Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
# Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire was a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.

## Boundaries

In 1868, the constituency of Aberdeenshire was divided into Aberdeenshire Eastern and Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire constituencies being divided into three new constituencies, Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West. In 1950 the Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire counties were separated again, and a new boundary divided the Aberdeenshire area into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire.

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Kincardine, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except the burgh of Inverbervie and that portion of the county of the city of Aberdeen which is situated within the said county of Kincardine, together with the county districts of Alford and Deeside, inclusive of all burghs situated therein."

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1918 | Arthur Murray | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Arthur Murray | Liberal |
| | 1923 | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | Unionist |
| | 1929 | James Scott | Liberal |
| | 1931 | Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | Unionist |
| | 1939 by-election | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | Unionist |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C | Liberal | Arthur Murray | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hon. Arthur Murray | 6,224 | 62.3 | N/A |
| | National Liberal | William Mitchell | 3,767 | 37.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,457 | 24.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,991 | 44.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1923: Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 6,639 | 51.0 | New |
| | Liberal | Hon. Arthur Murray | 6,369 | 49.0 | -12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,008 | 57.8 | +13.2 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1924: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 8,260 | 54.5 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | James Scott | 6,889 | 45.5 | -3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,371 | 9.0 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,149 | 67.3 | +5.5 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

General election 1929: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Scott | 9,839 | 51.8 | +6.3 |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 9,171 | 48.2 | -6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 668 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,010 | 66.3 | -1.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.3 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 14,266 | 61.6 | +13.4 |
| | Liberal | James Scott | 8,890 | 38.4 | -13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,376 | 23.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,156 | 80.6 | +14.3 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

General election 1935: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Barclay-Harvey | 12,477 | 55.9 | -5.7 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Irvine | 9,841 | 44.1 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,636 | 11.8 | -11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,318 | 75.6 | -5.0 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

1939 Kincardineshire and West Aberdeenshire by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 11,111 | 52.7 | -3.2 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Irvine | 9,990 | 47.3 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,121 | 5.4 | -6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,101 | 71.4 | -4.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -3.2 | |

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 10,932 | 51.5 | -5.4 |
| | Liberal | John Junor | 10,290 | 48.5 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 642 | 3.0 | -8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,222 | 68.7 | -6.9 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
