Berwick_and_East_Lothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Berwick and East Lothian
Berwick and East Lothian
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Berwickshire, East Lothian
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Berwick and Haddington
Replaced by	East Lothian; Roxburgh & Berwickshire; Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale

Berwick and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-1983

Berwick and East Lothian was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first past the post system.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Robertson	17,105	40.9
	Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	15,377	36.8
	Liberal	Anthony Stodart	9,352	22.4
Majority			1,728	4.1
Turnout			41,834	82.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	22,510	52.8	+16.0
	Labour	John Robertson	20,152	47.2	+6.3
Majority			2,358	5.6	N/A
Turnout			42,662	83.8	+1.0
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	21,739	53.3	+0.5
	Labour	Penry Jones	19,029	46.7	−0.5
Majority			2,710	6.6	+1.0
Turnout			40,768	80.3	−3.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	22,472	53.4	+0.1
	Labour	Penry Jones	19,622	46.6	−0.1
Majority			2,850	6.8	+0.2
Turnout			42,094	83.2	+2.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.1

Berwick and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

Berwick and East Lothian
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Berwickshire, East Lothian
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Berwick and Haddington
Replaced by	East Lothian Roxburgh & Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	21,669	50.7	−2.7
	Labour	John Mackintosh	21,044	49.3	+2.7
Majority			625	1.4	-5.4
Turnout			42,713	85.0	+1.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mackintosh	22,620	51.9	+2.6
	Conservative	William Anstruther-Gray	20,931	48.1	−2.6
Majority			1,689	3.8	N/A
Turnout			43,551	86.1	+1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mackintosh	21,107	45.6	−6.3
	Conservative	J. Donald M. Hardie	20,466	44.2	−3.9
	SNP	David Rae Fisher Simpson	4,735	10.2	New
Majority			641	1.4	-2.4
Turnout			46,308	83.7	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	21,234	43.4	−0.8
	Labour	John Mackintosh	20,694	42.3	−3.3
	SNP	David Rae Fisher Simpson	6,956	14.2	+4.0
Majority			540	1.1	N/A
Turnout			48,884	85.8	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mackintosh	20,682	43.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	17,942	37.6	−5.8
	SNP	R. Macleod	6,323	13.2	−1.0
	Liberal	C. F. Lawson	2,811	5.9	New
Majority			2,740	5.7	+4.6
Turnout			47,758	80.8	−5.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Home Robertson	20,530	47.4	+4.1
	Conservative	Margaret Marshall	17,418	40.2	+2.6
	SNP	Isobel Lindsay	3,799	8.8	−4.4
	Liberal	Tam Glen	1,543	3.6	−2.3
Majority			3,112	7.2	+1.5
Turnout			43,290
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Home Robertson	21,977	43.5	+0.2
	Conservative	Margaret Marshall	20,304	40.2	+2.6
	Liberal	Tam Glen	4,948	9.8	+3.9
	SNP	Allan Macartney	3,300	6.5	−6.7
Majority			1,673	3.3	-2.4
Turnout			60,919	82.9	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing