East Renfrewshire (constituency)

East Renfrewshire
Educated
1885; 2005
MP
Kirsten Oswald ( SNP )
Regions
East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire is a constituency for the British House of Commons . It was created in 1885 and lasted until the 1983 general election when it was dissolved in favor of the newly created Eastwood constituency . As part of the 2005 constituency reform, East Renfrewshire was reintroduced. The constituency covers the same areas as Eastwood, so it was just a change of name. The corresponding Eastwood constituency for the Scottish Parliament continues to exist independently under that name. The constituency covers the entire East Renfrewshire council area . The constituency sends a representative.

Election results

General election 1885

Results of the general election in 1885
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	James Finlayson	3642	53.7
Conservative	Allan Gilmour	3144	46.3

General election 1886

Results of the general election in 1886
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Conservative	Hugh Shaw-Stewart	3806	61.0
Liberal	James Samuelson	2438	39.0

General election 1892

Results of the general election in 1892
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Conservative	Hugh Shaw-Stewart	4484	56.9
Liberal	John G. Murdoch	3397	43.1

General election 1895

Hugh Shaw-Stewart held his mandate unopposed.

General election 1900

Hugh Shaw-Stewart held his mandate unopposed.

General election 1906

Results of the 1906 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Robert Laidlaw	6896	50.3
Conservative	Hugh Shaw-Stewart	6801	49.7

General election January 1910

Results of the general election January 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	John Gilmour	9645	52.4	+2.7
Liberal	Robert Laidlaw	8771	47.6	−2.7

General election December 1910

Results of the general election December 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	John Gilmour	10,063	53.1	+0.7
Liberal	Ian Macpherson	8883	46.9	−0.7

General election 1918

Results of the general election in 1918
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Coalition Liberal	Joseph Johnstone	13,107	72.2
Labor	Robert Spence	5048	27.8

General election 1922

Results of the general election in 1922
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Robert Nichol	9708	42.4	+14.6
unionist	F. Lobnitz	9158	40.0	+40.0
Liberal	Joseph Johnstone	4013	17.5	−54.7

General election 1923

Results of the general election in 1923
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Robert Nichol	9857	44.6	+2.2
unionist	F. Lobnitz	9349	42.3	+2.3
Liberal	W. Crawford	2887	13.1	−4.4

General election 1924

Results of the general election in 1924
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Alexander Munro MacRobert	13,716	55.7	+13.4
Labor	Robert Nichol	10,903	44.3	−0.3

By-elections 1926

With the appointment of Alexander Munro MacRobert as Solicitor General for Scotland by-elections were held in the constituency of East Renfrewshire.

Results of the 1926 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Alexander Munro MacRobert	11,817	52.0	−3.7
Labor	John Martin Munro	10,889	48.0	+3.7

General election 1929

Results of the 1929 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Alexander Munro MacRobert	18,487	52.2	+0.2
Labor	John Martin Munro	16,924	47.8	−0.2

By-elections in 1930

With the death of Alexander Munro MacRobert , by-elections were necessary in the constituency of East Renfrewshire.

Results of the 1930 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton	19,753	53.6	+1.4
Independent Labor	T. Irwin	12,293	33.3	−14.5
National Party	WHERE Brown	4818	13.1	+13.1

General election 1931

Results of the 1931 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton	27,740	59.4	+5.8
Labor	J. Strain	12,477	26.7	−6.6
National Party	WHERE Brown	6498	13.9	+0.8

General election 1935

Results of the general election in 1935
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton	35.121	55.6	−3.8
Labor Co-operative	J. Barr	21,475	34.0	+7.3
SNP	WHERE Brown	6593	10.4	−3.5

By-elections 1940

After Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton was raised to the status of a peer and thus returned his House of Commons mandate, by-elections were necessary in the constituency of East Renfrewshire.

Results of the 1940 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Guy Lloyd	34,316	80.7	+25.1
Independent Labor	Annie Maxton	8206	19.3	−14.7

General election 1945

Results of the general election in 1945
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Guy Lloyd	42,310	53.6	−27.1
Labor Co-operative	D. McArthur	36,634	46.4	+27.1

General election 1950

Results of the general election in 1950
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Guy Lloyd	31,650	65.4	+11.8
Labor	WL Taylor	16,716	34.6	−11.8

General election 1951

Results of the general election in 1951
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Guy Lloyd	31,908	65.8	+0.4
Labor	DJ Phillips	16,588	34.2	+0.4

General election 1955

Results of the general election in 1955
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Guy Lloyd	30,959	68.3	+2.5
Labor	DJ Phillips	14,371	31.7	−2.5

General election 1959

Results of the general election in 1959
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Betty Harvie Anderson	29,672	58.7	−9.6
Labor	AJ Houston	14,579	28.8	−2.9
Liberal	DMH Starforth	6339	12.5	+12.5

General election 1964

Results of the 1964 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	27,846	52.5	−6.2
Labor	JS Gordon	16,503	31.1	+2.3
Liberal	DMH Starforth	8655	16.3	+3.8

General election 1966

Results of the 1966 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	28,017	53.2	+0.7
Labor	R. Lochrie	17,426	33.1	+2.0
Liberal	JW McHardy	7252	13.8	−2.5

General election 1970

Results of the 1970 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	29.163	52.1	−1.1
Labor	J. Carnegie	16,062	28.7	−4.4
Liberal	M. Watt	7053	12.6	−1.2
SNP	JM Buchanan	3733	6.7	+6.7

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	25,713	50.6	−1.5
Labor	RS Stewart	10,227	20.1	−8.6
Liberal	WGA Craig	9588	18.9	+6.3
SNP	S. Watterson	5268	10.4	+3.7

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	19,847	41.4	−9.2
SNP	I. Jenkins	11,137	23.2	+12.8
Labor	CJ Roberts	9997	20.8	+0.7
Liberal	WGA Craig	7015	14.6	−4.3

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Allan Stewart	25,910	49.9	+8.5
Labor	E. Sullivan	12,672	24.4	+3.6
Liberal	WGA Craig	9366	18.0	+3.4
SNP	J. Pow	3989	7.7	−15.5

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Jim Murphy	20,815	43.9
Conservative	Richard Cook	14,158	29.9
Liberal Democrats	Gordon MacDonald	8659	18.3
SNP	Osama Bhutta	3245	6.9
Socialist	Ian Henderson	528	1.1

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Jim Murphy	25,987	50.8	+6.9
Conservative	Richard Cook	15,567	30.4	+0.5
Liberal Democrats	Gordon MacDonald	4720	9.2	−9.1
SNP	Gordon Archer	4535	8.9	+2.0
UKIP	Donald McKay	272	0.7	+0.7

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Kirsten Oswald	23,013	40.6	+31.7
Labor	Jim Murphy	19,295	34.0	−16.8
Conservative	David Montgomery	12,465	22.0	−8.4
Liberal Democrats	Graeme Cowie	1069	1.9	−7.3
UKIP	Robert Malyn	888	1.6	+0.9

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Paul Masterton	21,496	40.0	+18.0
SNP	Kirsten Oswald	16,784	31.2	−9.4
Labor	Blair McDougall	14,346	26.7	−7.3
Liberal Democrats	Aileen Morton	1112	2.1	+0.2

General election 2019

Results of the 2019 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Kirsten Oswald	24,877	44.9	+13.7
Conservative	Paul Masterton	19,451	35.1	−4.9
Labor	Carolann Davidson	6,855	12.4	−14.3
Liberal Democrats	Andrew McGlynn	4.174	7.5	+5.5

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ^ Results of the general election in 1885
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Constitutional Yearbook 1903, p. 182.
4. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1910, p. 221.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election in 1910
6. ^ Results of the general election in 1918
7. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1929, p. 270.
8. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1932, p. 244.
9. ^ The Liberal Yearbook 1932, p. 266.
10. ^ The Liberal Magazine, Volume 34, 1926, p. 128.
11. ^ The Liberal Yearbook 1936, p. 248.
12. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1934, p. 250.
13. ^ Results of the general election in 1931
14. ^ Results of the general election in 1935
15. ^ The Liberal Magazine, Volume 48, 1940, p. 249.
16. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1945 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1950 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1951 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1955 ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1959 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ↑ Results of the 1964 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ Results of the 1966 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Results of the 1970 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ^ Results of the general election February 1974
25. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Results of the 1979 general election ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ↑ Results of the general election 2010 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
29. ↑ ^{a b c} Results of the general election since 2015