West Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, as one of two divisions of the Parliamentary County of Stirling and Clackmannan. It was then defined as the Central and Western County Districts of the County of Stirling including all burghs within their boundaries, save for the Burgh of Stirling."Report of the Boundary Commission (Scotland)", Cd. 8759, Schedule–Part I, section 21. From 1950 onwards, due to local government changes, it was defined as the Burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 Districts of the County of Stirling."Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland", Cmd. 7270, p. 26.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 Harry Hope Unionist Party 1922 Tom Johnston Labour 1924 Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe Unionist Party 1929 Tom Johnston Labour 1931 James Campbell Ker Unionist Party 1935 Tom Johnston Labour 1945 Alfred Balfour Labour 1959 William Baxter Labour Oct 1974 Dennis Canavan Labour1983 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
The Liberal nomination, William Wright, died the day after being nominated, so his name did not appear on the ballot.
Elections in the 1930s
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; Labour: Alfred BalfourReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative:
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
Sources
http://www.politicsresources.net
See also