Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency) facts for kids
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Dunbartonshire was an area in Scotland that elected a person to represent it in the House of Commons of Great Britain and later the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. This special area, called a county constituency, existed from 1708 until 1950. It was located at Westminster, which is where the UK Parliament meets.
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How Dunbartonshire Became a Voting Area
The Dunbartonshire voting area was created in 1708. This happened after the Acts of Union, 1707, which joined Scotland and England to form Great Britain. Before this, Dunbartonshire had its own representative in the old Parliament of Scotland.
Choosing a Member of Parliament
This voting area always chose one person to be its Member of Parliament (MP). The way they voted was called the "first-past-the-post" system. This means the candidate who got the most votes won, even if they didn't get more than half of all the votes. This system was used until 1950, when the Dunbartonshire area was split into two new voting areas.
Where the Dunbartonshire Voting Area Was
The Dunbartonshire voting area covered most of the county of Dumbarton (which later became "Dunbarton"). It did not include certain towns or "burghs" that had their own special voting rules.
Over the years, the exact borders of the Dunbartonshire voting area changed a few times.
- From 1708, it included the county of Dumbarton, but not the town of Dumbarton. This town was part of another voting area called Clyde Burghs.
- When the UK Parliament was formed in 1801, Dunbartonshire kept the same borders.
- In 1832, the town of Dumbarton became part of the Kilmarnock Burghs voting area.
- By 1918, the Dunbartonshire voting area covered the county of Dunbarton, but it did not include the towns of Dumbarton and Clydebank. These towns were part of the Dumbarton Burghs voting area.
- Finally, in 1950, the Dunbartonshire voting area was officially ended. The county was then split into two new voting areas: East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.
People Who Represented Dunbartonshire
Many different people served as the Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire over its long history. Here are the lists of MPs who represented the area:
MPs from 1708 to 1832
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | John Campbell | ||
| 1710 | |||
| 1713 | |||
| 1715 | |||
| 1722 | Mungo Haldane | ||
| 1725 | John Campbell | ||
| 1727 | John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll | Whig | |
| 1734 | |||
| 1741 | |||
| 1747 | |||
| 1754 | |||
| 1761 | Archibald Edmonstone | Tory | |
| 1768 | |||
| 1774 | |||
| 1780 | Lord Frederick Campbell | ||
| 1781 | George Elphinstone | ||
| 1784 | |||
| 1790 | Archibald Edmonstone | Tory | |
| 1796 | William Bontine | ||
| 1797 | Alexander Smollett | ||
| 1799 | Sir James Colquhoun, 3rd Bt | ||
| 1801 | |||
| 1802 | |||
| 1806 | Henry Glassford | ||
| 1806 | Charles Edmonstone | Tory | |
| 1807 | Henry Glassford | ||
| 1810 | Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun | ||
| 1812 | |||
| 1818 | |||
| 1820 | |||
| 1821 | John Buchanan | ||
| 1826 | John Campbell | Tory | |
| 1830 | Lord Montagu Graham | Tory | |
| 1831 | |||
MPs from 1832 to 1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Campbell Colquhoun | Whig | |
| 1835 | Alexander Dennistoun | Whig | |
| 1837 | Sir James Colquhoun, 4th Bt | Whig | |
| 1841 | Alexander Smollett | Conservative | |
| 1847 | |||
| 1852 | |||
| 1857 | |||
| 1859 | Patrick Smollett | Conservative | |
| 1865 | |||
| 1868 | Archibald Orr-Ewing | Conservative | |
| 1874 | |||
| 1880 | |||
| 1885 | |||
| 1886 | |||
| 1892 | John Sinclair | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Alexander Wylie | Conservative | |
| 1900 | |||
| 1906 | J. D. White | Liberal | |
| 1910 (January) | |||
| 1910 (December) | Arthur Acland Allen | Liberal | |
| 1918 | William Raeburn | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1923 | William Martin | Labour | |
| 1924 | David Fleming | Conservative | |
| 1926 by-election | John Thom | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Willie Brooke | Labour | |
| 1931 | John Thom | Conservative | |
| 1932 by-election | Archibald Cochrane | Conservative | |
| 1935 | |||
| 1936 by-election | Thomas Cassells | Labour | |
| 1941 by-election | Adam McKinlay | Labour | |
| 1945 | |||
| 1950 | constituency divided: see East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire | ||
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