Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirkcudbright Stewartry | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright |
1708–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Galloway |
Created from | Kirkcudbrightshire |
Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a 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 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).
The first election in the stewartry was in 1708. In 1707-08, members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.
In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.
Boundaries
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish stewartry (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burghs of Kirkcudbright (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
25 June 1708 | John Stewart | ||
17 February 1715 | Alexander Murray | ||
14 September 1727 | Patrick Heron | ||
22 May 1741 | Basil Hamilton | ||
31 December 1742 | John Maxwell | ||
30 July 1747 | John Ross Mackye | ||
19 April 1768 | James Murray | ||
2 November 1774 | William Stewart | ||
9 October 1780 | Peter Johnston | ||
6 April 1781 | John Gordon | ||
6 February 1782 | Peter Johnston | ||
16 August 1786 | Alexander Stewart | ||
23 March 1795 | Patrick Heron | Whig | |
10 May 1803 | Montgomery Granville John Stewart | Conservative | |
2 November 1812 | James Dunlop | ||
1826 | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Whig[1] | |
1838 | Alexander Murray | Whig[1] | |
1845 | Thomas Maitland | Whig[2][3][4] | |
1850 | John Mackie | Whig[5][6] | |
1857 | James Mackie | Whig[7] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1868 | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | Liberal | |
1874 | John Maitland | Liberal | |
1880 | John Heron-Maxwell | Liberal | |
1885 | Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | Conservative | |
1906 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal | |
Jan 1910 | Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | Conservative | |
Dec 1910 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Decades: |
Elections in the 1850s
Maitland resigned after being appointed a senator of the College of Justice, becoming Lord Dundrennan and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Whig | John Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mackie | 365 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | George Maxwell[9] | 332 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 33 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 697 | 53.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,312 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,573 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,353 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Mackie's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | 932 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Hannay[10] | 703 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 229 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,635 | 84.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,940 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Maitland | 835 | 50.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Horatio Granville Murray Stewart[11] | 831 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,666 | 83.5 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,996 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Heron-Maxwell | 982 | 50.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Horatio Granville Murray Stewart[12] | 961 | 49.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,943 | 88.2 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,204 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,526 | 50.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,492 | 49.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 34 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,018 | 87.7 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,471 | 50.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | 49.3 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,877 | 85.3 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Stewart | 2,485 | 50.3 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,454 | 49.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.6 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,939 | 86.6 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,700 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,664 | 51.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | John Archibald Duncan | 2,494 | 48.4 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 170 | 3.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,158 | 88.3 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,842 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,784 | 56.1 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Hippisley Cox | 2,181 | 43.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 603 | 12.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,965 | 84.9 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,846 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,715 | 52.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,418 | 47.1 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 297 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,133 | 88.1 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,829 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,661 | 50.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,620 | 49.6 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.8 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 89.8 | +1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,963 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,817 | 51.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald McNeill | 2,625 | 48.2 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout | 91.3 | +1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,963 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.2 | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Gilbert McMicking
- Unionist:
References
- 1 2 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 206. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Stewartry Kirkcudbright". Leeds Intelligencer. 30 August 1845. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Kirkcudbright". Hereford Journal. 27 August 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ The Economist, Volume 3, Part 2. Economist Newspaper Limited. 1845. p. 794 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Carlisle Journal". 15 February 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Recent Election in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright". Liverpool Daily Post. 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Election Intelligence". Wells Journal. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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- ↑ "Election News". Greenock Advertiser. 10 September 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "Banquet". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Banquet". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
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- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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