Perthshire | |
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Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Perthshire |
1708– 1885 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by |
Eastern Perthshire Western Perthshire |
Perthshire was a Scottish county 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, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Perthshire.
The constituency was created to cover the county of Perth, minus the burgh of Perth, which was a component of the Perth Burghs constituency. The Scottish Reform Act 1832 transferred from Perthshire to Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart and the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1885. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
As a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the Perthshire constituency was divided to create Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire in 1885.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 239 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 239 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Campbell | 1,666 | 60.4 | ||
Tory | George Murray | 1,093 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 573 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,759 | 86.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,180 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | 1,464 | 53.6 | +14.0 | |
Whig | Robert Graham | 1,268 | 46.4 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 196 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,732 | 79.8 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,425 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +14.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Fox Maule | 1,453 | 51.5 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | George Murray | 1,371 | 48.5 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 82 | 3.0 | −17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,824 | 76.6 | −10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,689 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Murray | 1,495 | 52.0 | +3.5 | |
Whig | Fox Maule | 1,379 | 48.0 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 116 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,874 | 64.6 | −12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,452 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.5 |
Murray succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Mansfield and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond | 1,586 | 58.4 | +6.4 | |
Whig | George Drummond Stewart [11] | 1,128 | 41.6 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 458 | 16.8 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,714 | 64.3 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,224 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,224 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Henry Home-Drummond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,187 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,938 | ||||
Conservative gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,415 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,368 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,448 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Stuart Parker | 2,046 | 53.7 | New | |
Conservative | William Stirling-Maxwell | 1,767 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 279 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,813 | 78.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,876 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling-Maxwell | 2,554 | 55.4 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Stuart Parker | 2,060 | 44.6 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 494 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,614 | 83.8 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,505 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.1 |
Stirling-Maxwell's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond-Moray | 2,439 | 52.0 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent [12] | 2,255 | 48.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 184 | 4.0 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,694 | 83.6 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,613 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Currie | 2,764 | 52.8 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond-Moray | 2,472 | 47.2 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 292 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,236 | 88.5 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,918 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.2 |
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Perthshire | |
---|---|
Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Perthshire |
1708– 1885 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by |
Eastern Perthshire Western Perthshire |
Perthshire was a Scottish county 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, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Perthshire.
The constituency was created to cover the county of Perth, minus the burgh of Perth, which was a component of the Perth Burghs constituency. The Scottish Reform Act 1832 transferred from Perthshire to Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart and the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1885. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
As a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the Perthshire constituency was divided to create Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire in 1885.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 239 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 239 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Campbell | 1,666 | 60.4 | ||
Tory | George Murray | 1,093 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 573 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,759 | 86.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,180 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Murray | 1,464 | 53.6 | +14.0 | |
Whig | Robert Graham | 1,268 | 46.4 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 196 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,732 | 79.8 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,425 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +14.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Fox Maule | 1,453 | 51.5 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | George Murray | 1,371 | 48.5 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 82 | 3.0 | −17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,824 | 76.6 | −10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,689 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Murray | 1,495 | 52.0 | +3.5 | |
Whig | Fox Maule | 1,379 | 48.0 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 116 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,874 | 64.6 | −12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,452 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.5 |
Murray succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Mansfield and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond | 1,586 | 58.4 | +6.4 | |
Whig | George Drummond Stewart [11] | 1,128 | 41.6 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 458 | 16.8 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,714 | 64.3 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,224 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,224 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Henry Home-Drummond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,187 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,938 | ||||
Conservative gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,415 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,368 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,448 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Stuart Parker | 2,046 | 53.7 | New | |
Conservative | William Stirling-Maxwell | 1,767 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 279 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,813 | 78.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,876 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stirling-Maxwell | 2,554 | 55.4 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Stuart Parker | 2,060 | 44.6 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 494 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,614 | 83.8 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,505 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.1 |
Stirling-Maxwell's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond-Moray | 2,439 | 52.0 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent [12] | 2,255 | 48.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 184 | 4.0 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,694 | 83.6 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,613 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Currie | 2,764 | 52.8 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond-Moray | 2,472 | 47.2 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 292 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,236 | 88.5 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,918 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.2 |
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