Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
| Edinburgh | |
|---|---|
|
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Edinburgh |
| 1708–1885 | |
| Number of members |
1708–1832: One 1832–1885: Two |
| Replaced by |
Edinburgh Central Edinburgh South Edinburgh East Edinburgh West |
| Created from | Edinburgh |
Edinburgh was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885. Originally a single member constituency, representation was increased to two members in 1832. It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.
Boundaries
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
- "From a Point on the Road from Leith to Queensferry which is distant Four hundred Yards (measured along such Road) to the West of the Point at which the same meets the Inverleith Road at the House called Golden Acre, in a straight Line to the North-western Corner of the Enclosure of John Watsons Institution; thence in a straight Line to the Second Stone Bridge, marked No. 2, on the Union Canal; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Western Wall of the Enclosure of the Lunatic Asylum at Morningside meets the Jordan or Pow Burn; thence down the Jordan or Pow Burn to a Point which is distant One hundred and fifty Yards (measured along such Burn) below the Arch over the same on the Carlisle Road; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Arthur's Seat, thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Feeder enters the Western Side of Lochend Loch; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which Pilrig Street joins Leith Walk; thence along Pilrig Street and the Bonnington Road to the Point at which the latter meets the Road from Leith to Queensferry; thence along the Road from Leith to Queensferry to the Point first described."[1]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1708–1832
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Sir Samuel MacClellan | ||
| 1709 by-election | Sir Patrick Johnston | ||
| 1713 | Sir James Stewart | Whig | |
| 1715 | Sir George Warrender | ||
| 1721 by-election | John Campbell | ||
| 1734 | Patrick Lindsay | ||
| 1741 | Archibald Stewart | ||
| 1747 | James Ker | ||
| 1754 | William Alexander | ||
| 1761 | George Lind | ||
| 1762 by-election | James Coutts | ||
| 1768 | Sir Lawrence Dundas | Whig | |
| 1780 | William Miller | ||
| 1781 | Sir Lawrence Dundas | Whig | |
| 1781 by-election | James Hunter Blair | ||
| 1784 by-election | Sir Adam Fergusson | ||
| 1790 | Henry Dundas | Tory | |
| 1803 by-election | Charles Hope | Tory | |
| 1805 by-election | George Abercromby | Whig | |
| 1806 | Sir Patrick Murray | ||
| 1812 by-election | William Dundas | Tory | |
| 1831 | Robert Adam Dundas | Tory | |
MPs 1832–1885
Under the Representation of the People Act 1832, Edinburgh's representation was increased to two members.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Francis Jeffrey | Liberal | James Abercromby, later Baron Dunfermline | Liberal | ||
| 1834 by-election | Sir John Campbell, later Baron Campbell | Liberal | ||||
| 1839 by-election | Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay | Liberal | ||||
| 1841 | Sir William Gibson Craig | Liberal | ||||
| 1847 | Charles Cowan | Radical | ||||
| 1852 | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Liberal | ||||
| 1856 by-election | Adam Black | Liberal | ||||
| 1859 by-election | James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff | Liberal | ||||
| 1865 | Duncan McLaren | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | John Miller | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | James Cowan | Liberal | ||||
| 1880 | ||||||
| January 1881 by-election | John McLaren | Liberal | ||||
| August 1881 by-election | Thomas Buchanan | Liberal | ||||
| 1882 by-election | Samuel Danks Waddy | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | constituency divided: see Central, East, South and West divisions | |||||
Election results
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Elections in the 1880s
| Edinburgh by-election, 1882 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Samuel Danks Waddy | 8,455 | 52.3 | ||
| Liberal | 7,718 | 47.7 | |||
| Majority | 737 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 16,173 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Edinburgh by-election, August 1881 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Buchanan | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Edinburgh by-election, January 1881 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John McLaren, Lord McLaren | 11,390 | |||
| Liberal | 3,940 | ||||
| Majority | 7,450 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 15,330 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1880: Edinburgh[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 17,807 | |||
| Liberal | James Cowan | 17,301 | |||
| Conservative | John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh | 5,651 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
| General Election 1874: Edinburgh[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 11,431 | |||
| Liberal | James Cowan | 8,749 | |||
| Liberal | John Miller | 6,218 | |||
| Conservative | John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh | 5,713 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
| General Election 1868: Edinburgh [4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan McLaren | unopposed | |||
| Liberal | John Miller | unopposed | |||
| General Election 1865: Edinburgh[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 4,354 | |||
| Liberal | James Moncreiff | 4,148 | |||
| Liberal | Adam Black | 3,797 | |||
| Liberal | John Miller | 3,723 | |||
Elections in the 1850s
| Edinburgh by-election, 1859[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Moncreiff | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1859: Edinburgh[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Adam Black | unopposed | |||
| Radical | Charles Cowan | unopposed | |||
| General Election 1857: Edinburgh[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Adam Black | unopposed | |||
| Radical | Charles Cowan | unopposed | |||
| Edinburgh by-election, 1856[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Adam Black | 2,429 | |||
| Whig | 1,786 | ||||
| General Election 1852: Edinburgh[3][5][6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,872 | |||
| Radical | Charles Cowan | 1,754 | |||
| Radical | Lord Provost Duncan McLaren | 1,559 | |||
| Conservative | Mr Bruce | 1,065 | |||
| Independent Liberal | Mr Campbell of Monzie | 625 | |||
Elections in the 1840s
| Edinburgh by-election, 1847[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Radical | Charles Cowan | unopposed | |||
| Radical hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1847: Edinburgh[3][7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Radical | Charles Cowan | 2,063 | |||
| Whig | William Gibson-Craig | 1,854 | |||
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,477 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Blackburn | 980 | |||
| Edinburgh by-election, 15 July 1846[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,735 | |||
| Whig | 832 | ||||
| Edinburgh by-election, 13 July 1846[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | William Gibson-Craig | unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1841: Edinburgh[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | unopposed | |||
| Whig | William Gibson-Craig | unopposed | |||
| Edinburgh by-election, 1840[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1830s
| Edinburgh by-election, 1839[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1837: Edinburgh[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | James Abercromby | unopposed | |||
| Whig | John Campbell | unopposed | |||
| Edinburgh by-election, 1835[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | John Campbell | unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1835: Edinburgh[3][8][9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | James Abercromby | 2,963 | 32.4 | ||
| Whig | John Campbell | 2,858 | 31.3 | ||
| Conservative | James Broun-Ramsay | 1,716 | 18.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Learmonth | 1,608 | 17.6 | ||
| Edinburgh by-election, 23 June 1834[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | James Abercromby | unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
| Edinburgh by-election, 2 June 1834[3][10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | John Campbell | 1,932 | 50.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Learmonth | 1,402 | 36.8 | ||
| Radical | James Aytoun | 480 | 12.6 | ||
| Whig hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1832: Edinburgh[3][11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Whig | Francis Jeffrey | 4,035 | 42.9 | ||
| Whig | James Abercromby | 3,850 | 40.9 | ||
| Tory | Forbes Blair | 1,519 | 16.2 | ||
| Radical | James Aytoun | withdrew in fabour of Jeffrey & Abercromby | |||
| General Election 1831: Edinburgh[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Tory | Robert Adam Dundas | 17 | |||
| Whig | Francis Jeffrey | 14 | |||
| Tory | William Allan of Glen | 2 | |||
| General Election 1830: Edinburgh[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Tory | William Dundas | unopposed | |||
Elections in the 1820s
| General Election 1826: Edinburgh[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Tory | William Dundas | unopposed | |||
| General Election 1820: Edinburgh[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Tory | William Dundas | 25 | |||
| Whig | James Maitland | 3 | |||
References
- ↑ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Schedule (M).
- 1 2 3 https://archive.org/stream/lifeandworkdunc01mackgoog/lifeandworkdunc01mackgoog_djvu.txt The Life and Work of Duncan McLaren
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743464/cube/POL_PARTY Vision of Britain
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1870
- ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2170/2170-h/2170-h.htm
- ↑ http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-june-1852/8/scotland
- ↑ http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-august-1847/2/the-general-election The Spectator - 7 AUGUST 1847, General Election, p.749
- ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gNPCfI35vVsC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=EDinburgh+1835+2,963&source=bl&ots=re17ma9Dsp&sig=RGjjvD4MLYtFBdyPr-ERUk8Tuow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-gyDVOfMNsiBU4nbAg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=EDinburgh%201835%202%2C963&f=false
- ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/report-of-the-speeches-delivered-at-the-dinner-given-to-lord-ramsay-mr-learmonth-in-the-assembly-rooms-on-wednesday-february-11-1835/oclc/315022192
- ↑ http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-june-1834/9/scotland
- ↑ http://archive.org/stream/arnistonmemoirst00omonrich/arnistonmemoirst00omonrich_djvu.txt
- 1 2 3 4 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/edinburgh
See also
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Cambridge University |
Constituency represented by the Speaker 1835 – 1839 |
Succeeded by Hampshire North |
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