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West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

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Subdivisions of Scotland
  
Fife

Created from
  
Fife

Number of members
  
1

Replaced by
  
Central Fife, Kirkcaldy

West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

West Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974. It is famous for providing the Communist Party Of Great Britain with its longest-serving Member of Parliament. Along with East Fife, it was formed by dividing the old Fife constituency.

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Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Labour: William Adamson
  • Unionist: Joseph Hume Menzies
  • endorsed by the Coalition Government
  • Elections in the 1920s

    General election of 1922

    In the 1922 general election, Rt Hon. William Adamson was elected unopposed.

    References

    West Fife (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia