Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Leith Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Edinburgh and Midlothian |
Replaced by |
Leith Edinburgh East |
Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.
In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1832 | John Murray | Whig | |
1839 by-election | Andrew Rutherfurd | Whig | |
1851 by-election | James Moncreiff | Whig | |
1859 | Sir William Miller | Liberal | |
1868 | Robert Andrew Macfie | Liberal | |
1874 | Donald Robert Macgregor | Liberal | |
1878 | Andrew Grant | Liberal | |
1885 | William Jacks | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1886 | William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal | |
1886 | Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | |
1914 | George Welsh Currie | Unionist | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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By-election 26 Feb 1914 Electorate: 17,705 Turnout: 77.1% |
Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 16 (0.1%) |
George Welsh Currie | Conservative | 5,159 | 37.8 | −5.0 | ||
Malcolm Smith | Liberal | 5,143 | 37.7 | −19.5 | ||||
Joseph Nicholas Bell | Labour | 3,346 | 24.5 | New | ||||
General election December 1910 Electorate: 17,987 Turnout: 68.7% |
Liberal hold Majority: 1,785 (14.4%) Swing: 9.5% from LibU to Lib |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 7,069 | 57.2 | +7.6 | ||
Frederick Alexander Macquisten | Conservative | 5,284 | 42.8 | +11.3 | ||||
General election January 1910 Electorate: 17,351 Turnout: 83.0% |
Liberal hold Majority: 2,606 (18.1%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 7,146 | 49.6 | −11.6 | ||
Sir Robert Cranston | Liberal Unionist | 4,540 | 31.5 | −7.3 | ||||
William Walker | Labour | 2,724 | 18.9 | New | ||||
General election 1906 Electorate: 16,974 Turnout: 73.9% |
Liberal hold Majority: 2,802 (22.4%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 7,677 | 61.2 | +7.6 | ||
Frank T. Cooper KC | Liberal Unionist | 4,865 | 38.8 | −7.6 | ||||
General election 1900 Electorate: 15,484 Turnout: 11,269 (72.8%) |
Liberal hold Majority: 817 (7.2%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 6,043 | 53.6 | −2.8 | ||
Edward Theodore Salvesen | Liberal Unionist | 5,226 | 46.4 | +2.8 | ||||
General election 1895 Electorate: 13,982 Turnout: 73.8% |
Liberal hold Majority: 1,325 (12.8%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 5,819 | 55.4 | +1.0 | ||
John Wilson | Liberal Unionist | 4,494 | 44.6 | −1.0 | ||||
General election 1892 Electorate: 13,198 Turnout: 74.5% |
Liberal hold Majority: 1,643 (16.8%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 5,738 | 58.4 | |||
William Alexander Bell | Liberal Unionist | 4,095 | 41.6 | |||||
By-election 20 Aug 1886 Electorate: 11,779 Turnout: 61.4% |
Liberal hold Majority: 2,676 (37.1%) |
Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | 4,204 | 58.2 | |||
Donald Robert Macgregor | Independent Liberal Unionist | 1,528 | 21.1 | |||||
William Jacks | Liberal Unionist | 1,499 | 20.7 | |||||
Henry Munster | Independent Liberal Unionist | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
General election 1886 | Liberal hold | William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1885 Electorate: 11,779 Turnout: 75.0% |
Liberal hold Majority: 3,870 (43.8%) |
William Jacks | Liberal | 6,355 | 71.9 | N/A | ||
William David Thorburn | Conservative | 2,485 | 28.1 | New | ||||
General election 1880 Electorate: 10,333 |
Liberal hold | Andrew Grant | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
By-election 29 Jan 1878 Electorate: 9,739 |
Liberal hold | Andrew Grant | Liberal | 4,929 | ||||
C. W. Tennant | Conservative | 1,788 | ||||||
General election 1874 Electorate: 8,248 |
Liberal hold | Donald Robert Macgregor | Liberal | 4,489 | ||||
Robert Andrew Macfie | Liberal | 1,945 | ||||||
General election 1868 Electorate: 6,223 |
Liberal hold | Robert Andrew Macfie | Liberal | 2,907 | ||||
William Miller | Liberal | 2,310 | ||||||
General election 1859 Electorate: 2,139 |
Liberal hold | William Miller | Liberal | 904 | ||||
Robert Andrew Macfie | Liberal | 746 | ||||||
General election 1857 Electorate: 1,973 |
Liberal hold | James Moncreiff | Liberal | 821 | ||||
William Miller | Liberal | 701 | ||||||
General election 1852 Electorate: 2,027 |
Liberal hold | James Moncreiff | Liberal | 643 | ||||
T. W. Henderson | Conservative | 407 | ||||||
By-election 11 April 1851 | Liberal hold | James Moncreiff | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1847 Electorate: 1,888 |
Liberal hold | Andrew Rutherfurd | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1841 Electorate: 1,732 |
Liberal hold | Andrew Rutherfurd | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
By-election 1839 | Liberal hold | Andrew Rutherfurd | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1837 Electorate: 2,171 |
Liberal hold | John Archibald Murray | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1835 Electorate: 1,838 |
Liberal hold | John Archibald Murray | Liberal | unopposed | ||||
General election 1832 Electorate: 1,624 |
Liberal win | John Archibald Murray | Liberal | unopposed |