Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty County constituency
Created:	1832 (1832)
Abolished:	1983 (1983)
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

When created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 it combined in one constituency the former constituencies of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.

In 1918 Lewis was taken from the constituency and merged into the then new Western Isles constituency, and the Fortrose component of the former Inverness Burghs constituency and the Dingwall and Cromarty components of the former Northern Burghs constituency were merged into the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

In 1983 the area of the Ross and Cromarty constituency was merged with the Isle of Skye and Isle of Raasay areas of the former Inverness constituency to form the then new Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency.

Contents 1 Local government areas 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1970s 3.2 Elections in the 1960s 3.3 Elections in the 1950s 3.4 Elections in the 1940s 3.5 Elections in the 1930s 3.6 Elections in the 1920s 3.7 Elections in the 1910s 3.8 Elections in the 1900s 3.9 Elections in the 1890s 3.10 Elections in the 1880s 4 References 5 See also

Local government areas

1890 to 1918

County councils were created in Scotland in 1890, and so the constituency area became also the county council area of Ross and Cromarty, minus the Fortrose, Dingwall and Cromarty parliamentary burghs.

1918 to 1975

When reformed in 1918 the constituency covered the county of Ross and Cromarty (including the former parliamentary burghs) minus Lewis.

1975 to 1983

County councils were abolished in 1975 and replaced with regions and districts and island council areas. The constituency area was then that of the district of Ross and Cromarty plus the Lochalsh area of Skye and Lochalsh. Both districts were within the Highland region.

See also

• Counties of Scotland
• Regions and districts of Scotland

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie	Liberal
	1837	Thomas Mackenzie	Conservative
	1847	Sir James Matheson	Liberal
	1868	Alexander Matheson	Liberal
	1884	Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson Later Viscount Novar	Liberal
	1885	Roderick Macdonald	Crofters' Party
	1892	James Galloway Weir	Liberal
	1911	Ian Macpherson Later Baron Strathcarron	Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1936	Malcolm MacDonald	National Labour
	1945	Sir John MacLeod	Independent Liberal
	1947		National Liberal
	1964	Alasdair Mackenzie	Liberal
	1970	Hamish Gray	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Constituency altered for United Kingdom general election, 1983 as Ross, Cromarty and Skye.

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	10,650	42.40	+3.47
	SNP	W McRae	5,915	23.55	-12.13
	Labour	K Bloomer	5,055	20.13	+3.29
	Liberal	H Morrison	3,496	13.92	+5.37
Majority			4,735	18.85	+15.61

General Election 1974: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	7,954	38.93	+2.82
	SNP	W McRae	7,291	35.68	+12.68
	Labour	B D H Wilson	3,440	16.84	-2.96
	Liberal	T Glen	1,747	8.55	-12.55
Majority			633	8.55	-9.87

General Election 1974: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	7,908	36.11	+2.90
	SNP	W McRae	5,037	23.00	+11.26
	Liberal	J C Robertson	4,621	21.10	-7.96
	Labour	R D Maclean	4,336	19.80	-6.19
Majority			2,871	13.11	+8.97

General Election 1970: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Gray	6,418	33.21	+5.62
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	5,617	29.06	-13.00
	Labour	R D Maclean	5,023	25.99	-4.37
	SNP	G Nicholson	2,268	11.71	N/A
Majority			2,268	11.74

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	7,348	42.06	+1.82
	Labour	W A Ross	5,304	30.36	+2.65
	Conservative	A J Cameron	4,820	27.59	N/A
Majority			2,044	11.70	+3.52

General Election 1964: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Mackenzie	6,923	40.24	+16.56
	National Liberal	J MacLeod	5,516	32.06	-15.16
	Labour	W A Ross	4,767	27.71	-1.39
Majority			1,407	8.18

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John MacLeod	7,813	47.22	-15.10
	Labour	J B Sagger	4,815	29.10	-8.58
	Liberal	C Murchison	3,918	23.68	N/A
Majority			2,998	18.12	-6.52

General Election 1955: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John MacLeod	9,929	62.32	-1.93
	Labour	J B Sagger	6,003	37.68	+1.93
Majority			3,926	24.64	-3.86

General Election 1951: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John MacLeod	10,969	64.25	+1.66
	Labour	A C Reid	6,104	35.75	-1.66
Majority			4,865	28.50	+3.31

General Election 1950: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John MacLeod	10,912	62.59	N/A
	Labour	A C Reid	6,521	37.41	+0.21
Majority			4,391	25.19

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Ross and Cromarty Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	John MacLeod	10,061	62.80
	Labour	A Mackintosh	5,959	37.20
Majority			4,102	25.61

Elections in the 1930s

Ross and Cromarty by-election, 1936 [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	Malcolm MacDonald	8,949	49.5
	Labour	Hector McNeil	5,967	33.0
	Unionist	Randolph Churchill	2,427	13.4
	Liberal	Russell Thomas	738	4.1
Majority			2,982	16.5
	National Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1931: Ross and Cromarty[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Rt Hon Sir James Ian Macpherson Bt KC	unopposed

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Ross and Cromarty [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon Sir James Ian Macpherson	unopposed

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Ross and Cromarty Shire [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Rt Hon James Ian Macpherson	8,358
	Labour	Hector Munro	2,278

By-election 14 June 1911: Ross and Cromarty Shire [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Ian Macpherson	3,717
	Conservative	William Paterson Templeton	1,253

General Election Dec 1910: Ross and Cromarty Shire [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	unopposed

General Election Jan 1910: Ross and Cromarty Shire [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	4,430
	Liberal Unionist	Neil Maclean	1,418

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Ross and Cromarty Shire [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	3,883
	Conservative	J.C. Watt KC	1,773

General Election 1900: Ross and Cromarty Shire [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	3,554
	Liberal Unionist	I.D. Fletcher	1,651

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Ross and Cromarty Shire [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	3,272
	Conservative	Major Randle Jackson	2,413

General Election 1892: Ross and Cromarty Shire [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Galloway Weir	3,171
	Liberal Unionist	N. McLean	2,413

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Ross and Cromarty Shire [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roderick Macdonald MD	4,263
	Liberal Unionist	John Peter Grant	1,197

General Election 1885: Ross and Cromarty Shire [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roderick Macdonald MD	4,942
	Liberal	Ronald Munro-Fegruson	2,925

This section requires expansion.

References

1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
3. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
5. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
6. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
9. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
10. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
13. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

See also

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