Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kincardineshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Kincardineshire
17081918
SeatsOne
Created from Kincardineshire
Replaced by Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire

Kincardineshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).

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Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kincardineshire. The first election to a Parliament of Great Britain was in 1708. In 1707-08 members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.

Boundaries

The constituency represented the county of Kincardineshre., which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole shire, except for the Royal burgh of Inverbervie which formed part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was reorganised in 1918. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 1918, the constituency was combined with part of Western Aberdeenshire to form the Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire constituency.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1708 Sir David Ramsay, Bt
1710 Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt
1713 James Scott
1734 John Falconer
1741 Sir James Carnegie, Bt
1765 Sir Alexander Ramsay-Irvine, 6th Bt
1768 Robert Hepburn
1774 Lord Adam Gordon
1788 Robert Barclay Allardice
1797 Sir John Wishart-Belches
1806 William Adam
1812 George Harley Drummond
1820 Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt
1826 Sir Hugh Arbuthnot Tory [6]
1834 Conservative [6]
1865 James Dyce Nicol Liberal
1872 Sir George Balfour Liberal
1892 John William Crombie Liberal
1908 Arthur Murray Liberal

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Kincardineshire [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 82
Tory hold
General election 1831: Kincardineshire [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 82
Tory hold
General election 1832: Kincardineshire [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Hugh Arbuthnot 388 59.1
Whig Thomas Burnett26940.9
Majority11918.2
Turnout 65786.1
Registered electors 763
Tory hold
General election 1835: Kincardineshire [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 844
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Kincardineshire [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 906
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 914
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 808
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 951
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 997
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Arbuthnot Unopposed
Registered electors 1,021
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Dyce Nicol 490 63.0 New
Conservative Thomas Gladstone 28837.0N/A
Majority20226.0N/A
Turnout 77878.8N/A
Registered electors 987
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1868: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Dyce Nicol Unopposed
Registered electors 1,731
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Nicol's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 10 Dec 1872: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Balfour Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1874: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Balfour 941 63.8 N/A
Conservative James Badenach Nicolson [9] 53336.2New
Majority40827.6N/A
Turnout 1,47483.4N/A
Registered electors 1,767
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Kincardineshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Balfour 1,037 67.5 +3.7
Conservative David Sinclair [10] 50032.53.7
Majority53735.0+7.4
Turnout 1,53783.6+0.2
Registered electors 1,838
Liberal hold Swing +3.7
General election 1885: Kincardineshire [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Balfour 3,160 71.4 +3.9
Conservative David Scott Porteous1,26728.63.9
Majority1,89342.8+7.8
Turnout 4,42779.34.3
Registered electors 5,580
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
General election 1886: Kincardineshire [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Balfour Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

Crombie John William Crombie.jpg
Crombie
General election 1892: Kincardineshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John William Crombie 2,444 64.0 N/A
Kincardineshire Church DefenceJohnston Stephen [n 1] 1,37636.0New
Majority1,06828.0N/A
Turnout 3,82066.8N/A
Registered electors 5,719
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Kincardineshire [14] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John William Crombie 2,603 56.1 −7.9
Conservative Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 2,04043.9New
Majority56312.2−15.8
Turnout 4,64378.7+11.9
Registered electors 5,897
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kincardineshire [14] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John William Crombie 3,092 66.8 +10.7
Conservative James Mowat1,53633.210.7
Majority1,55633.6+21.4
Turnout 4,62872.26.5
Registered electors 6,410
Liberal hold Swing +10.7
General election 1906: Kincardineshire [15] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John William Crombie 3,877 71.8 +5.0
Conservative Sydney Gammell1,52428.25.0
Majority2,35343.6+10.0
Turnout 5,40176.4+4.2
Registered electors 7,067
Liberal hold Swing +5.0
Murray Arthur Cecil Murray.jpg
Murray
1908 Kincardineshire by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Murray 3,661 65.1 6.7
Conservative Sydney Gammell1,96334.9+6.7
Majority1,69830.213.4
Turnout 5,62479.0+2.6
Registered electors 7,119
Liberal hold Swing 6.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kincardineshire [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Murray 3,926 67.5 +2.4
Conservative Robert Pearson1,89132.5−2.4
Majority2,03535.0+4.8
Turnout 5,81781.0+2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.4
General election December 1910: Kincardineshire [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Murray Unopposed
Liberal hold

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Some sources describe Stephen as a Liberal Unionist

References

  1. "Kincardineshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. "Kincardineshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "Kincardineshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. "Kincardineshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. "Kincardineshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 205. Retrieved 8 May 2020 via Google Books.
  7. 1 2 Fisher, David R. "Kincardineshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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.
  9. "Election for the County of Kincardine". Aberdeen Press and Journal . 4 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. "Representation of Kincardine-shire" . Aberdeen Free Press. 27 March 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  13. Whitaker's Almanack 1893
  14. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  15. Whitaker's Almanack 1907
  16. 1 2 The Times House of Commons 1910; Politico's Publishing 2004 p100
  17. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  18. The Times House of Commons, 1911; Politico's Publishing 2004, p110

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