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Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Moray and Nairn | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Elginshire & Nairnshire Elgin Burghs |
| Replaced by | Moray 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
| 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
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Archibald Williamson | Unopposed | ||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | Unopposed | ||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | James Stuart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | |||