For the period 1832 to 1918 boundary details below are nominal, and for the period 1918 to 1950 they are those applicable in 1918.
For the 1708 (first) general election and every subsequent election of the Parliament of Great Britain the Dumbartonshire constituency consisted of the county of Dumbarton minus the burgh of Dumbarton, which was a component of the Clyde Burghs constituency.
In 1801 the Parliament of Great Britain was merged with the Parliament of Ireland to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Dumbartonshire constituency retained its boundaries as a constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain for the 1802 (first) general election of the new parliament and for the general elections of 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, 1830 and 1831.
Nominally, the constituency had the same boundaries for the 1832 general election, but the burgh of Dumbarton was now a component of Kilmarnock Burghs. 1832 boundaries were used also in all general elections up to December 1910.
For the 1918 general election the constituency was defined as covering the county of Dunbarton minus the burghs of Dumbarton and Clydebank, which comprised Dumbarton Burghs. 1918 boundaries were used also in all general elections up to 1945.[6]
A petition was lodged in this election, against Stirling, but was later withdrawn after he decided not to defend his claim to the seat, allowing Smollett to be declared duly elected.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
A.A. Allen
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Notes and references
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^"Dunbartonshire". History of Parliament Online (1715–1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Dunbartonshire". History of Parliament Online (1754–1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Dunbartonshire". History of Parliament Online (1790–1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Dunbartonshire". History of Parliament Online (1820–1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^Jenkins, Terry. "CAMPBELL, John I (1798-1830), of Succoth, Dunbarton". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^Fisher, David R. "GRAHAM, Lord Montagu William (1807-1878), of 25 Grosvenor Square, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 582. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 536. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 622. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ a b c d e f g hStooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 198–199.
^"Dumbartonshire". Belfast Commercial Chronicle. 7 August 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a bJenkins, Terry. "Dunbartonshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k lCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^"Dumbartonshire Election". Stirling Observer. 12 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser". 12 April 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.