Kinross and Western Perthshire (UK Parliament Constituency)

Election Results

General Election 1979: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Fairbairn	15,523	50.5
	SNP	I. Smith	9,045	29.4
	Liberal	J. Chapman	3,572	11.6
	Labour	D.R. Macleod	2,593	8.4
Majority			6,478	21.1
Turnout			30,733	79.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Fairbairn	11,034	41.68
	SNP	D. Cameron	10,981	41.48
	Liberal	D.A. Barrie	2,427	9.17
	Labour	D.G. Skene	2,028	7.66
Majority			53	0.20
Turnout				75.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	14,356	52.91
	SNP	D.C. Murray	6,274	23.12
	Liberal	D. Barrie	3,807	14.03
	Labour	D.G. Skene	2,694	9.93
Majority			8,082	29.79
Turnout				77.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	14,434	57.37
	SNP	E.Y. Whitley	4,670	18.56
	Labour	D.F. Leach	3,827	15.21
	Liberal	J.M. Calder	2,228	8.86
Majority			9,764	38.81
Turnout				74.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	14,466	60.75
	SNP	A. Donaldson	4,884	20.51
	Labour	B.K. Parnell	4,461	18.74
Majority			9,582	40.24
Turnout				73.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	16,659	66.65
	Labour	A. Forrester	4,687	18.75
	SNP	A. Donaldson	3,522	14.09
	Communist	C.M. Grieve	127	0.51
Majority			11,972	47.90
Turnout				75.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kinross and West Perthshire by-election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	14,147	57.4	-10.8
	Liberal	Alistair Duncan Millar	4,819	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Forrester	3,752	15.2	-1.6
	SNP	Arthur Donaldson	1,801	7.3	-7.7
	Independent Unionist	Ian Smith	78	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Willie Rushton	45	0.2	N/A
	Light and Dark Blue Conservative Party	Richard Wort	23	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,328	37.9
Turnout			24,665	76.1	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Gilmour Leburn	16,256	68.21
	Labour	J.G. Mackenzie	4,008	16.82
	SNP	A. Donaldson	3,568	14.97
Majority			12,248	51.39
Turnout				70.97
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Gilmour Leburn	18,133	75.22
	Labour	J. Bayne	5,975	24.78
Majority			12,158
Turnout				70.45
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William McNair Snadden	19,625	76.22
	Labour	I. McGregor	6,124	23.78
Majority			13,501	52.43
Turnout				73.18
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William McNair Snadden	15,299	55.42
	Liberal	A.D. Millar	7,183	26.02
	Labour	D. McLaren	5,124	18.56
Majority			8,116	29.40
Turnout				76.90
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William McNair Snadden	16,536	68.00
	Labour	C. McKinnon	7,782	32.00
Majority			8,754	36.00
Turnout				67.62
	Unionist hold		Swing

Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William McNair Snadden	11,808	52.94
	Independent	The Duchess of Atholl	10,495	47.06
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	The Duchess of Atholl	15,238	60.21
	Liberal	Mrs Coll A. MacDonald	10,069	39.79
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	The Duchess of Atholl	16,228
	Liberal	Thomas Atholl Robertson	10,553
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	The Duchess of Atholl	12,245
	Liberal	Dr George Freeland Barbour	9,128
	Labour	Rev. W.D. Stewart	3,834
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	The Duchess of Atholl	13,565
	Labour	J. McDiarmid	5,286
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	The Duchess of Atholl	9,235
	Liberal	Percy Alport Molteno	9,085
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1922: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gardiner	unopposed

General Election 1918: Kinross and Western Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gardiner	7,579
	Coalition Conservative	Col. Archibald Stirling	6,975

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