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Berwick and East Lothian was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.
Boundaries
Berwick and East Lothian covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian. It was largely created from Berwick and Haddington and was replaced by East Lothian and part of Roxburgh and Berwickshire for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Berwickshire constituencies electoral history
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1951: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Anstruther-Gray |
22,510 |
52.8 |
+16.0 |
|
Labour |
John Robertson |
20,152 |
47.2 |
+6.3 |
Majority |
2,358 |
5.6 |
+1.5 |
Turnout |
42,662 |
83.8 |
+1.0 |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | |
[[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/shortname]] gain from Labour |
Swing |
+2.8 |
|
General election 1955: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Anstruther-Gray |
21,739 |
53.3 |
+0.5 |
|
Labour |
Penry Jones |
19,029 |
46.7 |
−0.5 |
Majority |
2,710 |
6.6 |
+1.0 |
Turnout |
40,768 |
80.3 |
−3.5 |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | |
[[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
+0.5 |
|
General election 1959: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Anstruther-Gray |
22,472 |
53.4 |
+0.1 |
|
Labour |
Penry Jones |
19,622 |
46.6 |
−0.1 |
Majority |
2,850 |
6.8 |
+0.2 |
Turnout |
42,094 |
83.2 |
+2.9 |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | |
[[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
+0.1 |
|
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Anstruther-Gray |
21,669 |
50.7 |
−2.7 |
|
Labour |
John Mackintosh |
21,044 |
49.3 |
+2.7 |
Majority |
625 |
1.4 |
-5.4 |
Turnout |
42,713 |
85.0 |
+1.8 |
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[[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
−2.7 |
|
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Mackintosh |
21,107 |
45.6 |
−6.3 |
|
Conservative |
J. Donald M. Hardie |
20,466 |
44.2 |
−3.9 |
|
SNP |
David Rae Fisher Simpson |
4,735 |
10.2 |
New |
Majority |
641 |
1.4 |
-2.4 |
Turnout |
46,308 |
83.7 |
−2.4 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
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1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Home Robertson |
20,530 |
47.4 |
+4.1 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Marshall |
17,418 |
40.2 |
+2.6 |
|
SNP |
Isobel Lindsay |
3,799 |
8.8 |
−4.4 |
|
Liberal |
Tam Glen |
1,543 |
3.6 |
−2.3 |
Majority |
3,112 |
7.2 |
+1.5 |
Turnout |
43,290 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+0.8 |
|
General election 1979: Berwick and East Lothian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Home Robertson |
21,977 |
43.5 |
+0.2 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Marshall |
20,304 |
40.2 |
+2.6 |
|
Liberal |
Tam Glen |
4,948 |
9.8 |
+3.9 |
|
SNP |
Allan Macartney |
3,300 |
6.5 |
−6.7 |
Majority |
1,673 |
3.3 |
-2.4 |
Turnout |
60,919 |
82.9 |
+2.1 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
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