| Ross and Cromarty | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | Scotland |
| County: | 1890–1975: Ross and Cromarty 1975–1983: Highland |
Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1832 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
When created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 it combined in one seat the former seats Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.
In 1918 Lewis (a large island several miles offshore) was taken from the seat and merged into the then new Western Isles constituency, and the Fortrose component of the former Inverness Burghs constituency and the Dingwall and Cromarty components of the former Northern Burghs constituency were merged into the Ross and Cromarty constituency.
In 1983 the remaining area of the seat was merged with the Isle of Skye and Isle of Raasay areas of the then-Inverness seat to form Ross, Cromarty and Skye.
1890 to 1918
County councils were created in Scotland in 1890, and so the constituency area became also the county council area of Ross and Cromarty, minus the Fortrose, Dingwall and Cromarty parliamentary burghs.
1918 to 1975
When reformed in 1918 the constituency covered the county of Ross and Cromarty (including the former parliamentary burghs) minus Lewis.
1975 to 1983
County councils were abolished in 1975 and replaced with regions and districts and island council areas. The constituency area was then that of the district of Ross and Cromarty plus the Lochalsh area of Skye and Lochalsh. Both districts were within the Highland region.
See also
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie | Whig[1] | ||
| 1837 | Thomas Mackenzie | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | Sir James Matheson | Whig[2] [3] [4] | ||
| 1859 | Liberal | |||
| 1868 | Alexander Matheson | |||
| 1884 | Ronald Munro-Ferguson Later Viscount Novar | |||
| 1885 | Roderick Macdonald | Crofters' Party | ||
| 1892 | James Galloway Weir | Liberal | ||
| 1911 | Ian Macpherson (Later made Baron Strathcarron) | |||
| 1931 | Liberal National | |||
| 1936 | Malcolm MacDonald | National Labour | ||
| 1945 | John MacLeod | Independent Liberal | ||
| 1947 | National Liberal | |||
| 1964 | Alasdair Mackenzie | Liberal | ||
| 1970 | Hamish Gray | Conservative | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||
Stewart-Mackenzie resigned after being appointed as Governor Ceylon, causing a by-election.
Matheson's resignation caused a by-election.
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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;