Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
Parliament:uk
Year:1918
Abolished:1983
Type:County
Elects Howmany:One
Next:Clackmannan, Falkirk East and Falkirk West[1]
Region:Scotland

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Clackmannan constituency.

The constituency comprised two separate parts, north and south of Falkirk town centre, with part of the similarly split Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth constituency in between.

Boundaries

Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the seat of Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire was described in 1950 as being composed of:

This would continue until the seat's abolition in 1983.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember Party
1918Ralph GlynUnionist
1922MacNeill WeirLabour
1931James Wellwood JohnstonUnionist
1935MacNeill WeirLabour
1939 by-electionArthur WoodburnLabour
1970Dick DouglasLabour Co-operative
Feb 1974George ReidSNP
1979Martin O'NeillLabour
1983constituency abolished: see Clackmannan

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

References

Constituency map

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan', Feb 1974 - May 1983. ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. 24 March 2016.
  2. http://bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/maps/westminster/1950/