Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Aberdeenshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Aberdeenshire |
1708–1868 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Eastern Aberdeenshire Western Aberdeenshire |
Aberdeenshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
In 1868 it was divided to create Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire.
Boundaries
When created in 1708, the constituency covered the county of Aberdeen minus the burgh of Aberdeen, which was part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.
Under the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 the Aberdeen burgh constituency was created to cover the burgh plus areas previously within the Aberdeenshire constituency.[1]
In 1868, the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 divided Aberdeenshire to form Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire, and these new constituencies were first used in the 1868 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election [2] | Member [3] | Party | Notes | |
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1708 | Lord Haddo | Tory | ||
1709 by-election | Sir Alexander Cumming, Bt | Tory[4] | ||
1722 | Sir Archibald Grant, Bt | Opposition Whig[4] | expelled due to his role in the Charitable Corporation | |
1732 by-election | Sir Arthur Forbes, Bt | Whig[4] | ||
1747 | Andrew Mitchell | Whig[4] | MP for Elgin Burghs 1755–1771 | |
1754 | Lord Adam Gordon | Pro-Administration | MP for Kincardineshire 1774–1788 | |
1768 | Alexander Garden | Independent | ||
1786 by-election | George Skene | Whig | MP for Elgin Burghs 1806–1807 | |
1790 | James Ferguson | Tory | MP for Banffshire 1789–1790 | |
Sept 1820 by-election | William Gordon | Tory[5] | Royal Navy officer, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore | |
1834 | Conservative[5] | |||
1854 by-election | Lord Haddo | Peelite[6][7][8] | succeeded as Earl of Aberdeen in 1860 | |
1859 | Liberal | |||
1861 by-election | William Leslie | Conservative | resigned May 1866 | |
1866 by-election | William Dingwall Fordyce | Liberal | afterwards MP for East Aberdeenshire | |
1868 | constituency divided: see Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire |
Election results
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,022 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Gordon resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Peelite | George Hamilton-Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Peelite | George Hamilton-Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,682 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | George Hamilton-Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,952 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Hamilton-Gordon succeeded as 5th Earl of Aberdeen, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Leslie | 851 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon[10] | 665 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 186 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,516 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,928 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Leslie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,384 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Leslie resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William Dingwall Fordyce | 2,175 | 66.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone | 1,088 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,087 | 33.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,263 | 73.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,447 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
References
- ↑ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Schedules (A) (County constituencies) and (M) (boundaries of Aberdeen burgh constituency).
- ↑ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 615. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- 1 2 3 4 History of Parliament Online: Aberdeenshire 1715-1754
- 1 2 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 195. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Elgin Courier". 25 August 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The County Election". Aberdeen Herald and General Advertiser. 26 August 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Summary of the Week". Oxford University and City Herald. 26 August 1854. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - ↑ "Aberdeenshire Election – 1861". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 27 February 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).