UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 27 May 1876

Died: 30 March 1940

2nd Baronet - 20 July 1920

Member of Privy Council - 21 November 1922

husband of Violet Lambert

husband of Mary Louise Lambert

Trinity College, Glenalmond

Edinburgh University

Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	1 April 1921	October 1922
Secretary for Scotland	1924	1926
Secretary of State for Scotland	1926	1929
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	1931	1 October 1932
Secretary of State for the Home Department	1 October 1932	7 June 1935
Minister of Shipping	1939	30 March 1940

26 January 1906	Eastern Fife	Conservative Party	3,279	40.98
25 January 1910	Eastern Renfrewshire	Conservative Party	9,645	52.37
16 December 1910	Eastern Renfrewshire	Conservative Party	10,063	53.11
14 December 1918	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed
1 April 1921 Resignation of John Gilmour on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
14 April 1921	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed
15 November 1922	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,920	63.93
6 December 1923	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,013	67.21
29 October 1924	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,622	75.34
30 May 1929	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,328	69.20
27 October 1931	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,772	81.45
14 November 1935	Glasgow Pollok	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,408	72.10
30 March 1940 Death of Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt.