NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)

Caithness and Sutherland was a constituency the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament| (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

The constituency was created by merging together the constituencies of Caithness and Sutherland and the Dornoch and Wick components of the Northern Burghs constituency. Thus it represented the county of Caithness and the county of Sutherland. Buteshire and Caithness were constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918. ... Sutherland was a constituency the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918. ... Dornoch is a royal burgh and seaside resort in Sutherland on the east coast of the Scottish Highlands, and the north shore of the Dornoch Firth. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within the British Isles Wick is an estuary town in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main highway (the A99-A9 road) linking John O Groats with southern Britain. ... Northern Burghs, known also as Wick Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic), or Sutherlandshire, is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south. ...

In 1997 the constituency was superseded by the creation of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which merged together Caithness and Sutherland and an Easter Ross area of Ross, Cromarty and Skye. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty. ... Ross and Cromarty was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. ...

1918 constituency reform

The creation of Caithness and Sutherland as a single constituency was a part of a package of reform affecting also many other parts of the United Kingdom. The reform was the first since the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, and its main aim was to make constituencies more equal in terms of the sizes of their electorates. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was a peice of British electoral reform legislation that changed the method of representation. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...

Members of Parliament

At the time of the 1918 general election Sir Robert Harmsworth had been, immediately before the election, MP for the constituency of Caithness. Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... Categories: British ministries | Stub ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. ... 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In the general election of 1997 Robert Maclennan was elected MP for the then new constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Election results

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Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (then Sir Archibald Sinclair) (October 22, 1890-June 15, 1970) was leader of the UK Liberal Party from 1935 until 1945. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... Jump to: navigation, search The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. ... 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Members of Parliament

Election results

1918 constituency reform