Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)
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Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

 from 1918 to 1983.

It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire
Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.- Boundaries :...

 with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin
Elgin, Moray
Elgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190...

, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn
Nairn
Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness...

 and Forres
Forres
Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...

, previously part of Inverness Burghs
Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...

.

It was split for the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

 and incorporated into Moray
Moray (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-History:...

.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918
United Kingdom general election, 1918
The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

Sir Archibald Williamson
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....

, later Baron Forres
Coalition Liberal
1922 by-election
Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922
The Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Moray and Nairn on 21st June 1922. The seat had become vacant when the Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres was elevated to the...

Thomas Maule Guthrie
Thomas Maule Guthrie
Thomas Maule Guthrie was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He was educated at Craigmount School, Edinburgh. He was elected as a Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament for Moray and Nairn at an unopposed by-election on 21st June 1922...

Coalition Liberal
1922
United Kingdom general election, 1922
The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...

National Liberal
National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
The National Liberal Party was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. It was led by David Lloyd George and was, at the time, separate to the original Liberal Party.-History:...

1923
United Kingdom general election, 1923
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...

James Stuart Unionist
1959
United Kingdom general election, 1959
This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...

Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy
Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician....

Unionist/Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

Feb 1974
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...

Winnie Ewing
Winnie Ewing
Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing is a Scottish nationalist, lawyer and prominent SNP politician who was formerly a Member of Parliament , Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament...

SNP
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

1979
United Kingdom general election, 1979
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats...

Alex Pollock
Alexander Pollock (politician)
Alexander Pollock is a former Scottish Conservative Party politician and now a sheriff.He was educated at Rutherglen Academy, Glasgow Academy, Brasenose College, Oxford and at Edinburgh University. He was employed as a solicitor from 1970 to 1973 before becoming an advocate in 1973...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1983
United Kingdom general election, 1983
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

constituency abolished: see Moray
Moray (UK Parliament constituency)
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 & Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-History:...


Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Election in the 1940s

Election in the 1930s

Election in the 1920s

Election in the 1910s

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