Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries 1918–1950: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.
1950–1955: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.
1955–1974: The Broughton, Calton and St. Andrew's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh, and part of the St. Bernard's ward.
1974–1983: The Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Bernard's wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1918 James Avon Clyde Unionist 1920 by-election Patrick Ford Unionist 1923 Peter Raffan Liberal 1924 Sir Patrick Ford Unionist 1935 Alexander Erskine-Hill Unionist 1945 George Willis Labour 1950 James Latham Clyde Unionist 1955 by-election William Milligan Unionist 1960 by-election Lord Dalkeith Unionist 1965 Conservative 1973 by-election Alexander Fletcher Conservative1983 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: Alexander Erskine-Hill Labour: Gerald Walker Crawford
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
1970 notional result Party Vote % Conservative 19,300 55.46 Labour 12,200 35.06 Liberal 3,300 9.48Turnout34,80071.19Electorate48,884
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