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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1918

Leith Burghs
Former district of burghs constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromEdinburgh and Midlothian
Replaced byLeith
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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 John Murray Whig
1839 by-election Andrew Rutherfurd Whig
1851 by-election James Moncreiff Whig
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,624
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1835: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,838
Liberal hold
General election 1837: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Unopposed
Registered electors 2,171
Liberal hold
By-election 1839: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Registered electors 1,732
Liberal hold
General election 1847: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherfurd Unopposed
Registered electors 1,888
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

By-election 11 April 1851: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Moncreiff Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1852: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Moncreiff 643 61.2 N/A
Conservative T. W. Henderson 407 38.8 New
Majority 236 22.4 N/A
Turnout 1,050 51.8 N/A
Registered electors 2,027
Liberal hold
General election 1857: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Moncreiff 821 53.9 −7.3
Liberal William Miller 701 46.1 N/A
Majority 120 7.8 N/A
Turnout 1,522 77.1 +25.3
Registered electors 1,973
Liberal hold
General election 1859: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Miller 904 54.8 +8.7
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 746 45.2 N/A
Majority 158 9.6 +1.8
Turnout 1,650 77.1 0.0
Registered electors 2,139
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Miller Unopposed
Registered electors 2,672
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 2,907 55.7 N/A
Liberal William Miller 2,310 44.3 N/A
Majority 597 11.4 N/A
Turnout 5,217 83.8 N/A
Registered electors 6,223
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Robert Macgregor 4,489 69.8 N/A
Liberal Robert Andrew Macfie 1,945 30.2 N/A
Majority 2,544 39.6 +28.2
Turnout 6,434 78.0 −5.8
Registered electors 8,248
Liberal hold
By-election 29 Jan 1878: Leith Burghs
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 +7.2
Turnout 6,717 69.0 −9.0
Registered electors 9,739
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Grant Unopposed
Registered electors 10,333
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Jacks 6,355 71.9 N/A
Conservative William David Thorburn 2,485 28.1 New
Majority 3,870 43.8 N/A
Turnout 8,840 75.0 N/A
Registered electors 11,779
Liberal hold
General election 1886: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Unopposed
Liberal hold
By-election 20 Aug 1886: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 4,204 58.2 N/A
Ind. Liberal Unionist Donald Robert Macgregor 1,528 21.1 N/A
Liberal Unionist William Jacks 1,499 20.7 N/A
Ind. Liberal Unionist Henry Munster 3 0.0 N/A
Majority 2,676 37.1 N/A
Turnout 7,234 61.4 N/A
Registered electors 11,779
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Leith Burghs
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 −20.3
Turnout 9,833 74.5 +13.1
Registered electors 13,198
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 5,819 55.4 −3.0
Liberal Unionist John Wilson 4,494 44.6 +3.0
Majority 1,325 10.8 −6.0
Turnout 10,313 73.8 −0.7
Registered electors 13,982
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Leith Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Munro Ferguson 6,043 53.6 −1.8
Liberal Unionist Edward Theodore Salvesen 5,226 46.4 +1.8
Majority 817 7.2 −3.6
Turnout 11,269 72.8 −1.0
Registered electors 15,484
Liberal hold
General election 1906: Leith Burghs
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 +15.2
Turnout 12,542 73.9 +1.1
Registered electors 16,974
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Leith Burghs
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 −4.3
Turnout 14,410 83.0 +9.1
Registered electors 17,351
Liberal hold
General election December 1910: Leith Burghs
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 −3.7
Turnout 12,353 68.7 −14.3
Registered electors 17,987
Liberal hold
By-election 26 Feb 1914: Leith Burghs
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 N/A
Turnout 13,648 77.1 +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. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) . 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) . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 515. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  6. ^ 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. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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