Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)
# Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

From 1708 to 1832 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire had been paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.

From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.

From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1832 | Sir Charles Adam | Whig |
| | 1841 | George Abercromby | Whig |
| | 1842 by-election | Sir William Morison | Whig |
| | 1851 by-election | James Johnstone | Peelite |
| | 1857 | Viscount Melgund | Whig |
| | 1859 | Sir William Patrick Adam | Liberal |
| | 1880 by-election | John Balfour | Liberal |
| | 1899 by-election | Eugene Wason | Liberal |
| 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Charles Adam | 527 | 72.9 |
| | Tory | Robert Bruce | 196 | 27.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 45.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 723 | 82.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 879 | |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |

General election 1835: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Charles Adam | 447 | 61.1 | −11.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Bruce | 285 | 38.9 | +11.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 22.2 | −23.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | 73.9 | −8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 990 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −11.8 | |

Adam was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 May 1835: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Charles Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

General election 1837: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Charles Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,181 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | George Abercromby | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,272 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

Abercromby resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 February 1842: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | William Morison | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

General election 1847: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | William Morison | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,373 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

Morison's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 9 June 1851: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Peelite | James Johnstone | 328 | 55.5 | New |
| | Whig | William Patrick Adam | 263 | 44.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 11.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 591 | 42.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,385 | | |
| | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1852: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Peelite | James Johnstone | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,658 | | |
| | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig |

General election 1857: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,836 | | |
| | Whig gain from Peelite | Whig gain from Peelite | Whig gain from Peelite | Whig gain from Peelite | Whig gain from Peelite |

General election 1859: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,932 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

Adam was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 April 1865: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,896 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General election 1865: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,162 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General election 1868: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,802 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

Adam was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 6 January 1869: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | 943 | 66.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | James Richard Haig | 468 | 33.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | 33.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,411 | 74.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,896 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | 1,150 | 71.5 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | James Richard Haig | 458 | 28.5 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 692 | 43.0 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,608 | 77.2 | +2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,084 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

Adam was appointed as First Commissioner of works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 14 May 1880: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Patrick Adam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

Adam was appointed as Governor of Madras, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 December 1880: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General election 1885: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

Balfour was appointed Lord Advocate, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 13 February 1886: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General election 1886: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | 3,159 | 63.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Unionist | Charles Congalton Bethune | 1,844 | 36.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,315 | 26.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,003 | 72.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,930 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | 3,541 | 64.8 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Edward Tierney Aitchison | 1,927 | 35.2 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,614 | 29.6 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,468 | 72.6 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,535 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 | |

Balfour accepted office as Lord Advocate, prompting a by-election.

By-election, 1892: Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General election 1895: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Balfour | 3,133 | 54.8 | −10.0 |
| | Conservative | George Younger | 2,588 | 45.2 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 9.6 | −20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,721 | 75.7 | +3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,561 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −10.0 | |

Balfour is appointed Lord President of the Court of Session, prompting a by-election.

1899 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,489 | 54.0 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | George Younger | 2,973 | 46.0 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 8.0 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,462 | 83.7 | +8.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,722 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −0.8 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,284 | 52.8 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | George Younger | 2,933 | 47.2 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 5.6 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,217 | 81.7 | +6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,609 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 | |

General election 1906: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Eugene Wason | 4,027 | 60.3 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Avon Clyde | 2,648 | 39.7 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,379 | 20.6 | +15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,675 | 84.3 | +2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,919 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election, January 1910: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Eugene Wason | 3,971 | 59.5 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Nelson Briggs Constable | 2,703 | 40.5 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,268 | 19.0 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,674 | 82.4 | −1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,103 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −0.8 | |

General election, December 1910: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Eugene Wason | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
