Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Leith Burghs | |
---|---|
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
Portobello
.
In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,624 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,838 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,171 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,732 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,888 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Moncreiff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Miller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,672 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Grant | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,333 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone[9] | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
See also
References
- ^ Fisher, David R. "Edinburgh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Fisher, David R. "Edinburghshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Representation of Leith". Carlisle Journal. 27 April 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Nairnshire Mirror, and General Advertiser". 12 April 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 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
- ^ Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association
- ^ At the by-election in 1886, Munster withdrew from the election after nominations had closed
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916