Berwick and Haddington (UK Parliament constituency)

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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

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 John Hope Coalition Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1922 Walter Waring National Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1923 Robert Spence Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1924 Chichester Crookshank Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1929 George Sinkinson Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 John McEwen Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 John Robertson Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

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Berwickshire constituencies electoral history

Elections in the 1910s

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Tennant
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Elections in the 1920s

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Walter Waring
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J.D. Hope
General election 1918: Berwick and Haddington [1][2][3]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert W. Foulis 4,783 30.0
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Majority 3,801 23.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 15,924 48.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 32,763 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1922: Berwick and Haddington [4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Spence 5,842 29.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Henderson Pringle 4,422 22.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Hope 3,300 16.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 500 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 19,906 60.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 33,119 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1923: Berwick and Haddington [5]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Walter Waring 6,084 26.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 68 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 23,168 69.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 33,381 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1924: Berwick and Haddington [6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Spence 8,882 34.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Henderson Pringle 4,986 19.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,863 11.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 25,613 75.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 34,017 Script error: No such module "String".
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Sir James Greig
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General election 1929: Berwick and Haddington[7]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John McEwen 11,435 36.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Greig 8,132 26.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 326 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 31,328 69.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 45,043 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Berwick and Haddington[8]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Sinkinson 9,089 26.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 16,080 47.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,258 74.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1935: Berwick and Haddington [9]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Robertson 14,299 41.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,540 16.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,138 71.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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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

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General election 1945: Berwick and Haddington[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John McEwen 15,880 45.48
Majority 3,157 9.04 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,917 70.51 Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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  1. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.
  4. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  11. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  12. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.

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