Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983
East (or Eastern ) Aberdeenshire was a
Scottish
county constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1918 and from 1950 to 1983. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post system of election.
During the period 1918 to 1950, the area of the constituency was divided between
East Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire and
Central Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire , which were both entirely within the
county of Aberdeen .
In 1983, the East Aberdeenshire area was divided between the new constituencies of
Banff and Buchan and
Gordon .
Boundaries
Eastern Aberdeenshire, 1868 to 1918
1868 to 1885
When, created by the
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 , and first used in the
1868 general election , the constituency was nominally one of three covering the
county of Aberdeen . The other two were the county constituency of
West Aberdeenshire and the
burgh constituency of
Aberdeen . The county had been covered previously by the
Aberdeenshire constituency and the Aberdeen constituency.
East Aberdeenshire was defined by the 1868 legislation as consisting of the parishes of
Aberdour ,
Belhelvie ,
Bourtie ,
Crimond ,
Cruden ,
Daviot ,
Ellon ,
Fintray ,
Foveran ,
Fraserburgh ,
Fyvie ,
Keith-hall and
Kinkell ,
King-Edward ,
Logie-Buchan ,
Longside ,
Lonmay ,
Methlick ,
Montquhitter ,
New Deer ,
New Machar ,
Old Deer ,
Oldmeldrum ,
Peterhead ,
Pitsligo ,
Rathen ,
Slains ,
Strichen ,
Tarves ,
Turriff ,
Tyrie and
Udny , together with the part of the parish of
Old Machar lying east of the
River Don , and the parish of St Fergus in
Banffshire .
1868 boundaries were also used in the
1874 general election and the
1880 general election .
1885 to 1918
For the
1885 general election the burgh constituencies of
Aberdeen North and
Aberdeen South were created. Both of these new constituencies included areas beyond the boundaries of the
burgh of Aberdeen .
1885 boundaries were also used in the
1886 general election , the
1892 general election , the
1895 general election , the
1900 general election , the
1906 general election , the
January 1910 general election and the
December 1910 general election .
County boundaries were redefined under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , and the
county of city of Aberdeen was created in 1900, but these developments did not affect constituency boundaries.
In 1918, the
Representation of the People Act 1918 created new constituency boundaries, taking account of new local government boundaries, and grouped the county of Aberdeen, the county of city of Aberdeen and the
county of Kincardine in the creation of new constituencies for the
1918 general election .
East Aberdeenshire, 1950 to 1983
1950 to 1955
The
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 created new boundaries for the
1950 general election , and East Aberdeenshire was created as one of four constituencies covering the county of Aberdeen and the county of city of Aberdeen. East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county of Aberdeen, and Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South were entirely within the county of city of Aberdeen. East Aberdeenshire consisted of the burghs of
Ellon ,
Fraserburgh ,
Huntly ,
Peterhead ,
Rosehearty and
Turriff and the districts of Deer, Ellon, Huntly and Turriff.
[1]
The same boundaries were used for the
1951 general election .
1955 to 1983
For the
1955 general election , the burgh of Huntly and the district of Huntly were transferred to West Aberdeenshire.
[1]
East Aberdeenshire retained the same boundaries for the
1959 general election , the
1964 general election , the
1966 general election , the
1970 general election , the
February 1974 general election and the
October 1974 general election .
In 1975, throughout Scotland, under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , counties and burghs were abolished as
local government areas, and East Aberdeenshire became a constituency within the
Grampian region .
The
1979 general election was held before a review of constituency boundaries took account of new local government boundaries.
For the
1983 general election , the East Aberdeenshire area was divided between the new constituencies of
Banff and Buchan and
Gordon .
Members of Parliament
Eastern Aberdeenshire, 1868 to 1918
East Aberdeenshire, 1950 to 1983
Election results
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Fordyce's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
T.R. Buchanan
Elections in the 1900s
James Annand
Elections in the 1910s
Sir Henry Cowan
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
See also
References
^
a
b
Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (
ISBN
0-900178-09-4 ), F. W. S. Craig 1972
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b
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
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"Sir A Gordon and the East Aberdeenshire Liberals" .
Dundee Evening Telegraph . 14 July 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
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Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
978-1-349-02349-3 .
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"Liberals have lost the seat for East Aberdeenshire" .
North Devon Journal . 30 December 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Election Intelligence" .
The Morning Post . 11 December 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"The Victory in Aberdeenshire" .
Aberdeen Press and Journal . 29 December 1875. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
^ The Times, 29 April 1880
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
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j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
9781349022984 .
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"Local and District Issues" . Aberdeen Press and Journal . 26 September 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 23 November 2017 .
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b Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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h British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
Current constituencies (2024)