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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1918
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 results [ ]
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By-election 26 Feb 1914 [5] [9] Electorate: 17,705Turnout: 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 N/A General election December 1910 [5] [9] Electorate: 17,987Turnout: 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 [5] [9] Electorate: 17,351Turnout: 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 N/A General election 1906 [5] [10] Electorate: 16,974Turnout: 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 [5] [11] Electorate: 15,484Turnout: 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 [5] [11] Electorate: 13,982Turnout: 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 [5] [12] Electorate: 13,198Turnout: 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 [5] [14] Electorate: 11,779Turnout: 61.4%Liberal hold Majority: 2,676 (37.1%) Ronald Munro Ferguson Liberal 4,204 58.2 Donald Robert Macgregor [15] Independent Liberal Unionist 1,528 21.1 William Jacks Liberal Unionist 1,499 20.7 Henry Munster[13] Independent Liberal Unionist 3 0.0 General election 1886 [5] Liberal hold William Ewart Gladstone [16] Liberal unopposed General election 1885 [5] [14] Electorate: 11,779Turnout: 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 N/A General election 1880 [4] Electorate: 10,333Liberal hold Andrew Grant Liberal unopposed By-election 29 Jan 1878 [4] Electorate: 9,739Liberal hold Andrew Grant Liberal 4,929 C. W. Tennant Conservative 1,788 General election 1874 [4] Electorate: 8,248Liberal hold Donald Robert Macgregor Liberal 4,489 Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal 1,945 General election 1868 [4] [17] Electorate: 6,223Liberal hold Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal 2,907 William Miller Liberal 2,310 General election 1859 [4] Electorate: 2,139Liberal hold William Miller Liberal 904 Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal 746 General election 1857 [4] Electorate: 1,973Liberal hold James Moncreiff Liberal 821 William Miller Liberal 701 General election 1852 [4] Electorate: 2,027Liberal hold James Moncreiff Liberal 643 T. W. Henderson Conservative 407 [4] Liberal hold James Moncreiff Liberal unopposed General election 1847 [4] Electorate: 1,888Liberal hold Andrew Rutherfurd Liberal unopposed General election 1841 [4] Electorate: 1,732Liberal hold Andrew Rutherfurd Liberal unopposed [4] Liberal hold Andrew Rutherfurd Liberal unopposed General election 1837 [4] Electorate: 2,171Liberal hold John Archibald Murray Liberal unopposed General election 1835 [4] Electorate: 1,838Liberal hold John Archibald Murray Liberal unopposed General election 1832 [4] Electorate: 1,624Liberal win John Archibald Murray Liberal unopposed
See also [ ] References [ ]
^ Fisher, David R. "Edinburgh" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 . ^ Fisher, David R. "Edinburghshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 . ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2) ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 554–555. ISBN 0-900178-26-4 ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 515. ISBN 0-900178-27-2 ^ a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections . Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via Google Books . ^ "Representation of Leith" Carlisle Journal . 27 April 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Nairnshire Mirror, and General Advertiser" . Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ At the by-election in 1886, Munster withdrew from the election after nominations had closed
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
^ Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association
^ At the 1886 general election , William Ewart Gladstone was returned unopposed, but being also elected for Edinburghshire , he elected to sit for the latter constituency, and a new election was held on 20 August 1886
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
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