St Andrews Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 56°17′06″N 3°01′08″W / 56.285°N 3.019°W

St Andrews Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Fife
1832–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	East Fife
Created from	Perth Burghs and Anstruther Burghs

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.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1832	Andrew Johnston	Liberal
	1837	Edward Ellice	Liberal
	1880	Stephen Williamson	Liberal
	1885	Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet	Liberal
	1886	Henry Torrens Anstruther	Liberal Unionist
	1903 by-election	Edward Charles Ellice (cousin and heir of the above Edward Ellice II)	Liberal
	1906	William Anstruther-Gray	Liberal Unionist
	January 1910	James Duncan Millar	Liberal
	December 1910	William Anstruther-Gray	Liberal Unionist
	1912		Conservative
	1918	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election Dec 1910: St Andrews Burghs[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	1,675
	Liberal	James Duncan Millar	1,626

Duncan Millar

General Election Jan 1910: St Andrews Burghs[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Duncan Millar	1,507
	Liberal Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	1,469

General Election January 1906[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Anstruther-Gray	1,495
	Liberal	Edward Charles Ellice	1,472
Turnout
Majority
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

1903 St Andrews Burghs by-election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Charles Ellice	1,324	50.7	+1.9
	Liberal Unionist	William Anstruther-Thomson	1,288	49.3	-1.9
Turnout
Majority			36	1.4	3.8
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+1.9

General Election January 1900[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Torrens Anstruther	1,148
	Liberal	J. Annand	1,094
Turnout
Majority
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1895: St Andrews Burghs[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Torrens Anstruther	1,185
	Liberal	John Paton	989

General Election 1892: St Andrews Burghs[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Torrens Anstruther	1,066
	Liberal	Martin White	954

General Election 1886: St Andrews Burghs[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Torrens Anstruther	1,132
	Liberal	Sir Thomas Brassey KCB	716

General Election 1885: St Andrews Burghs[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Col Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet	1,256
	Liberal	Stephen Williamson	1,256

1885: On a scrutiny, Sir Robert Anstruther obtained the seat.

At the General Election 1868 Edward Ellice was returned unopposed.^[7]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
3. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
4. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
7. Debrett's House of Commons 1870