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24 December 1832 | 755/985 | 76.65 | |
Whig | 493 | 65.30 | |
Tory | 262 | 34.70 | |
Majority | 231 | 30.60 | |
12 January 1835 | 1,170 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 July 1837 | 603/1,065 | 56.62 | |
Whig | 401 | 66.50 | |
Conservative Party | 202 | 33.50 | |
Majority | 199 | 33.00 | |
7 July 1841 | 715/1,113 | 64.24 | |
Whig | 406 | 56.78 | |
Conservative Party | 309 | 43.22 | |
Majority | 97 | 13.57 | |
1845 Resignation of Robert Wallace. | |||
18 April 1845 | 694/1,165 | 59.57 | |
Whig | 350 | 50.43 | |
Whig | 344 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.86 | |
31 July 1847 | 771/1,089 | 70.80 | |
Whig | 456 | 59.14 | |
Whig | 315 | 40.86 | |
Majority | 141 | 18.29 | |
14 July 1852 | 724/1,164 | 62.20 | |
Whig | 470 | 64.92 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 35.08 | |
Majority | 216 | 29.83 | |
27 March 1857 | 1,405 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 1,524 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1865 | 1,871 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 November 1868 | 5,054/6,223 | 81.21 | |
Liberal Party | 2,962 | 58.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,092 | 41.39 | |
Majority | 870 | 17.21 | |
9 February 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,330 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1878 Resignation of James Grieve. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
25 January 1878 | 6,063/7,446 | 81.43 | |
Liberal Party | 2,183 | 36.01 | |
Conservative Party | 2,124 | 35.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,648 | 27.18 | |
Liberal Party | 108 | 1.78 | |
Majority | 59 | 0.97 | |
2 April 1880 | 5,513/7,203 | 76.54 | |
Liberal Party | 3,351 | 60.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,162 | 39.22 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 21.57 | |
14 November 1884 Resignation of James Stewart. (Northstead) | |||
26 November 1884 | |||
Liberal Party | 3,548 | 59.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,417 | 40.52 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 18.96 | |
27 November 1885 | 6,076/7,131 | 85.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,057 | 50.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,954 | 48.62 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 65 | 1.07 | |
Majority | 103 | 1.70 | |
6 July 1886 | 5,113/7,131 | 71.70 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,905 | 56.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,208 | 43.18 | |
Majority | 697 | 13.63 | |
4 July 1892 | 5,829/6,992 | 83.37 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,942 | 50.47 | |
Liberal Party | 2,887 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.94 | |
8 August 1892 Petition - John Bruce unseated and Sir Thomas Sutherland declared elected. | |||
16 July 1895 | 6,324/7,570 | 83.54 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,571 | 56.47 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,753 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 818 | 12.93 | |
4 October 1900 | 6,051/7,590 | 79.72 | |
Conservative Party | 3,165 | 52.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,886 | 47.69 | |
Majority | 279 | 4.61 | |
17 January 1906 | 6,850/7,821 | 87.58 | |
Liberal Party | 3,596 | 52.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,254 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 342 | 4.99 | |
19 January 1910 | 6,865/7,853 | 87.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,233 | 61.66 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,632 | 38.34 | |
Majority | 1,601 | 23.32 | |
7 December 1910 | 7,251/8,160 | 88.86 | |
Liberal Party | 4,338 | 59.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,913 | 40.17 | |
Majority | 1,425 | 19.65 | |
14 December 1918 | 22,771/34,182 | 66.62 | |
Liberal Party | 10,933 | 48.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,246 | 31.82 | |
Labour Party | 2,542 | 11.16 | |
Independent Labour | 2,050 | 9.00 | |
Majority | 3,687 | 16.19 | |
Samuel Chapman's name appeared on the final official list of Coalition candidates despite the fact that the Coalition whips had previously agreed not to issue a "coupon" for this Greenock constituency. Immediately after the list was published, the Coalition Liberal whip sent a telegram to Godfrey Collins making it clear that there was no official Coalition candidate in the consistuency. | |||
Neal Haughey was the nominee of the Greenock and District Dockers' Union. | |||
15 November 1922 | 28,700/33,835 | 84.82 | |
Liberal Party | 10,520 | 36.66 | |
Communist Party | 9,776 | 34.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,404 | 29.28 | |
Majority | 744 | 2.59 | |
Alec Geddes sought election as a Labour candidate despite the fact that he was an official Communist Party candidate and did not receive endorsement from the Labour Party. | |||
6 December 1923 | 26,672/34,006 | 78.43 | |
Liberal Party | 16,337 | 61.25 | |
Communist Party | 10,335 | 38.75 | |
Majority | 6,002 | 22.50 | |
Alec Geddes sought election as a Labour candidate despite the fact that he was an official Communist Party candidate and did not receive endorsement from the Labour Party. | |||
29 October 1924 | 26,216/33,693 | 77.81 | |
Liberal Party | 12,752 | 48.64 | |
Communist Party | 7,590 | 28.95 | |
Labour Party | 5,874 | 22.41 | |
Majority | 5,162 | 19.69 | |
30 May 1929 | 34,409/43,720 | 78.70 | |
Liberal Party | 11,190 | 32.52 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 9,697 | 28.18 | |
Communist Party | 7,005 | 20.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,517 | 18.94 | |
Majority | 1,493 | 4.34 | |
27 October 1931 | 35,303/43,946 | 80.33 | |
National Liberal Party | 18,013 | 51.02 | |
Labour Party | 10,850 | 30.73 | |
Communist Party | 6,440 | 18.24 | |
Majority | 7,163 | 20.29 | |
14 November 1935 | 38,530/45,668 | 84.37 | |
National Liberal Party | 20,299 | 52.68 | |
Labour Party | 16,945 | 43.98 | |
Scottish National Party | 1,286 | 3.34 | |
Majority | 3,354 | 8.70 | |
13 October 1936 Death of Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Collins. | |||
26 November 1936 | 38,584/46,340 | 83.26 | |
Labour Party | 20,594 | 53.37 | |
National Liberal Party | 17,990 | 46.63 | |
Majority | 2,604 | 6.75 | |
1941 Resignation of Robert Gibson on appointment as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court - Lord Gibson. | |||
10 July 1941 | |||
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 34,363/50,561 | 67.96 | |
Labour Party | 16,186 | 47.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,097 | 23.56 | |
Communist Party | 5,900 | 17.17 | |
Liberal Party | 4,180 | 12.16 | |
Majority | 8,089 | 23.54 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 40,591/48,792 | 83.19 | |
Labour Party | 20,548 | 50.62 | |
Liberal Party | 11,639 | 28.67 | |
Independent | 6,458 | 15.91 | |
Communist Party | 1,228 | 3.03 | |
AP | 718 | 1.77 | |
Majority | 8,909 | 21.95 | |
William Brown advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism. | |||
John Thomson advocated a Coalition Government with Churchill as Prime Minister. | |||
25 October 1951 | 41,067/49,494 | 82.97 | |
Labour Party | 23,452 | 57.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,615 | 42.89 | |
Majority | 5,837 | 14.21 | |
Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 37,723/48,400 | 77.94 | |
Labour Party | 19,378 | 51.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,345 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 1,033 | 2.74 | |
11 October 1955 Death of Rt Hon Hector McNeil. | |||
8 December 1955 | 36,702/48,760 | 75.27 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,698 | 53.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,004 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 2,694 | 7.34 | |
8 October 1959 | 38,174/48,366 | 78.93 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,320 | 50.61 | |
Liberal Party | 10,238 | 26.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,616 | 22.57 | |
Majority | 9,082 | 23.79 | |
Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 35,613/46,549 | 76.51 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,627 | 55.11 | |
Liberal Party | 9,055 | 25.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,473 | 18.18 | |
Independent | 458 | 1.29 | |
Majority | 10,572 | 29.69 | |
31 March 1966 | 33,252/45,164 | 73.63 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 18,988 | 57.10 | |
Liberal Party | 7,727 | 23.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,835 | 17.55 | |
Communist Party | 702 | 2.11 | |
Majority | 11,261 | 33.87 | |
18 June 1970 | 35,993/47,385 | 75.96 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,334 | 53.72 | |
Liberal Party | 16,100 | 44.73 | |
Communist Party | 559 | 1.55 | |
Majority | 3,234 | 8.99 | |