Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)

Sutherland
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Sutherland
1708–1918
Number of members One
Replaced by Caithness & Sutherland
Created from Sutherland

Sutherland 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 represented essentially the traditional county of Sutherland, electing one Member of Parliament (MP). The county town of Dornoch, however, was represented as a component of the Tain Burghs constituency, from 1708 to 1832, and of the Wick Burghs constituency, from 1832 to 1918.

In 1918 the Sutherland constituency and Dornoch were merged into the then new constituency of Caithness and Sutherland. In 1997 Caithness and Sutherland was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1708 Sir William Gordon
1713 William Morison
1714 Sir William Gordon
1727 Lord Strathnaver
1734 Sir James Fergusson
1736 Hon. James St Clair
1747 Hon. George Mackay
1761 Hon. Alexander Mackay
1768 James Wemyss
1784 William Wemyss Pittite
1787 James Grant
1802 William Dundas Tory
1808 John Randoll Mackenzie
1809 George Macpherson-Grant
1812 James Macdonald Whig
1816 George Macpherson-Grant
1826 Lord Francis Leveson-Gower Tory
1831 Sir Hugh Innes Whig
1831 by-election Roderick Macleod Whig[2][3]
1837 Hon. William Howard Conservative[2][3]
1840 by-election Sir David Dundas Whig[2][3][4][5]
1852 Marquess of Stafford Whig[3]
1859 Liberal[3]
1861 by-election Sir David Dundas Liberal[3]
1867 by-election Lord Ronald Gower Liberal[3]
1874 Marquess of Stafford Liberal[3]
1886 Angus Sutherland Liberal/Crofter
1894 by-election John MacLeod Liberal/Crofter
1900 Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal Unionist
1906 Alpheus Morton Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Registered electors 207
Whig hold
General Election 1857: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Registered electors 264
Whig hold
General Election 1859: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Registered electors 298
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Sutherland-Leveson-Gower succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Duke of Sutherland, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 March 1861: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Dundas Unopposed
Liberal hold
General Election 1865: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Dundas Unopposed
Registered electors 180
Liberal hold

Dundas resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 May 1867: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ronald Gower Unopposed
Liberal hold
General Election 1868: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ronald Gower Unopposed
Registered electors 358
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Marquess of Stafford Unopposed
Registered electors 324
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Sutherland [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Marquess of Stafford Unopposed
Registered electors 326
Liberal hold
General Election 1885: Sutherland [6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Marquess of Stafford 1,701 61.7 N/A
Independent Liberal (Crofters) Angus Sutherland 1,058 38.3 N/A
Majority 643 23.4 N/A
Turnout 2,759 86.6 N/A
Registered electors 3,185
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1886: Sutherland [8][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal (Crofters) Angus Sutherland 1,463 71.5 +9.8
Liberal Unionist Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton 583 28.5 N/A
Majority 880 43.0 +19.6
Turnout 2,046 64.2 −22.4
Registered electors 3,185
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Sutherland [9][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal (Crofters) Angus Sutherland 1,453 70.5 -1.0
Liberal Unionist John MacKay 607 29.5 +1.0
Majority 846 41.0 -2.0
Turnout 2,060 75.0 +10.8
Registered electors 2,745
Liberal hold Swing -1.0

Sutherland was appointed Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 Oct 1894: Sutherland[10][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal (Crofters) John MacLeod Unopposed
Liberal hold
General Election 1895: Sutherland [11][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John MacLeod 1,085 64.8 −5.7
Liberal Unionist John Alexander Swanston 590 35.2 +5.7
Majority 495 29.6 −11.4
Turnout 1,675 67.2 −7.8
Registered electors 2,493
Liberal hold Swing −5.7

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Sutherland [12][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Unionist Frederick Leveson-Gower 1,224 61.9 +26.7
Liberal John MacLeod 752 38.1 -26.7
Majority 472 23.8 N/A
Turnout 1,977 76.3 +9.1
Registered electors 2,589
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +26.7
General Election 1906: Sutherland [13][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alpheus Morton 1,383 59.7 +21.6
Liberal Unionist Frederick Leveson-Gower 933 40.3 -21.6
Majority 450 19.4 N/A
Turnout 2,316 82.3 +6.0
Registered electors 2,814
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +21.6

Elections in the 1910s

Morton
General Election January 1910: Sutherland [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alpheus Morton 1,607 62.8 +3.1
Conservative Donald Cameron 951 37.2 -3.1
Majority 656 25.6 +6.2
Turnout 83.7 +1.4
Registered electors 3,055
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
Stafford
General Election December 1910: Sutherland [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alpheus Morton 1,464 53.4 -9.4
Liberal Unionist Marquess of Stafford 1,277 46.6 +9.4
Majority 187 6.8 -18.6
Turnout 2,741
Liberal hold Swing -9.4

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;

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  2. 1 2 3 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 212. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. ↑ "Sutherlandshire Election". Leicestershire Mercury. 11 April 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Oxford University and City Herald". 18 April 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  10. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  11. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  12. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  13. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  14. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  15. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  16. ↑ Aberdeen Journal 13 Apr 1914

See also

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