Comprende Kirkcaldy , Burntisland , Dysart , Kinghorn y el distrito municipal de Kirkcaldy no incluido en el antiguo distrito parlamentario (excepto la parte dentro del distrito parlamentario de Dysart). [2]
Los burgos de Kirkcaldy , Buckhaven, Methil e Innerleven , Burntisland , Dysart y Kinghorn .
Miembros del Parlamento [ editar ]
Elección
Miembro
Fiesta
Notas
1832
Robert Ferguson
Whig [3][4]
1835
John Fergus
Whig[3]
1837
Robert Ferguson
Whig[3][4]
1841 by-election
Robert Ferguson
Whig[3][5][6]
1859
Liberal
1862 by-election
Roger Sinclair Aytoun
Liberal
1874
Robert Reid
Liberal
1875 by-election
Sir George Campbell
Liberal
1885
Independent Liberal
1886
Liberal
1892 by-election
Henry Dalziel
Liberal
later Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy
1921 by-election
Thomas Kennedy
Labour
1922
Sir Robert Hutchison
National Liberal
later Baron Hutchison of Montrose
1923
Thomas Kennedy
Labour
1931
Albert Russell
Unionist
1935
Thomas Kennedy
Labour
1944 by-election
Thomas Hubbard
Labour
1959
Harry Gourlay
Labour
subsequently MP for Kirkcaldy
Feb. 1974
constituency abolished: see Kirkcaldy
Election results 1832–1885[edit]
Decades:
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
General election 1832: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7][3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
507
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7][3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Whig
John Fergus
Unopposed
Registered electors
539
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7][3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
641
Whig hold
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Ferguson's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 27 January 1841: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
218
62.5
N/A
Radical
John Bowring
131
37.5
N/A
Majority
87
25.0
N/A
Turnout
349
53.1
N/A
Registered electors
657
Whig hold
Swing
N/A
General election 1841: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
657
Whig hold
General election 1847: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
896
Whig hold
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
General election 1852: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
786
Whig hold
General election 1857: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Robert Ferguson
Unopposed
Registered electors
728
Whig hold
General election 1859: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Robert Ferguson
312
51.5
N/A
Conservative
William Harcourt[8]
294
48.5
New
Majority
18
3.0
N/A
Turnout
606
78.0
N/A
Registered electors
777
Liberal hold
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Ferguson resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 25 July 1862: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Roger Sinclair Aytoun
Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Roger Sinclair Aytoun
Unopposed
Registered electors
816
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7][9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Roger Sinclair Aytoun
Unopposed
Registered electors
3,160
Liberal hold
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
General election 1874: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Robert Reid
1,967
61.6
N/A
Conservative
James Townsend Oswald[10]
1,228
38.4
New
Majority
739
23.2
N/A
Turnout
3,195
84.8
N/A
Registered electors
3,766
Liberal hold
Swing
N/A
Reid's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 23 Apr 1875: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
George Campbell
1,811
60.7
−0.9
Independent Liberal
William Jarvis Harker[11]
1,171
39.3
New
Majority
640
21.4
−1.8
Turnout
2,982
78.2
−6.6
Registered electors
3,811
Liberal hold
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
General election 1880: Kirkcaldy Burghs [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
George Campbell
2,763
97.9
+36.3
Conservative
Charles Scott[12]
59
2.1
−36.3
Majority
2,704
95.8
+72.6
Turnout
2,822
63.2
−21.6
Registered electors
4,465
Liberal hold
Swing
+36.3
Election results 1885–1918[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
General election 1885: Kirkcaldy Burghs [13][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent Liberal
George Campbell
2,180
49.2
New
Lib-Lab
John Malcolm Inglis
1,504
34.0
−63.9
Conservative
Hugh Munro
746
16.8
+14.7
Majority
676
15.2
−80.6
Turnout
4,430
83.9
+20.7
Registered electors
5,282
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal
Swing
N/A
General election 1886: Kirkcaldy Burghs [13][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
George Campbell
2,014
68.9
+19.7
Liberal Unionist
Thomas Barclay
911
31.1
+14.3
Majority
1,103
37.8
+22.6
Turnout
2,925
55.4
−28.5
Registered electors
5,282
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal
Swing
+2.7
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Dalziel
1892 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
2,567
62.6
-6.3
Liberal Unionist
Robert Cox
1,531
37.4
+6.3
Majority
1,036
25.2
-12.6
Turnout
4,098
77.7
+22.3
Registered electors
5,274
Liberal hold
Swing
-6.3
General election 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs [15][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
2,741
74.5
+5.6
Conservative
John Chisholm (politician)
939
25.5
−5.6
Majority
1,802
49.0
+ +11.2
Turnout
3,680
69.8
+14.4
Registered electors
5,274
Liberal hold
Swing
+5.6
General election 1895: Kirkcaldy Burghs [16][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
3,078
73.3
-1.2
Conservative
Charles Granville Kekewich
1,122
26.7
+1.2
Majority
1,956
46.6
-2.4
Turnout
4,200
72.3
+2.5
Registered electors
5,808
Liberal hold
Swing
-1.2
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
General election 1900: Kirkcaldy Burghs [16][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
3,354
62.5
−10.8
Liberal Unionist
Michael Nairn
2,013
37.5
+10.8
Majority
1,341
25.0
−21.6
Turnout
5,367
78.1
+5.8
Registered electors
6,872
Liberal hold
Swing
−10.8
General election 1906: Kirkcaldy Burghs [17][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
4,659
76.8
+14.3
Conservative
Andrew Constable
1,410
23.2
−14.3
Majority
3,249
53.6
+28.6
Turnout
6,069
76.4
−1.7
Registered electors
7,943
Liberal hold
Swing
+14.3
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
General election Jan 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
5,035
75.2
-3.6
Conservative
Arthur Anthony Baumann
1,659
24.8
+3.6
Majority
3,376
50.4
-7.2
Turnout
6,694
Liberal hold
Swing
-3.6
General election Dec 1910: Kirkcaldy Burghs [18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Election results 1918–1949[edit]
Decades:
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
General election 1918: Kirkcaldy Burghs[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
C
Liberal
Henry Dalziel
Unopposed
Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Kennedy
1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Kennedy
11,674
53.4
New
C
Liberal
Robert Cook Lockhart
10,199
46.6
N/A
Majority
1,475
6.8
N/A
Turnout
21,873
65.6
N/A
Labour gain from Coalition Liberal
Swing
N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Hutchison
General election 1922: Kirkcaldy Burghs
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
National Liberal
Robert Hutchison
12,762
51.4
+4.8
Labour
Tom Kennedy
12,089
48.6
-4.8
Majority
673
2.8
N/A
Turnout
24,851
79.3
+13.7
National Liberal gain from Labour
Swing
+4.8
General election 1923: Kirkcaldy Burghs [21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Kennedy
14,221
54.4
+5.8
Liberal
Robert Hutchison
11,937
45.6
-5.8
Majority
2,284
8.8
N/A
Turnout
26,158
81.7
+2.4
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
+5.8
General election 1924: Kirkcaldy Burghs [22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Kennedy
14,038
52.7
-1.7
Liberal
John Murray
12,607
47.3
+1.7
Majority
1,431
5.4
-3.4
Turnout
26,645
81.8
+0.1
Labour hold
Swing
-1.7
General election 1929: Kirkcaldy Burghs
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Kennedy
17,410
59.6
+6.9
Unionist
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn
11,805
40.4
New
Majority
5,605
19.2
+13.8
Turnout
29,215
72.2
-9.6
Labour hold
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
General election 1931: Kirkcaldy Burghs[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Albert Russell
19,132
56.9
+16.5
Labour
Tom Kennedy
14,492
43.1
-16.5
Majority
4,640
13.8
N/A
Turnout
33,624
81.1
+8.9
Unionist gain from Labour
Swing
+16.5
General election 1935: Kirkcaldy Burghs [24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Kennedy
19,457
56.3
+13.2
Unionist
Albert Russell
15,086
43.7
-13.2
Majority
4,371
12.6
N/A
Turnout
34,543
79.9
-1.2
Labour gain from Unionist
Swing
+13.2
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election[25][26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Thomas Hubbard
8,268
51.6
-4.7
SNP
Douglas Young
6,621
41.3
New
Christian Socialist
Henry Hilditch
1,136
7.1
New
Majority
1,647
10.9
-1.7
Turnout
16,025
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1945: Kirkcaldy Burghs[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Thomas Hubbard
15,401
45.0
-11.3
Unionist
Christopher Guest
10,099
29.5
-14.2
SNP
Douglas Young
5,811
17.0
N/A
Communist
John McArthur
2,898
8.5
New
Majority
5,302
15.5
+2.9
Turnout
34,209
76.4
-3.5
Labour hold
Swing
+1.4
Election results 1950–1973[edit]
Decades:
1950s
1960s
1970s
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
General election 1950: Kirkcaldy Burghs[28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Thomas Hubbard
25,756
59.97
+14.95
Unionist
R Bell
17,192
40.03
+10.51
Majority
8,564
19.94
+4.44
Turnout
42,948
84.80
+8.40
Labour hold
Swing
+2.22
General election 1951: Kirkcaldy Burghs[29][30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Thomas Hubbard
26,885
60.59
+0.62
Conservative and National Liberal
Ralph Harris
17,484
39.41
-0.62
Majority
9,401
21.18
+1.24
Turnout
44,369
84.63
-0.17
Labour hold
Swing
+0.62
General election 1955: Kirkcaldy Burghs[31][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Thomas Hubbard
23,861
59.28
-1.31
Conservative and National Liberal
Duncan Drummond Young
16,392
40.72
+1.31
Majority
7,469
18.56
-2.62
Turnout
40,253
75.31
-9.32
Labour hold
Swing
-1.31
General election 1959: Kirkcaldy Burghs[33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Harry Gourlay
25,428
58.28
-1.00
Unionist
James Law QC
14,186
32.51
-8.21
Liberal
David Blyth
4,020
9.21
New
Majority
11,242
25.77
+7.21
Turnout
43,634
80.46
+5.15
Labour hold
Swing
+3.61
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
General election 1964: Kirkcaldy Burghs[34][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Harry Gourlay
24,263
59.99
+1.71
Conservative and National Liberal
Neil Gow QC
11,756
29.07
-3.44
SNP
James C. Lees
4,423
10.94
New
Majority
12,507
30.93
+5.16
Turnout
40,442
77.25
-3.21
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1966: Kirkcaldy Burghs[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Harry Gourlay
23,273
59.62
-0.37
Conservative
Neil Gow QC
10,539
27.00
-2.07
SNP
James C. Lees
4,423
13.38
+2.44
Majority
12,734
32.62
+1.59
Turnout
39,035
75.41
-1.84
Registered electors
52,355
Labour hold
Swing
+0.85
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
General election 1970: Kirkcaldy Burghs[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Harry Gourlay
22,986
56.01
-3.61
Conservative
A Myles Hogg
13,193
32.15
+5.15
SNP
James C. Lees
4,863
11.85
-1.53
Majority
9,793
23.86
-8.76
Turnout
41,042
71.87
-3.54
Registered electors
52,355
Labour hold
Swing
-4.38
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