# Berwick and Haddington (UK Parliament constituency)

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 | Party |
| 1918 | John Hope | Coalition Liberal |
| 1922 | Walter Waring | National Liberal |
| 1923 | Robert Spence | Labour |
| 1924 | Chichester Crookshank | Unionist |
| 1929 | George Sinkinson | Labour |
| 1931 | John McEwen | Unionist |
| 1945 | John Robertson | Labour |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | National Liberal | John Hope | 8,584 | 53.9 | |
| | Labour | Robert W. Foulis | 4,783 | 30.0 | |
| | Liberal | Harold Tennant | 2,557 | 16.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,801 | 23.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,924 | 48.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,763 | | |
| | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Walter Waring | 6,342 | 31.9 | −22.0 |
| | Labour | Robert Spence | 5,842 | 29.3 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,422 | 22.2 | +6.1 |
| | Independent Liberal | John Hope | 3,300 | 16.6 | −37.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,906 | 60.1 | +11.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,119 | | |
| | National Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | National Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1923: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Spence | 8,576 | 37.0 | +7.7 |
| | Unionist | Chichester Crookshank | 8,508 | 36.7 | New |
| | Liberal | Walter Waring | 6,084 | 26.3 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,168 | 69.4 | +9.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,381 | | |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |
General election 1924: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Chichester Crookshank | 11,745 | 45.8 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | Robert Spence | 8,882 | 34.7 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,986 | 19.5 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,863 | 11.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,613 | 75.3 | +5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,017 | | |
| | Unionist gain from Labour | Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.7 | |
General election 1929: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Sinkinson | 11,761 | 37.5 | +2.8 |
| | Unionist | John McEwen | 11,435 | 36.5 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal | James Greig | 8,132 | 26.0 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,328 | 69.6 | −5.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 45,043 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John McEwen | 25,169 | 73.5 | +36.0 |
| | Labour | George Sinkinson | 9,089 | 26.5 | −11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,080 | 47.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,258 | 74.8 | +5.2 |
| | Unionist gain from Labour | Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John McEwen | 19,839 | 58.1 | −15.4 |
| | Labour | John Robertson | 14,299 | 41.9 | +15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,540 | 16.2 | −30.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,138 | 71.9 | −2.9 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
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 Robertson
* Liberal:

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Berwick and Haddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Robertson | 19,037 | 54.52 | |
| | Unionist | John McEwen | 15,880 | 45.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,157 | 9.04 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,917 | 70.51 | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |