McKie 3,849

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Dumfriesshire [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Sir Robert Jardine 4,106
Liberal Thomas McKie 3,252
General Election 1885: Dumfriesshire [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Robert Jardine 4,857
Conservative Walter Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 3,566

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1963
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  5. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  10. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  11. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  12. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  13. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  14. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Historical list of MPs: D
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