Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Inverness was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

There was also a county constituency called Inverness-shire, 1708 to 1918, and a burgh constituency called Inverness Burghs, 1708 to 1918.

Boundaries

The earlier Inverness-shire constituency covered, nominally, the county of Inverness minus the burgh of Inverness, which was a part of the Inverness Burghs constituency. By 1918, however, county boundaries were out of alignment with constituency boundaries.

In 1918, the Representation of the People Act 1918 created new constituency boundaries, taking account of new local government boundaries, and the new constituency boundaries were first used in the 1918 general election.

The new Inverness constituency included the burgh of Inverness and was one of three constituencies covering the county of Inverness and the county of Ross and Cromarty. The other two were the Ross and Cromarty constituency and the Western Isles constituency.[2]

The Inverness constituency covered the county of Inverness minus Outer Hebridean areas (the districts of Harris, North Uist and South Uist), which were covered by the Western Isles constituency. The same boundaries were used in every election from 1918 onwards.

In 1975, counties and burghs were abolished as local government areas, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and from 1975 until 1983, the Inverness constituency was entirely within the Highland local government region.

For the 1983 general election, new boundaries defined three new constituencies to cover the region: Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, Ross, Cromarty and Skye and Caithness and Sutherland. Each of the new constituencies covered a number of the districts of the region. The Caithness and Sutherland constituency carried forward the name of an older constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918Thomas Brash MorisonCoalition LiberalPreviously MP for Inverness-shire
1922 by-electionSir Murdoch Macdonald
1922National Liberal
1922Liberal
1931Liberal National
1950Lord Malcolm Douglas-HamiltonUnionist
1954 by-electionNeil McLean
1964Russell JohnstonLiberalSubsequently, MP for Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
1983constituency abolished

Election results

Inverness election history

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Morison
UK General Election, 1918: Inverness[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CLiberalThomas Morison7,99173.2N/A
Highland Land LeagueGeorge James Bruce2,93026.8N/A
Majority5,06146.4N/A
Turnout10,92137.3N/A
Registered electors29,263
Liberalwin (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 Inverness by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National LiberalMurdoch Macdonald8,340 51.0 −22.2
Independent LiberalAlexander Livingstone8,02449.0−24.2
Majority3162.0−44.4
Turnout16,36450.1+13.8
Registered electors32,695
National LiberalholdSwing−22.2
UK General Election, 1922: Inverness [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National LiberalMurdoch Macdonald9,796 52.7 −20.5
LiberalAlexander Livingstone8,78547.3−25.9
Majority1,0115.4−41.0
Turnout18,58154.3+17.0
Registered electors34,244
National LiberalholdSwing−20.5
UK General Election, 1923: Inverness [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMurdoch Macdonald10,194 65.4 +12.7
LabourAndrew D. Kinloch5,38534.6New
Majority4,80930.8+25.4
Turnout15,57946.9−7.4
Registered electors33,230
LiberalholdSwing+12.7
UK General Election, 1924: Inverness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMurdoch Macdonald11,468 62.6 −2.8
LabourT. Henderson6,86337.4+2.8
Majority4,60525.2−5.6
Turnout18,33154.1+7.2
Registered electors33,875
LiberalholdSwing+2.8
UK General Election, 1929: Inverness [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMurdoch Macdonald14,042 55.3 −7.3
LabourDavid Norman Mackay11,36944.7+7.3
Majority2,67310.6−14.6
Turnout25,41158.6+4.5
Registered electors43,387
LiberalholdSwing−7.3

Elections in the 1930s

UK General Election, 1931: Inverness [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National LiberalMurdoch Macdonald18,702 65.3 +10.0
LabourDavid Norman Mackay5,94120.7−24.0
National (Scotland)John MacCormick4,01614.0New
Majority12,76144.6N/A
Turnout28,65961.9+3.3
National Liberalgain from LiberalSwing
UK General Election, 1935: Inverness [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National LiberalMurdoch Macdonald14,985 56.4 −8.9
LabourHugh Fraser7,29727.5+6.8
SNPJohn MacCormick4,27316.1+2.1
Majority7,68828.9−15.7
Turnout26,55557.8−4.1
National LiberalholdSwing

Elections in the 1940s

UK General Election, 1945: Inverness[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LiberalMurdoch Macdonald12,090 43.26 −13.1
LabourNeil George Maclean9,65534.55+7.0
LiberalJohn MacCormick6,20022.19+6.1
Majority2,4358.71N/A
Turnout27,94559.40+1.6
Independent Liberalgain from National LiberalSwing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Inverness[11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistMalcolm Douglas-Hamilton16,056 45.47 New
LabourDesmond Nethersole-Thompson11,23631.82−2.73
LiberalJohn Bannerman8,02322.72+0.53
Majority4,82013.65+4.94
Turnout35,31568.52+9.12
Unionistgain from National LiberalSwing
General election 1951: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistMalcolm Douglas-Hamilton22,497 64.54 +19.07
LabourThomas Alexander MacNair12,36135.46+3.64
Majority10,13629.08+15.43
Turnout34,85869.30+0.78
UnionistholdSwing+21.37
1954 Inverness by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistNeil McLean10,329 41.4 −23.1
LiberalJohn Bannerman8,99836.0New
LabourWilliam Paterson5,64222.6−12.9
Majority1,3315.4−23.7
Turnout24,96949.2−20.1
UnionistholdSwing
General election 1955: Inverness[11][13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistNeil McLean14,352 41.5 −23.0
LiberalJohn Bannerman13,38638.7N/A
LabourDesmond Nethersole-Thompson6,89119.9−15.6
Majority9662.8−26.3
Turnout34,62967.49−1.8
UnionistholdSwing−9.1
General election 1959: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistNeil McLean15,728 44.4 +2.9
LiberalJohn Bannerman11,65332.9−5.8
LabourIan John Forgan Coulter8,07322.77+2.9
Majority4,07511.49+8.70
Turnout35,45471.56+4.07
UnionistholdSwing+5.75

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston14,235 39.8 +6.9
UnionistNeil McLean12,09933.9−10.5
LabourAllan Campbell McLean9,40226.3+3.5
Majority2,1365.9−5.6
Turnout35,73671.4−0.2
Liberalgain from UnionistSwing
General election 1966: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston14,356 39.4 −0.4
ConservativeDavid Anthony Wathen11,96132.9−1.0
LabourAllan Campbell McLean10,06927.7+1.4
Majority2,3956.5+0.6
Turnout36,38672.1+0.7
LiberalholdSwing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston15,052 38.4 −1.0
ConservativeDavid Anthony Wathen12,37831.5−1.4
LabourDonald Macauley9,03823.0−4.7
SNPAthole Christina Cameron2,7817.1New
Majority2,6746.9+0.4
Turnout39,24872.3+0.2
LiberalholdSwing
General election February 1974: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston16,903 38.7 +0.3
ConservativeRobert Ewart Henderson11,68026.8−4.7
SNPRob Gibson7,81617.9+10.8
LabourDavid James Cameron7,25816.6−6.4
Majority5,22311.9+5.0
Turnout43,65776.1+3.8
LiberalholdSwing
General election October 1974: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston13,128 32.4 −6.3
SNPDonald Barr11,99429.6+11.7
ConservativeRobert Ewart Henderson8,92222.0−4.8
LabourJ.W.L. Cumming6,33215.6−1.0
Fine Gael (Scotland)Uilleam Bell1550.4New
Majority1,1342.8−9.1
Turnout40,53170.5−5.6
LiberalholdSwing
General election 1979: Inverness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRussell Johnston15,716 33.7 +1.3
ConservativeRichard Hunter Gordon11,55924.8+2.8
SNPDonald Barr9,60320.6−9.0
LabourBrian David Henderson Wilson9,58620.6+5.0
Fine Gael (Scotland)Uilleam Bell1120.2−0.2
Majority4,1578.9+6.1
Turnout46,57674.4−4.1
LiberalholdSwing

Notes and references

  1. ↑"'Inverness', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
  3. ↑Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ↑The Times, 20 November 1922
  5. ↑The Times, 11 December 1923
  6. ↑Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  7. ↑The Times, 3 June 1929
  8. ↑Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ↑Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ↑Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-900178-01-6.
  11. 12Pennie, Ian D. (October 1989). "Obituaries: Desmond Nethersole-Thompson (1908-1989)". Ibis. 131 (4): 610–611. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1989.tb04797.x.
  12. ↑The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
  13. ↑The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 978-0-900178-06-1.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"