# Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West.
From 1832 to 1868 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, and from 1868 until its abolition for the 1950 general election it elected two MPs using the bloc vote system.

## Politics and history of the constituency

Winston Churchill became Member of Parliament for Dundee in a by-election of 1908 soon after losing his Manchester North West seat and retained the seat until 1922.
In 1906, the explorer Ernest Shackleton unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Liberal Unionist Party.
From its creation in 1832 the seat did not return a Conservative member until 1931 when Florence Horsbrugh was elected. Originally a Liberal stronghold, the seat was one of the first in Scotland to return a Labour candidate, Alexander Wilkie, who was elected in 1906.
At the 1918 general election both Churchill, still then a Liberal, and Wilkie were supported by the local Unionists, as well as their own party organisations. From 1923 onwards the Conservatives/Unionists and Liberals each ran only one candidate in the constituency. This was part of an unofficial agreement between the two parties at a local level, with the understanding being that their supporters would give their other vote to the other party's candidate.

## Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
    "From the Point, on the East of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Tay would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Tower (in Fife) of Mr. Dalgleish of Scotscraig to the Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road, in a straight Line to the said Point at which the Stobsmuir Road is joined by the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington and the old Craigie Road; thence, Westward, along the old Road by Stobsmuir and Clepington to the Point called Kings Cross, at which the several Boundaries of the Parishes of Dundee, Strathmartin, and Liff meet; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Liff Road which is distant Twelve hundred Yards (measured along the Liff Road) to the West of the Point at which the Newtyle Road leaves the same; thence in a straight Line drawn due South to the Shore of the Firth of Tay; thence along the Shore of the Firth of Tay to the Point first described."

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Party | Party | Member | Party | Party | Member |
| 1832 | | Whig | George Kinloch | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 |
| 1833 by-election | | Whig | Sir Henry Parnell | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 |
| 1841 | | Whig | George Duncan | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 |
| 1857 | | Whig | Sir John Ogilvy | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 |
| 1859 | | Liberal | Sir John Ogilvy | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 | 1 seat until 1868 |
| 1868 | | Liberal | Sir John Ogilvy | | Liberal | George Armitstead |
| 1873 by-election | | Liberal | Sir John Ogilvy | | Liberal | James Yeaman |
| 1874 | | Liberal | Edward Jenkins | | Liberal | James Yeaman |
| 1880 | | Liberal | George Armitstead | | Liberal | Frank Henderson |
| 1885 | | Liberal | Charles Lacaita | | Liberal | Edmund Robertson |
| 1888 by-election | | Liberal | Joseph Bottomley Firth | | Liberal | Edmund Robertson |
| 1889 by-election | | Liberal | John Leng | | Liberal | Edmund Robertson |
| 1906 | | Labour | Alexander Wilkie | | Liberal | Edmund Robertson |
| 1908 by-election | | Labour | Alexander Wilkie | | Liberal | Winston Churchill |
| 1922 | | Labour | E. D. Morel | | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour |
| 1924 by-election | | Labour | Thomas Johnston | | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour |
| 1929 | | Labour | Michael Marcus | | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour |
| 1931 | | Unionist | Florence Horsbrugh | | Liberal | Dingle Foot |
| 1945 | | Labour | John Strachey | | Labour | Thomas Cook |
| 1950 | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West | Constituency divided. See Dundee East and Dundee West |

## Election results, 1832–1868
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | George Kinloch | 852 | 59.0 |
| | Whig | David Charles Guthrie | 593 | 41.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,445 | 89.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,622 | |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
Kinloch's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 17 April 1833: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,751 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
Parnell was appointed as Paymaster-General of the Land Forces and Treasurer of the Navy, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 6 May 1835: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Henry Parnell | 633 | 62.4 |
| | Conservative | John Gladstone | 381 | 37.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,014 | 45.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,214 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Duncan | 577 | 56.5 | −5.9 |
| | Radical | John Benjamin Smith | 445 | 43.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 13.0 | −11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,022 | 37.3 | −8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,739 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −5.9 | |
General election 1847: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Duncan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,635 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Duncan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,190 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1857: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | John Ogilvy | 1,092 | 56.3 | N/A |
| | Radical | George Armitstead | 847 | 43.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,939 | 82.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,343 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1859: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Ogilvy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,317 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Ogilvy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,039 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Seat increased to two members
General election 1868: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Armitstead | 7,738 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Ogilvy | 7,661 | 36.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | James Alexander Guthrie | 3,548 | 16.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Harry Warren Scott | 2,085 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,113 | 19.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,516 (est) | 71.1 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,798 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |

## Election results, 1873–1918
### Elections in the 1870s

Armitstead resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 7 Aug 1873: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Yeaman | 5,297 | 51.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Edward Jenkins | 4,010 | 38.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | James Fitzjames Stephen | 1,086 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,287 | 12.4 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,393 | 62.4 | −8.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,652 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1874: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Yeaman | 6,595 | 33.2 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | Edward Jenkins | 6,048 | 30.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Ogilvy | 4,401 | 22.2 | −14.2 |
| | Liberal | John Meiklejohn | 2,231 | 11.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Austin Lake Gloag | 573 | 2.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,647 | 8.3 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,211 (est) | 57.3 (est) | −13.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,814 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Armitstead | 9,168 | 43.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Frank Henderson | 6,750 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | James Yeaman | 4,993 | 23.9 | +21.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,757 | 8.4 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,161 (est) | 97.2 (est) | +39.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,566 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1885: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Lacaita | 8,261 | 30.7 | −13.1 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 7,187 | 26.7 | −5.6 |
| | Independent Liberal | Alexander Hay Moncur | 6,279 | 23.4 | New |
| | Conservative | Edward Jenkins | 5,149 | 19.2 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 908 | 3.3 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,623 | 83.9 | −13.3 (est) |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −4.2 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |
General election 1886: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 8,236 | 35.3 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal | Charles Lacaita | 8,216 | 35.2 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Brinsley de Courcy Nixon | 3,545 | 15.2 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Henry Daly | 3,346 | 14.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,671 | 20.0 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,893 | 68.3 | −15.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,420 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 | |
Lacita's resignation caused a by-election.
By-election, 16 Feb 1888: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Bottomley Firth | 7,856 | 65.1 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Henry Daly | 4,217 | 34.9 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,639 | 30.2 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,073 | 72.7 | +4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,613 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −5.4 | |
Firth's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 25 Sep 1889: Dundee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Leng | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Leng | 8,484 | 30.5 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 8,191 | 29.5 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | William Dalgleish | 5,659 | 20.4 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Unionist | William Charles Smith (politician) | 5,066 | 18.3 | +4.0 |
| | Scottish Labour | James MacDonald | 354 | 1.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,532 | 9.1 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,025 (est) | 77.0 | +8.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,214 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −5.0 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 | |
Robertson is appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 1892: Dundee (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1895: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 7,602 | 29.0 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal | John Leng | 7,592 | 28.9 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Unionist | William Charles Smith (politician) | 5,390 | 20.6 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Edward Jenkins | 4,318 | 16.5 | −3.9 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | James MacDonald | 1,313 | 5.0 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,202 | 8.3 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,490 (est) | 74.9 | −2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,011 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 7,777 | 30.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | John Leng | 7,650 | 29.7 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Duncan Smith | 5,181 | 20.1 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Unionist | J.E. Graham | 5,152 | 20.0 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,469 | 9.6 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,760 | 69.5 | −5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,655 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 | |
General election 1906: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Robertson | 9,276 | 31.7 | +1.5 |
| | Labour Repr. Cmte. | Alexander Wilkie | 6,833 | 23.3 | New |
| | Liberal | Sir Henry Robson | 6,122 | 20.9 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Ernest Shackleton | 3,865 | 13.2 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Duncan Smith | 3,183 | 10.9 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,279 | 81.9 | +12.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,492 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,411 | 18.5 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 711 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal | Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
1908 Dundee by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 7,079 | 43.9 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet | 4,370 | 27.1 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | G. H. Stuart-Bunning | 4,014 | 24.9 | +1.6 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 655 | 4.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,709 | 16.8 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,138 | 84.6 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,041 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 10,747 | 34.1 | −8.5 |
| | Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 10,365 | 32.9 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | John Hall Seymour Lloyd | 4,552 | 14.4 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Glass | 4,339 | 13.8 | +0.6 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 1,512 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,515 | 86.1 | +4.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,374 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,195 | 19.7 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,813 | 18.5 | +16.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
* ↑ Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 9,240 | 30.1 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 8,957 | 29.3 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet | 5,685 | 18.6 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | John Hall Seymour Lloyd | 4,914 | 16.0 | +1.6 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 1,825 | 6.0 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,621 | 84.1 | −2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,118 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,555 | 11.5 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,272 | 10.7 | −7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
1917 Dundee by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 7,302 | 78.2 | +58.1 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 2,036 | 21.8 | +15.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,266 | 56.4 | +44.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,338 | 42.5 | −41.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,953 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +21.2 | |
General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 25,788 | 37.5 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 24,822 | 36.1 | +6.8 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 10,423 | 15.1 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | James Sunney Brown | 7,769 | 11.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,802 | 46.6 | −37.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,365 | 22.4 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,399 | 21.0 | +10.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
In 1918 Wilkie and Churchill were officially supported by the Dundee Unionist Party Association in addition to their own party organisations.

## Election results, 1922–1945
### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 32,578 | 27.6 | +12.5 |
| | Labour | E. D. Morel | 30,292 | 25.6 | −10.5 |
| | National Liberal | David Johnstone MacDonald | 22,244 | 18.8 | N/A |
| | National Liberal | Winston Churchill | 20,466 | 17.3 | −20.2 |
| | Liberal | Robert Pilkington | 6,681 | 5.7 | N/A |
| | Communist | Willie Gallacher | 5,906 | 5.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,132 | 10.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,048 | 6.8 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,167 | 80.5 | +33.9 |
| | Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal | Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 25,753 | 25.1 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | E. D. Morel | 23,345 | 22.7 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal | John Pratt | 23,031 | 22.4 | +16.7 |
| | Unionist | Frederick William Wallace | 20,253 | 19.7 | New |
| | Communist | Willie Gallacher | 10,380 | 10.1 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,722 | 2.7 | −7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 0.3 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 102,762 | 72.5 | −8.0 |
| | Scottish Prohibition hold | Scottish Prohibition hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1924: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. D. Morel | 32,846 | 26.5 | +3.8 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 29,193 | 23.5 | −1.6 |
| | Unionist | Frederick William Wallace | 28,118 | 22.7 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Rae Duncan | 25,566 | 20.6 | −1.8 |
| | Communist | Bob Stewart | 8,340 | 6.7 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,728 | 3.8 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,075 | 0.8 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 124,063 | 83.8 | +11.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Scottish Prohibition hold | Scottish Prohibition hold | Swing | | |
1924 Dundee by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Johnston | 22,973 | 69.2 | +42.7 |
| | Liberal | Ernest Simon | 10,234 | 30.8 | +10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,739 | 38.4 | +34.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,207 | 42.4 | −41.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1929: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 50,073 | 29.2 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Michael Marcus | 47,602 | 27.7 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | James Henderson-Stewart | 33,890 | 19.8 | −0.8 |
| | Unionist | Frederick William Wallace | 33,868 | 19.7 | −3.0 |
| | Communist | Bob Stewart | 6,160 | 3.6 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,183 | 9.4 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,712 | 7.9 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,593 | 82.5 | −1.3 |
| | Scottish Prohibition hold | Scottish Prohibition hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dingle Foot | 52,048 | 29.6 | +9.8 |
| | Unionist | Florence Horsbrugh | 48,556 | 27.7 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Marcus | 32,573 | 18.6 | −9.1 |
| | Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 32,229 | 18.3 | −10.9 |
| | Communist | Bob Stewart | 10,264 | 5.8 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,475 | 11.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,327 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,670 | 84.8 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Unionist gain from Scottish Prohibition | Unionist gain from Scottish Prohibition | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Florence Horsbrugh | 50,542 | 26.8 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal | Dingle Foot | 49,632 | 26.4 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Marcus | 44,457 | 23.6 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Robert Gibson | 43,747 | 23.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,085 | 3.2 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,175 | 2.8 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,378 | 84.7 | −0.1 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Dundee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Cook | 48,804 | 28.6 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | John Strachey | 48,393 | 28.4 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal | Dingle Foot | 33,230 | 19.5 | −6.9 |
| | Unionist | Florence Horsbrugh | 32,309 | 18.9 | −7.9 |
| | SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 7,775 | 4.56 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,163 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,084 | 9.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,511 | 79.2 | −5.5 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |

## Sources

* F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 – 1885
* F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
* Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1889
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)