Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, when it replaced the separate Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituencies, until it was renamed Berwick and East Lothian for the 1950 general election . It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Election results [ edit ] Berwickshire constituencies electoral history Elections in the 1910s [ edit ] Tennant Elections in the 1920s [ edit ] Walter Waring J.D. Hope Sir James Greig Elections in the 1930s [ edit ] General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Elections in the 1940s [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922 ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X . ^ The Times, 17 November 1922 ^ The Times, 8 December 1923 ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927 ^ The Times, 1 June 1929 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939 ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939 ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
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