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St Andrews Burghs was a district of burghs constituency, representing various burghs of Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1832 to 1918.

Area covered

The constituency comprised the burghs of St Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem, all in the county of Fife. St Andrews and Cupar had previously been part of Perth Burghs, and the other burghs part of Anstruther Burghs.

In 1918 the constituency was abolished, and the burghs were thereafter represented as part of the East Fife constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

The original count put the two 1885 candidates at 1,256 votes and, as the returning officer was not a constituent, he was unable to cast the deciding vote and declared both elected. After scrutiny, Anstruther gained two additional votes and lost one, while Williamson lost one also.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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;

• Unionist: William Anstruther-Gray
• Liberal: Henry Jackson

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. ^ Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 211. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
3. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 82. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Google Books.
4. "Rt. Hon. Edward Ellice". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
5. Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 167. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Google Books.
6. ^ 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.
7. "Scotland". Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser. 15 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "The Return of Mr Brown Douglas — To Edinburgh". Falkirk Herald. 2 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Caledonian Mercury". 7 February 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "South Eastern Gazette". 5 February 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "English and Scotch News". Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 2 February 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Debrett's House of Commons 1870
13. "St Andrews Burghs". Fife Herald. 15 April 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
15. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
16. ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
17. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
18. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
19. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
20. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
21. Dundee Courier 9 Jan 1914

• Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
• Politics of Fife