Haddington Burghs | |
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Former
district of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh |
1708– 1885 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick |
Replaced by | Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire |
Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, Lauder and North Berwick
The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1885 general election. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 99 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | 3 | 60.0 | ||
Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | 2 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 1 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 5 | c. 5.1 | |||
Registered electors | c. 99 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 545 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 601 | ||||
Whig hold |
Steuart was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | 268 | 53.1 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Buchan-Hepburn | 237 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | 31 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 505 | 79.5 | |||
Registered electors | 635 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Maitland Balfour | 273 | 50.8 | +3.9 | |
Whig | Robert Steuart | 264 | 49.2 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 537 | 82.6 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 775 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | 312 | 62.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Archibald Campbell Swinton | 185 | 37.2 | New | |
Majority | 127 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 497 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 642 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 741 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 657 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 698 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,477 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,753 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Davie resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Hay | 881 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Grant-Suttie | 651 | 42.5 | New | |
Majority | 230 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,532 | 83.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,840 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Hay succeeded to the peerage, becoming the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Wedderburn | 921 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Macdonald | 723 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,644 | 89.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,846 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Wedderburn | 1,019 | 62.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Flower Houston [13] | 607 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 412 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,626 | 85.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,896 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wedderburn resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alexander Craig Sellar | 833 | 60.5 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Walter Scott Seton-Karr [14] | 544 | 39.5 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 289 | 21.0 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,377 | 74.9 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,839 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Haddington Burghs | |
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Former
district of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh |
1708– 1885 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick |
Replaced by | Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire |
Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, Lauder and North Berwick
The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1885 general election. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 99 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | 3 | 60.0 | ||
Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | 2 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 1 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 5 | c. 5.1 | |||
Registered electors | c. 99 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 545 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 601 | ||||
Whig hold |
Steuart was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Steuart | 268 | 53.1 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Buchan-Hepburn | 237 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | 31 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 505 | 79.5 | |||
Registered electors | 635 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Maitland Balfour | 273 | 50.8 | +3.9 | |
Whig | Robert Steuart | 264 | 49.2 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 537 | 82.6 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 775 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | 312 | 62.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Archibald Campbell Swinton | 185 | 37.2 | New | |
Majority | 127 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 497 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 642 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 741 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 657 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 698 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,477 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Ferguson Davie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,753 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Davie resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Hay | 881 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Grant-Suttie | 651 | 42.5 | New | |
Majority | 230 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,532 | 83.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,840 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Hay succeeded to the peerage, becoming the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Wedderburn | 921 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Macdonald | 723 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,644 | 89.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,846 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Wedderburn | 1,019 | 62.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Flower Houston [13] | 607 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 412 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,626 | 85.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,896 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wedderburn resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Craig Sellar | 833 | 60.5 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Walter Scott Seton-Karr [14] | 544 | 39.5 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 289 | 21.0 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,377 | 74.9 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,839 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |