Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Moray and Nairn County constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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 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.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Elections in the 1910s 2.2 Elections in the 1920s 2.3 Elections in the 1930s 3 Politics and history of the constituency 4 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Archibald Williamson, later Baron Forres	Coalition Liberal
	1922 (by-election)	Thomas Maule Guthrie	Coalition Liberal
	1923	James Gray Stuart, later Viscount Stuart of Findhorn	Unionist
	1959	Gordon Campbell, later Baron Campbell of Croy	Unionist/Conservative
	1974	Winifred Margaret Ewing	Scottish National Party
	1979	Alexander Pollock	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Moray and Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir Archibald Williamson	unopposed
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	unopposed
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Moray and Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	6,263	51.8
	Liberal	James Scott	5,832	48.2
Majority			431	3.6
Turnout			12,095	49.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Moray and Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Gray Stuart	8,116	53.4
	Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	7,089	46.6
Majority			1,027	6.8
Turnout			15,215	61.3	+12.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Moray and Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Gray Stuart	unopposed
	Unionist hold		Swing

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.