Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray and Nairn
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Moray Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber
Created from	Elginshire & Nairnshire Elgin Burghs Inverness Burghs

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.

It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Archibald Williamson, later Baron Forres	Coalition Liberal
	1922 by-election	Thomas Maule Guthrie	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923	James Stuart	Unionist
	1959	Gordon Campbell	Unionist/Conservative
	Feb 1974	Winnie Ewing	SNP
	1979	Alex Pollock	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Moray & Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979:Moray and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	14,220	40.07
	SNP	Winnie Ewing	13,800	38.89
	Liberal	Steve Rodan	4,361	12.29
	Labour	G E Scobie	3,104	8.75
Majority			420	1.18
Turnout				77.47
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing

General Election October 1974: Moray and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Winnie Ewing	12,667	41.2
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	12,300	40.0
	Labour	E.G. Smith	2,985	9.7
	Liberal	Keith Schellenberg	2,814	9.15
Majority			367	1.19
Turnout				74.72
	SNP hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Moray and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Winnie Ewing	16,046	49.26
	Conservative	Gordon Campbell	14,229	43.68
	Labour	E G Smith	2,299	7.06
Majority			1,817	5.58
Turnout				78.72
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970:Moray and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Campbell	13,994	49.39%
	SNP	T A Howe	7,885	27.83
	Labour	P Talbot	6,452	22.77
Majority			6,109	21.56
Turnout				72.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 36,154, Turnout 68.03%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell	11,842	48.15%
	Labour	D MacKenzie	8,384	34.09%
	Liberal	Thomas Alexander MacNair	4,368	17.76%
Majority			3,458	14.06%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 15 October 1964:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 36,098, Turnout 69.39%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell	12,741	50.86%
	Labour	G McIntosh	6,830	27.27%
	Liberal	John Macleod	5,478	21.87%
Majority			5,911	23.60%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,487, Turnout 73.58%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell	13,742	52.63%
	Labour	M. Mackay	6,539	25.04
	Liberal	Donald C. MacDonald	5,831	22.33%
Majority			7,203	27.59%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 26 May 1955:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,663, Turnout 67.87%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stuart	14,667	60.59%
	Labour	M Mackay	9,538	39.41%
Majority			5,129	21.19%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 25 October 1951:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 35,370, Turnout 74.55%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stuart	15,881	60.23%
	Labour	D Hutchinson	10,487	39.77%
Majority			5,394	20.46%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 23 February 1950:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate 34,664, Turnout 74.60%,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stuart	15,478	59.85%
	Labour	R Murray	10,383	40.15%
Majority			5,095	19.70%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stuart	12,809	61.58
	Labour	S Shaw	7,993	38.42
Majority			4,816	23.15
Turnout				62.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Stuart	12,755
	Labour	J.D. Vassie	7,347
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Stuart	unopposed
	Unionist hold		Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hon. James Grey Stuart	8,896	43.7
	Labour	Joseph Forbes Duncan	6,563	32.3
	Liberal	John Edward Tennant	4,889	24.0	n/a
Majority			2,333	11.5
Turnout			20,348	68.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Stuart	9,762
	Labour	B.S. Mackay	6,005
Majority			3,757

General Election 1923: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hon. James Grey Stuart	8,116	53.4	n/a
	Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	7,089	46.6	n/a
Majority			1,027	6.8	10.4
Turnout			15,215	61.3	+12.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Moray & Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	6,263	51.8	n/a
	Liberal	James Scott	5,832	48.2	n/a
Majority			431	3.6	n/a
Turnout			12,095	49.0	n/a
	National Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Thomas Maule Guthrie	unopposed
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:
constituency of Moray & Nairn
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir Archibald Williamson	unopposed
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)