British Elections 1918-1945

[afleitch]

I have a blank Scotland map kicking about somewhere...

EDIT: Aha.

[afleitch]

Are those dots inside what I would call Angus, Fife West, Fife East and Stirlingshire the BURGHS we hear so much about in the 1970's?

Yes; smaller burghs were grouped toghether into District of Burgh's

1918 saw;

Ayr D.B (Ayr, Ardrossan, Irvine, Prestwick, Saltcoats,Troon)D
Dumbarton D.B (Dumbarton, Clydebank)
Dunfermline D.B (Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing, Lochgelly)
Kirkcaldy D.B (Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven, Burntisland, Dysart, Kinghorn)
Montrose D.B (Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, Inverbervie)
Stirling and Falkirk D.B (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth)

Not shown of course are the Combined University seats.

[afleitch]

I've done 1918 for Scotland with Al's colour sceme...an awful lot of brown. At least it won't last . Will post it soon.

[afleitch]

Tester using Als colour scheme. Where candidates are unnopossed they are coloured in the 'highesty' colour of the range.



And sticking to unform colours...for the eyes



Though once the Liberals implode and Labour start showing up it won't be necessary

[afleitch]

Of course that might just be because at this point the constituency included Blantyre.

And now we're back in with Rutherglen again (in both Westminster and Holyrood) Which is better than being in with East Kilbride; without Blantyre the SNP would have won in October 1974 (They controlled the District itself from 1974-1980) Though on the same note, ironically Blantyre (though this is now local hearsay now given the time that has passed) helped Winnie Ewing win in 1967.

Overall the assessments are spot on.

[afleitch]

Well now that's pretty

[afleitch]

The colouring helps, especially with that Gloucestershire border...

[afleitch]

Ah Edwin Scrymgeour. My father owns some personal effects of the family. Long story. The liquor trade loved him and many in Dundee voted for him, because he essentially 'out spoke' the temperance movement, which some people had sympathy for, and pushed for prohibition whch was of course a step too far. He was of course seen as more 'socialist' than the Dundee contingent of the I.L.P, which piqued interest in him. He also went down with their ship come 1931.

[afleitch]

I have a map of the 1945 result by 1950 boundaries kicking about somewhere.