Leith Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Edinburgh [1] and Midlothian [2] |
Replaced by | Leith Edinburgh East |
Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.
In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,624 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,838 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,171 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,732 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,888 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 643 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | T. W. Henderson | 407 | 38.8 | ||
Majority | 236 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,050 | 51.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,027 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 821 | 53.9 | −7.3 | |
Liberal | William Miller | 701 | 46.1 | New | |
Majority | 120 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,522 | 77.1 | +25.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,973 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Miller | 904 | 54.8 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 746 | 45.2 | New | |
Majority | 158 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,650 | 77.1 | 0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Miller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,672 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 2,907 | 55.7 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | William Miller | 2,310 | 44.3 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 597 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,217 | 83.8 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,223 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Donald Robert Macgregor | 4,489 | 69.8 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 1,945 | 30.2 | −25.5 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,434 | 78.0 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,248 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Grant | 4,929 | 73.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | C. W. Tennant | 1,788 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,141 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,717 | 69.0 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,739 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Grant | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,333 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Jacks | 6,355 | 71.9 | ||
Conservative | William David Thorburn | 2,485 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 3,870 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,840 | 75.0 | |||
Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone [9] | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 4,204 | 58.2 | ||
Ind. Liberal Unionist | Donald Robert Macgregor [10] | 1,528 | 21.1 | ||
Liberal Unionist | William Jacks | 1,499 | 20.7 | ||
Ind. Liberal Unionist | Henry Munster [11] | 3 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 2,676 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,234 | 61.4 | |||
Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 5,738 | 58.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Alexander Bell | 4,095 | 41.6 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 1,643 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,833 | 74.5 | +13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,198 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 5,819 | 55.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | 4,494 | 44.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,325 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,313 | 73.8 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,982 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 6,043 | 53.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edward Theodore Salvesen | 5,226 | 46.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 817 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,269 | 72.8 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 15,484 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,677 | 61.2 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Frank T. Cooper KC | 4,865 | 38.8 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 2,802 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,542 | 73.9 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 16,974 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,146 | 49.6 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Sir Robert Cranston | 4,540 | 31.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | William Walker | 2,724 | 18.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,606 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,410 | 83.0 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 17,351 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,069 | 57.2 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Frederick Alexander Macquisten | 5,284 | 42.8 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 1,785 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,353 | 68.7 | −14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 17,987 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Welsh Currie | 5,159 | 37.8 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Smith | 5,143 | 37.7 | −19.5 | |
Labour | Joseph Nicholas Bell | 3,346 | 24.5 | New | |
Majority | 16 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 13,648 | 77.1 | |||
Registered electors | 17,705 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.3 | |||
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