{"history":[],"article":{"id":"1f67d65c-8bdd-41d1-9269-969a9998534d","title":"Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)","slug":"dundee-uk-parliament-constituency","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Dundee \n**Parliament:** uk \n**Year:** 1832 \n**Abolished:** 1950 \n**Type:** Burgh \n**Elects Howmany:** 1832–1868: One · 1868–1950: Two \n**Next:** [Dundee East](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee-east-uk-parliament-constituency) · [Dundee West](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee-west-uk-parliament-constituency) \n**Region:** Scotland \n**Towns:** [Dundee](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee) \n:::\n\n# \n**Dundee** was a [constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/constituency) of the [House of Commons](https://bliptext.com/articles/house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom) from [1832](https://bliptext.com/articles/1832-united-kingdom-general-election) to [1950](https://bliptext.com/articles/1950-united-kingdom-general-election), when it was split into **Dundee** East and **Dundee** West.\nFrom 1832 to [1868](https://bliptext.com/articles/1868-united-kingdom-general-election) it elected one [Member of Parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/member-of-parliament-united-kingdom) (MP) using the [first-past-the-post](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post) voting system, and from [1868](https://bliptext.com/articles/1868-united-kingdom-general-election) until its abolition for the [1950 general election](https://bliptext.com/articles/1950-united-kingdom-general-election) it elected two MPs using the [bloc vote](https://bliptext.com/articles/plurality-at-large-voting) system.\n\n# Politics and history of the constituency\n[Winston Churchill](https://bliptext.com/articles/winston-churchill) became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his [Manchester North West](https://bliptext.com/articles/manchester-north-west-uk-parliament-constituency) seat and retained the seat until 1922.\nIn 1906, the explorer [Ernest Shackleton](https://bliptext.com/articles/ernest-shackleton) unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the [Liberal Unionist Party](https://bliptext.com/articles/liberal-unionist-party).\nFrom its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a [Conservative](https://bliptext.com/articles/conservative-party-uk) member until 1931 when [Florence Horsbrugh](https://bliptext.com/articles/florence-horsbrugh-baroness-horsbrugh) was elected.\nOriginally a [Liberal](https://bliptext.com/articles/liberal-party-uk) stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a [Labour](https://bliptext.com/articles/labour-party-uk) candidate, [Alexander Wilkie](https://bliptext.com/articles/alexander-wilkie), who was elected in 1906.\nAt the [1918 general election](https://bliptext.com/articles/1918-united-kingdom-general-election) both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the local [Unionists](https://bliptext.com/articles/unionist-party-scotland), as well as their own party organisations.\nFrom 1923 onwards the Conservatives/Unionists and Liberals each ran only one candidate in the constituency.\nThis was part of an unofficial agreement between the two parties at a local level, with the understanding being that their supporters would give their other vote to the other party's candidate.\n\n# Boundaries\nThe boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the [Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832](https://bliptext.com/articles/representation-of-the-people-scotland-act-1832), were-\n\n# Members of Parliament\n\n# Election results, 1832–1868\n\n## Elections in the 1830s\nKinloch's death caused a by-election.\n\nParnell was appointed as Paymaster-General of the Land Forces and Treasurer of the Navy, requiring a by-election.\n\n\n## Elections in the 1840s\n\n## Elections in the 1850s\n\n## Elections in the 1860s\nSeat increased to two members\n\n# Election results, 1873–1918\n\n## Elections in the 1870s\nArmitstead resigned, causing a by-election.\n\n## Elections in the 1880s\nLacita's resignation caused a by-election.\nFirth's death caused a by-election.\n# [120px | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/J-f-b-firth-1880.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1890s\nRobertson is appointed [Civil Lord of the Admiralty](https://bliptext.com/articles/civil-lord-of-the-admiralty-royal-navy), requiring a by-election.\n# [Leng | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Sir///John///Leng.jpg]\n# [Robertson | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/1895///Edmund///Robertson.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1900s\n

\n# [Robertson | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Edmund///Robertson.jpg]\n# [Wilkie | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Alexander///Wilkie.JPG]\n# [Shackleton | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/South///-///the///story///of///Shackleton%27s///last///expedition%2C///1914-1917///-///The///Leader///%28cropped%29.jpg]\n# [Stuart | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/G///H///Stuart.JPG]\n\n## Elections in the 1910s\n

\nIn 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the Dundee [Unionist Party Association](https://bliptext.com/articles/unionist-party-scotland) in addition to their own party organisations.\n# [Churchill | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Churchill///1904///Q///42037.jpg]\n\n# Election results, 1922–1945\n\n## Elections in the 1920s\n

\n# [Pilkington | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/1922///Robert///Pilkington.jpg]\n# [Gallacher | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Willie///Gallacher///1.jpg]\n# [Morel | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/1922///Edmund///Dene///Morel.jpg]\n# [Henderson-Stewart | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/James///Henderson///Stewart.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1930s\n\n## Elections in the 1940s\n# [Strachey | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/John///Strachey.jpg]\n\n# Sources","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:46:22.352Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T21:46:22.352Z","search_vector":"'constitu':4 'dunde':1 'parliament':3 'uk':2","search_content":" \n**Name:** Dundee \n**Parliament:** uk \n**Year:** 1832 \n**Abolished:** 1950 \n**Type:** Burgh \n**Elects Howmany:** 1832–1868: One · 1868–1950: Two \n**Next:** [Dundee East](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee-east-uk-parliament-constituency) · [Dundee West](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee-west-uk-parliament-constituency) \n**Region:** Scotland \n**Towns:** [Dundee](https://bliptext.com/articles/dundee) \n \n\n# \n**Dundee** was a [constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/constituency) of the [House of Commons](https://bliptext.com/articles/house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom) from [1832](https://bliptext.com/articles/1832-united-kingdom-general-election) to [1950](https://bliptext.com/articles/1950-united-kingdom-general-election), when it was split into **Dundee** East and **Dundee** West.\nFrom 1832 to [1868](https://bliptext.com/articles/1868-united-kingdom-general-election) it elected one [Member of Parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/member-of-parliament-united-kingdom) (MP) using the [first-past-the-post](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post) voting system, and from [1868](https://bliptext.com/articles/1868-united-kingdom-general-election) until its abolition for the [1950 general election](https://bliptext.com/articles/1950-united-kingdom-general-election) it elected two MPs using the [bloc vote](https://bliptext.com/articles/plurality-at-large-voting) system.\n\n# Politics and history of the constituency\n[Winston Churchill](https://bliptext.com/articles/winston-churchill) became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his [Manchester North West](https://bliptext.com/articles/manchester-north-west-uk-parliament-constituency) seat and retained the seat until 1922.\nIn 1906, the explorer [Ernest Shackleton](https://bliptext.com/articles/ernest-shackleton) unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the [Liberal Unionist Party](https://bliptext.com/articles/liberal-unionist-party).\nFrom its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a [Conservative](https://bliptext.com/articles/conservative-party-uk) member until 1931 when [Florence Horsbrugh](https://bliptext.com/articles/florence-horsbrugh-baroness-horsbrugh) was elected.\nOriginally a [Liberal](https://bliptext.com/articles/liberal-party-uk) stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a [Labour](https://bliptext.com/articles/labour-party-uk) candidate, [Alexander Wilkie](https://bliptext.com/articles/alexander-wilkie), who was elected in 1906.\nAt the [1918 general election](https://bliptext.com/articles/1918-united-kingdom-general-election) both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the local [Unionists](https://bliptext.com/articles/unionist-party-scotland), as well as their own party organisations.\nFrom 1923 onwards the Conservatives/Unionists and Liberals each ran only one candidate in the constituency.\nThis was part of an unofficial agreement between the two parties at a local level, with the understanding being that their supporters would give their other vote to the other party's candidate.\n\n# Boundaries\nThe boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the [Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832](https://bliptext.com/articles/representation-of-the-people-scotland-act-1832), were-\n\n# Members of Parliament\n\n# Election results, 1832–1868\n\n## Elections in the 1830s\nKinloch's death caused a by-election.\n \nParnell was appointed as Paymaster-General of the Land Forces and Treasurer of the Navy, requiring a by-election.\n \n\n## Elections in the 1840s\n\n## Elections in the 1850s\n\n## Elections in the 1860s\nSeat increased to two members\n\n# Election results, 1873–1918\n\n## Elections in the 1870s\nArmitstead resigned, causing a by-election.\n\n## Elections in the 1880s\nLacita's resignation caused a by-election.\nFirth's death caused a by-election.\n# [120px | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/J-f-b-firth-1880.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1890s\nRobertson is appointed [Civil Lord of the Admiralty](https://bliptext.com/articles/civil-lord-of-the-admiralty-royal-navy), requiring a by-election.\n# [Leng | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Sir///John///Leng.jpg]\n# [Robertson | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/1895///Edmund///Robertson.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1900s\n \n# [Robertson | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Edmund///Robertson.jpg]\n# [Wilkie | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Alexander///Wilkie.JPG]\n# [Shackleton | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/South///-///the///story///of///Shackleton%27s///last///expedition%2C///1914-1917///-///The///Leader///%28cropped%29.jpg]\n# [Stuart | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/G///H///Stuart.JPG]\n\n## Elections in the 1910s\n \n \n \n \n \n \nIn 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the Dundee [Unionist Party Association](https://bliptext.com/articles/unionist-party-scotland) in addition to their own party organisations.\n# [Churchill | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Churchill///1904///Q///42037.jpg]\n\n# Election results, 1922–1945\n\n## Elections in the 1920s\n \n# [Pilkington | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/1922///Robert///Pilkington.jpg]\n# [Gallacher | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Willie///Gallacher///1.jpg]\n# [Morel | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/1922///Edmund///Dene///Morel.jpg]\n# [Henderson-Stewart | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/James///Henderson///Stewart.jpg]\n\n## Elections in the 1930s\n\n## Elections in the 1940s\n# [Strachey | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/John///Strachey.jpg]\n\n# Sources","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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