Dumbarton Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950.
Boundaries It consisted of the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank in Dunbartonshire. The rest of the county formed the rural (or county) constituency of Dunbartonshire.
History Before the creation of the Dumbarton Burghs constituency, the burgh of Dumbarton had formed as part of the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs, and Clydebank had been within the Dunbartonshire county constituency. When Dumbarton Burghs was abolished, the whole county of Dunbartonshire was re-organised into two new county constituencies, Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West.
For almost all of its history, Dumbarton Burghs was represented by David Kirkwood of the Labour Party, an important Red Clydesider. The only exception was 1918 to 1922, when it was represented by John Taylor, a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 John Taylor Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal Nov 1922 David Kirkwood, later Baron Kirkwood Labour 1950 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
See also Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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