East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main East Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. Along with West Fife, it was formed by splitting the old Fife constituency.

It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system, and from 1886 to 1918 it was represented by the Liberal Prime Minister (1908–16), H. H. Asquith.

Boundaries

In 1885, the constituency comprised the parishes of Abdie, Abernethy, Anstruther Wester, Anstruther Easter, Auchtermuchty, Balmerino, Cameron, Carnbee, Ceres, Collessie, Crail, Creich, Cults, Cupar, Dairsie, Dunbog, Dunino, Elie, Falkland, Ferry-Port-on-Craig, Flisk, Forgan, Kemback, Kennoway, Kettle, Kilconquhar, Kilmany, Kilrenny, Kingsbarns, Largo, Leuchars, Logie, Monimail, Moonzie, Newburgh, Newburn, Pittenweem, St Andrews, St Leonards, St Monance, Scoonie and Strathmiglo.^[1]

In 1918, on the dissolution of the St Andrews Burghs constituency, the burghs of St Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem were added to the constituency. It then consisted of "The Cupar and St. Andrews County Districts, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, together with the burgh of Leven and so much of the Kirkcaldy County District as is contained within the extra-burghal portion of the parish of Scoonie and the parish of Kennoway."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	John Boyd Kinnear	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1886	John Boyd Kinnear	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1886	H. H. Asquith	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1918	Alexander Sprot	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1922	James Duncan Millar	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1924	Archibald Cochrane	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1929	James Duncan Millar	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1931	James Duncan Millar	National Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1933 by-election	James Henderson-Stewart	National Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1961 by-election	John Gilmour	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1979	Barry Henderson	Conservative
	1983	Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1885: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Gilmour	2,577	36.2
Majority			1,956	27.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,110	77.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,233		Script error: No such module "String".
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H. H. Asquith

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General election 1886: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Boyd Kinnear	2,489	46.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			374	7.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,352	58.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,233		Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Gilmour	3,449	48.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			294	4.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,192	78.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,133		Script error: No such module "String".
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Asquith is appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 1892: East Fife^[2]
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General election 1895: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Gilmour	3,616	45.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			716	9.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,948	84.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,432		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Constable	2,710	39.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,431	20.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,851	72.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,505		Script error: No such module "String".
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H. H. Asquith

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General election 1906: East Fife^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Gilmour	3,279	41.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,444	18.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,002	80.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,998		Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alexander Sprot	3,183	37.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,059	24.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,425	81.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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Asquith

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General election December 1910: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alexander Sprot	3,350	39.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,799	21.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,499	78.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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By-election, 1914: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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General election 1918: East Fife^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	H. H. Asquith	6,996	42.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Pritchard Morgan	591	3.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,002	12.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			16,581	54.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1920s

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Duncan Millar

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General election 1922: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alexander Sprot	9,987	44.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,710	12.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			22,684	67.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1923: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alexander Sprot	10,275	44.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,550	11.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			23,100	67.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1924: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Duncan Millar	11,242	47.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,422	6.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			23,906	69.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1929: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Archibald Cochrane	13,748	41.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	W R Garson	5,350	6.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			581	1.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			33,427	73.3	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1930s

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1931 general election: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Henderson-Stewart

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1933 East Fife by-election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Joseph Westwood	6,635	22.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	J. L. Anderson	4,404	14.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Edwin Keir	2,296	7.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Eric Linklater	1,083	3.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,135	30.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			30,188	65.6	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1935: East Fife ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alexander Kerr Davidson	6,016	17.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			21,899	64.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			33,931	71.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Samuel McLaren	10,920	30.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			13,845	38.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			35,685	70.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Samuel McLaren	10,694	26.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Alexander Freeman	3,975	9.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			15,055	37.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			40,418	81.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John McGowan	11,844	29.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			16,602	41.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			40,290	78.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John McGowan	10,872	29.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			15,522	41.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,976	73.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Nicol	11,421	30.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			15,164	39.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,006	75.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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1961 East Fife by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Smith	8,882	26.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Donald Leach	8,786	26.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,066	21.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			33,616		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1964: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Smith	9,765	25.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Derek C Wood	5,075	13.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Braid	2,635	6.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Independent Loyalist	Leslie M.C. Greene	257	0.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,236	29.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,733	77.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry Peaker	9,229	24.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Braid	5,394	14.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Derek A. Barrie	3,574	9.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,094	26.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			37,520	76.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry Ewing	9,756	24.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Braid	4,666	11.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Willis Pickard	3,577	9.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,863	30.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			39,618	74.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Braid	8,593	19.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Willis Pickard	7,766	17.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Bashir Maan	6,634	15.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			12,579	28.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			44,165	78.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Braid	13,202	31.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Helen Liddell	7,040	16.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	D.W.C. Docherty	5,247	12.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,914	7.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			41,605	73.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Menzies Campbell	10,762	23.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Henry McLeish	9,339	19.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	J. Marshall	6,612	14.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,355	20.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,830	79.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

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Sources

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Election results, 1950 - 1970 Template:Webarchive
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 - 1983
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918

See also

North East Fife Constituency

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