Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leith Burghs
Former district of burghs constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] [4] [5] Party
1832 John Murray Whig [6]
1839 by-election Andrew Rutherfurd Whig [6] [7]
1851 by-election James Moncreiff Whig [8]
1859 Sir William Miller Liberal
1865 Sir William Miller Liberal
1868 Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal
1874 Donald Robert Macgregor Liberal
1878 Andrew Grant Liberal
1885 William Jacks Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
1886 Ronald Munro Ferguson Liberal
1914 George Welsh Currie Unionist
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,624
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1835: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,838
Liberal hold
General election 1837: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 2,171
Liberal hold
By-election 1839: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Registered electors 1,732
Liberal hold
General election 1847: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Registered electors 1,888
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

By-election 11 April 1851: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Moncreiff Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1852: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Moncreiff 643 61.2 N/A
Conservative T. W. Henderson40738.8New
Majority23622.4N/A
Turnout 1,05051.8N/A
Registered electors 2,027
Liberal hold
General election 1857: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Moncreiff 821 53.9 −7.3
Liberal William Miller 70146.1N/A
Majority1207.8N/A
Turnout 1,52277.1+25.3
Registered electors 1,973
Liberal hold
General election 1859: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Miller 904 54.8 +8.7
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 74645.2N/A
Majority1589.6+1.8
Turnout 1,65077.10.0
Registered electors 2,139
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Miller Unopposed
Registered electors 2,672
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 2,907 55.7 N/A
Liberal William Miller 2,31044.3N/A
Majority59711.4N/A
Turnout 5,21783.8N/A
Registered electors 6,223
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald Robert Macgregor 4,489 69.8 N/A
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 1,94530.2N/A
Majority2,54439.6+28.2
Turnout 6,43478.0−5.8
Registered electors 8,248
Liberal hold
By-election 29 Jan 1878: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Grant 4,929 73.4 +3.6
Conservative C. W. Tennant1,78826.6New
Majority3,14146.8+7.2
Turnout 6,71769.0−9.0
Registered electors 9,739
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Grant Unopposed
Registered electors 10,333
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Jacks 6,355 71.9 N/A
Conservative William David Thorburn2,48528.1New
Majority3,87043.8N/A
Turnout 8,84075.0N/A
Registered electors 11,779
Liberal hold
General election 1886: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Ewart Gladstone [9] Unopposed
Liberal hold
By-election 20 Aug 1886: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 4,204 58.2 N/A
Ind. Liberal Unionist Donald Robert Macgregor [10] 1,52821.1N/A
Liberal Unionist William Jacks 1,49920.7N/A
Ind. Liberal UnionistHenry Munster [11] 30.0N/A
Majority2,67637.1N/A
Turnout 7,23461.4N/A
Registered electors 11,779
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 5,738 58.4 +0.2
Liberal Unionist William Alexander Bell4,09541.6+20.9
Majority1,64316.8−20.3
Turnout 9,83374.5+13.1
Registered electors 13,198
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 5,819 55.4 −3.0
Liberal Unionist John Wilson 4,49444.6+3.0
Majority1,32510.8−6.0
Turnout 10,31373.8−0.7
Registered electors 13,982
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 6,043 53.6 −1.8
Liberal Unionist Edward Theodore Salvesen 5,22646.4+1.8
Majority8177.2−3.6
Turnout 11,26972.8−1.0
Registered electors 15,484
Liberal hold
General election 1906: Leith Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 7,677 61.2 +7.6
Liberal Unionist Frank T. Cooper KC4,86538.8−7.6
Majority2,80222.4+15.2
Turnout 12,54273.9+1.1
Registered electors 16,974
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Leith Burghs [4] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 7,146 49.6 −11.6
Liberal Unionist Sir Robert Cranston4,54031.5−7.3
Labour William Walker 2,72418.9New
Majority2,60618.1−4.3
Turnout 14,41083.0+9.1
Registered electors 17,351
Liberal hold
General election December 1910: Leith Burghs [4] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 7,069 57.2 +7.6
Conservative Frederick Alexander Macquisten 5,28442.8+11.3
Majority1,78514.4−3.7
Turnout 12,35368.7−14.3
Registered electors 17,987
Liberal hold
By-election 26 Feb 1914: Leith Burghs [4] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Welsh Currie 5,159 37.8 −5.0
Liberal Malcolm Smith5,14337.7−19.5
Labour Joseph Nicholas Bell 3,34624.5New
Majority160.1N/A
Turnout 13,64877.1+8.4
Registered electors 17,705
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fisher, David R. "Edinburgh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Fisher, David R. "Edinburghshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 554–555. ISBN   0-900178-26-4.
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 515. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
  6. 1 2 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 206–207. Retrieved 2 September 2018– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Representation of Leith" . Carlisle Journal. 27 April 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Nairnshire Mirror, and General Advertiser" . 12 April 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ At the 1886 general election, William Ewart Gladstone was returned unopposed, but being also elected for Edinburghshire, he elected to sit for the latter constituency, and a new election was held on 20 August 1886
  10. ↑ Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association
  11. ↑ At the by-election in 1886, Munster withdrew from the election after nominations had closed
  12. 1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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