1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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All 60 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Marquess of Hartington Earl of Beaconsfield Party Liberal Conservative Leader since January 1875 27 February 1868 Seats before 41 [a] 19 [a] Seats won 53 [a] 7 [a] Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 195,517 [b] 75,145 [b] Percentage 70.1% [b] 29.9% [b] Swing 1.7% 0.1%
Results of the 1880 election in Scotland   Liberal   Conservative

A general election was held in the United Kingdom between 31 March and 27 April 1880 and members were returned for all 60 seats in Scotland. ^[2] Scotland was allocated 54 territorial seats, comprising 22 burgh constituencies and 32 county constituencies, ^[c] and two university constituencies, Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities. As voters in university constituencies voted in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.

Of particular note was the Scottish-based Midlothian campaign of William Gladstone.

Results

Seats Summary

Party		Seats	Last Election	Seats change
	Liberal	53	41	12
	Conservative	7	19	12
Total		72	60	12

Burgh & County constituencies

Party		Seats [2]	Seats change	Votes [2]	%	% Change
	Liberal	52	12	195,517	70.1	1.7
	Conservative	6	12	75,145	29.9	1.7
Total		60		269,662	100.0

University constituencies

General election 1880: Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lyon Playfair	2,522	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Robert Bickersteth [5]	2,448	49.3	New
Majority			74	1.4	N/A
Turnout			4,970	83.3	N/A
Registered electors			5,966
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1880: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	unopposed	unopposed	N/A
	Conservative hold

Votes summary

Popular vote Liberal   70.10% Conservative   29.90%

Parliamentary seats Liberal   88.33% Conservative   11.67%

See also

• History of Scotland § 19th century

Notes

1. Combined results for burgh, county and university seats
2. Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only
3. Two burgh seats, Dundee and Edinburgh, were represented by two members of parliament, whilst Glasgow returned three members.

References

1. "Data" (PDF). parliament.uk.
2. Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. p. 11. ISBN   978-1-907278-03-7.
3. "Edinburgh And St Andrew's Universities". The Cornishman. No. 92. 15 July 1880. p. 5.
4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
5. "Election Intelligence" . Reading Mercury. 21 February 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 25 November 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.