Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, when it replaced the separate Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituencies, until it was renamed Berwick and East Lothian for the 1950 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency covered the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian.
Members of Parliament Election Member Party1918John Hope Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal Oct 1922 Independent LiberalNov 1922Walter Waring National Liberal Nov 1923 LiberalDec 1923Robert Spence Labour1924Chichester Crookshank Unionist1929George Sinkinson Labour1931John McEwen Unionist1945John Robertson Labour 1950 constituency abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: John McEwen Labour: John RobertsonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Liberal:The Liberal Magazine, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
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