Election Results
| General Election 1935: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Capt William Thomas Shaw | 13,505 | |||
| Liberal | William Scott | 8,922 | |||
| General Election 1931: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Capt William Thomas Shaw | 13,912 | |||
| Liberal | W. Scott | 8,731 | |||
| General Election 1929: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Harry Hope | 8,852 | |||
| Liberal | W. Scott | 6,901 | |||
| Labour | C.N. Gallie | 5,257 | |||
| General Election 1924: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Harry Hope | 8,022 | |||
| Liberal | James Falconer | 4,581 | |||
| Labour | C.N. Gallie | 3,736 | |||
| General Election 1923: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 7,605 | |||
| Conservative | Capt William Thomas Shaw | 6,758 | |||
| Majority | 847 | ||||
| General Election 1922: Forfarshire | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | James Falconer | 8,567 | ||||
| Conservative | Capt William Thomas Shaw | 7,171 | ||||
| Majority | 1,396 | |||||
| Liberal gain from Coalition Conservative | ||||||
| General Election 1918: Forfarshire | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Coalition Conservative | Capt William Thomas Shaw | 5,697 | 52.4 | +11.7 | ||
| Liberal | James Falconer | 5,179 | 47.6 | -11.7 | ||
| Majority | 518 | 18.7 | ||||
| Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal | ||||||
| General Election December 1910: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,419 | 59.3 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | James Duncan | 4,397 | 40.7 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 2,022 | 18.7 | -2.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| General Election January 1910: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,789 | 61.3 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Francis Leslie Blackburn KC | 4,284 | 38.7 | ||
| Majority | 2,505 | 21.4 | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Forfarshire by-election, 1909: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,422 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Leslie Blackburn KC | 3,970 | |||
| Majority | 2,452 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1906: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Capt Rt Hon John Sinclair | 6,796 | |||
| Conservative | J. Mackay Bernard | 3,277 | |||
| General Election 1900: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Capt John Sinclair | 4,962 | |||
| Conservative | Col Henry Richard Lloyd Howard | 3,922 | |||
| By-election 30 Jan 1897: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Capt John Sinclair | 5,423 | |||
| Conservative | Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay | 4,965 | |||
| General Election 1895: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | J. Martin White | 5,159 | |||
| Conservative | Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay | 4,718 | |||
| Forfarshire by-election, 1894 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal Unionist | Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay | 5,145 | 51.4 | +6.2 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Robson | 4,857 | 48.6 | -6.2 | ||
| Majority | 288 | 2.9 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | ||||||
| General Election 1892: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir John Rigby QC | 4,943 | |||
| Liberal Unionist | James William Barclay | 4,077 | |||
| General Election 1886: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | James William Barclay | 3,839 | |||
| Liberal | David Charles Guthrie | 3,432 | |||
| General Election 1885: Forfarshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James William Barclay | 6,157 | |||
| Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay | 1,851 | |||
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