The Combined Scottish Universities was a three-member university constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950 . It was created by merging the single-member constituencies of Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities .
Boundaries
The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Scottish Universities of St Andrews , Edinburgh , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
The constituency returned three Members of Parliament to Westminster, elected by Single Transferable Vote . The by-elections used the first past the post voting system.
This University constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948 .
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Dugald Cowan
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1929 : Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats) [3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
Unionist
John Buchan
39.7
9,959
Liberal
Dugald Cowan
26.7
6,698
Unionist
George Berry
22.9
5,755
9,262
Labour
James Kerr (Scottish doctor)
10.7
2,691
2,867
Electorate: 43,192 Valid: 25,103 Quota: 6,276 Turnout: 25,103
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
References
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
^ The Times, 11 June 1929
^ The Times, 26 November 1935
^ Skelton died on 22 November, and his election has announced posthumously
^ "Ex-Premier returned to Parliament. 7359 Majority in Universities By-election". The Glasgow Herald . 4 February 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 19 March 2017 .
^ "Universities By-election. Sir J. Anderson's Success". The Glasgow Herald . 1 March 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2017 .
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
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