Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Moray and Nairn
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromElginshire & Nairnshire
Elgin Burghs
Replaced byMoray
Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.

It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1918 Sir Archibald Williamson Coalition Liberal
1922 Thomas Maule Guthrie Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 James Stuart Unionist
1959 Gordon Campbell Conservative
Feb 1974 Winnie Ewing SNP
1979 Alex Pollock Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 14 December 1918: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Archibald Williamson Unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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1922 Moray and Nairn by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Thomas Guthrie Unopposed
Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Thomas Guthrie 6,263 51.8 N/A
Liberal James Scott 5,832 48.2 N/A
Majority 431 3.6 N/A
Turnout 12,095 49.0 N/A
Registered electors 24,691
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 8,116 53.4 New
Liberal Thomas Guthrie 7,089 46.6 −1.6
Majority 1,027 6.8 N/A
Turnout 15,215 61.3 +12.3
Registered electors 24,798
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1924: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 9,762 61.9 +8.5
Labour Skene Mackay 6,005 38.1 New
Majority 3,757 23.8 +17.0
Turnout 15,767 61.7 +0.4
Registered electors 25,539
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 8,896 43.7 −18.2
Labour Joseph Duncan 6,566 32.3 −5.8
Liberal John Tennant 4,889 24.0 New
Majority 2,330 11.4 −12.4
Turnout 20,348 68.6 +6.9
Registered electors 29,669
Unionist hold Swing −6.2

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart Unopposed N/A N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 14 November 1935: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 12,755 63.5 N/A
Labour James Davidson Vassie 7,347 36.5 New
Majority 5,408 27.0 N/A
Turnout 20,102 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 12,809 61.58
Labour Sinclair Shaw 7,993 38.42
Majority 4,816 23.16
Turnout 20,802 62.13
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 15,478 59.85
Labour Richard Murray 10,383 40.15
Majority 5,095 19.70
Turnout 25,861
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1951: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 15,881 60.23
Labour David Hutchinson 10,487 39.77
Majority 5,394 20.46
Turnout 26,368
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart 14,667 60.59
Labour M Mackay 9,538 39.41
Majority 5,129 21.18
Turnout 24,205
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1959: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Gordon Campbell 13,742 52.63
Labour M. Mackay 6,539 25.04
Liberal Donald C. MacDonald 5,831 22.33 New
Majority 7,203 27.59
Turnout 26,112
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Gordon Campbell 12,741 50.86
Labour Gordon McIntosh 6,830 27.27
Liberal John Macleod 5,478 21.87
Majority 5,911 23.59
Turnout 25,049
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1966: Moray & Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Campbell 11,842 48.15
Labour Donald MacKenzie 8,384 34.09
Liberal Thomas Alexander MacNair 4,368 17.76
Majority 3,458 14.06
Turnout 24,594 68.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Campbell 13,994 49.4 +1.3
SNP Thomas A Howe 7,885 27.8 New
Labour Peter Talbot 6,452 22.8 −11.3
Majority 6,109 21.6 +7.5
Turnout 28,331 72.0 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 16,046 49.26
Conservative Gordon Campbell 14,229 43.68
Labour E G Smith 2,299 7.06
Majority 1,817 5.58
Turnout 32,574 78.72
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
General election October 1974: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 12,667 41.2 −8.1
Conservative Alexander Pollock 12,300 40.0 −3.7
Labour E.G. Smith 2,985 9.7 +2.6
Liberal Keith Schellenberg 2,814 9.1 New
Majority 367 1.2 −4.4
Turnout 30,766 74.7 −4.0
SNP hold Swing
General election 1979: Moray and Nairn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Pollock 14,220 40.1 +0.1
SNP Winnie Ewing 13,800 38.9 −2.3
Liberal Steve Rodan 4,361 12.3 +3.2
Labour G E Scobie 3,104 8.7 −1.0
Majority 420 1.2 N/A
Turnout 35,487 77.5 +2.8
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

References

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  • 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 "M" (part 3)
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