UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,453/27,993	55.20
John Wallace	Liberal Party - Coalition	6,886	44.56
William McLean Watson	Independent Labour	5,076	32.85
Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby	Independent Democrat	3,491	22.59
Majority		1,810	11.71

William Watson was the nominee of the Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan Miners' Association.

15 November 1922		23,103/29,815	77.49
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	11,652	50.44
John Wallace	National Liberal Party	11,451	49.56
Majority		201	0.87

6 December 1923		23,537/30,296	77.69
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	12,606	53.56
John Wallace	Liberal Party	10,931	46.44
Majority		1,675	7.12

29 October 1924		24,005/30,518	78.66
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	13,887	57.85
Francis John Robertson	Liberal Party	10,118	42.15
Majority		3,769	15.70

30 May 1929		26,146/35,305	74.06
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	15,288	58.47
Allan Beaton	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,146	34.98
Jack Villiers Leckie	Communist Party	1,712	6.55
Majority		6,142	23.49

27 October 1931		29,110/36,299	80.20
John Wallace	National Liberal Party	16,863	57.93
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	12,247	42.07
Majority		4,616	15.86

14 November 1935		31,119/38,134	81.60
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	16,271	52.29
Sir John Wallace	National Liberal Party	14,848	47.71
Majority		1,423	4.57

5 July 1945		34,049/46,672	72.95
William McLean Watson	Labour Party	22,021	64.67
James Henderson	National Liberal Party	12,028	35.33
Majority		9,993	29.35