Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities | |
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Former university constituency for the House of Commons | |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Combined Scottish Universities |
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[1][2] | Party | |
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1868 | James Moncreiff | Liberal | |
1869 by-election | Edward Gordon | Conservative | |
1876 by-election | William Watson | Conservative | |
1880 | James Alexander Campbell | Conservative | |
1906 | Sir Henry Craik | Unionist | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Craik | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Craik | 4,879 | 58.9 | +9.9 | |
Free Trader | Frederick Pollock | 3,411 | 41.1 | +24.0 | |
Majority | 1,468 | 17.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,290 | 70.8 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,705 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Craik | 3,543 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Murison | 2,450 | 33.9 | New | |
Free Trader | W.R. Smith | 1,240 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,093 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,233 | 68.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,545 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | 2,520 | 54.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Asher | 2,139 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 381 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,659 | 78.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,969 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Watson | 2,392 | 57.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Anderson Kirkwood[7] | 1,788 | 42.8 | New | |
Majority | 604 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,180 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,389 | ||||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Gordon's appointment as a Lord of Appeal, becoming Lord Gordon of Drumearn.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Gordon's appointment as Lord Advocate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,776 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,120 | 56.7 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Archibald Smith[8] | 1,616 | 43.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 504 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,736 | 85.5 | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,368 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 |
- Caused by Moncreiff's appointment as Lord Justice Clerk and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Moncreiff.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 2,067 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,020 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 47 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,087 | 93.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,368 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 616. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1916
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c d e f Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "The Representation of the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities". Dundee Courier. 22 September 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen". Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser. 9 November 1869. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Politics of Aberdeen
- Politics of Glasgow
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
- University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Glasgow