Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Leith Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Leith Edinburgh East

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

	Member ^[1]^[2]^[3]	Party
1832	John Murray	Liberal
1839 by-election	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal
1851 by-election	James Moncreiff	Liberal
1859	Sir William Miller	Liberal
1868	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal
1874	Donald Robert Macgregor	Liberal
1878	Andrew Grant	Liberal
1885	William Jacks	Liberal
1886	William Jacks	Liberal Unionist
1886	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
1886	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal
1914	George Welsh Currie	Unionist
1918	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Jacks

General Election 1885: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jacks	6,355	71.9	n/a
	Conservative	William David Thorburn	2,485	28.1	n/a
Majority			3,870	43.8	n/a
Turnout				75.0	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Gladstone

General Election 1886: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Ferguson

Leith Burghs by-election, 1886 ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	4,204	58.2	n/a
	Independent Liberal Unionist	Donald Robert Macgregor	1,528	21.1	n/a
	Liberal Unionist	William Jacks	1,499	20.7	n/a
	Independent Liberal Unionist	Henry Munster	3	0.0	n/a
Majority			2,676	37.1	n/a
Turnout				61.4	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association. Munster withdrew from the election after nominations had closed.

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	5,738	58.4	+0.2
	Liberal Unionist	William Alexander Bell	4,095	41.6	-0.2
Majority			1,643	16.8	-20.3
Turnout				74.5	+13.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 1895: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	5,819	55.4	+1.0
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	4,494	44.6	−1.0
Majority			1,325	12.8	+2.0
Turnout				73.8	-0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	6,043	53.6	−2.8
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Theodore Salvesen	5,226	46.4	+2.8
Majority			817	7.2	-5.6
Turnout			11,269	72.8	-1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

General Election 1906: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	7,677	61.2	+7.6
	Liberal Unionist	Frank Towers Cooper	4,865	38.8	−7.6
Majority			2,802	22.4	+15.4
Turnout				73.9	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	7,146	49.6	-11.6
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Robert Cranston	4,540	31.5	-7.3
	Labour	William Walker	2,724	18.9	n/a
Majority			2,606	18.1	-4.3
Turnout				83.0	+9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

Ferguson

General Election December 1910: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson	7,069	57.2	+7.6
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	5,284	42.8	+11.3
Majority			1,785	14.4	+3.7
Turnout				68.7	-14.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Currie

Leith Burghs by-election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Welsh Currie	5,159	37.8	−5.0
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith	5,143	37.7	−19.5
	Labour	Joseph Nicholas Bell	3,346	24.5	n/a
Majority			16	0.1	14.5
Turnout				77.1	+8.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.2

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;

Unionist: George Welsh Currie
Liberal: Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson
Labour: Joseph Nicholas Bell

Election			Party	Votes
General Election 1880 ^[2] Electorate: 10,333	Liberal hold	Andrew Grant	Liberal	unopposed
By-election 29 Jan 1878 ^[2] Electorate: 9,739	Liberal hold	Andrew Grant	Liberal	4,929
By-election 29 Jan 1878 ^[2] Electorate: 9,739	Liberal hold	C. W. Tennant	Conservative	1,788
General Election 1874 ^[2] Electorate: 8,248	Liberal hold	Donald Robert Macgregor	Liberal	4,489
General Election 1874 ^[2] Electorate: 8,248	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	1,945
General Election 1868 ^[2]^[11] Electorate: 6,223	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	2,907
General Election 1868 ^[2]^[11] Electorate: 6,223	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	2,310
General Election 1859 ^[2] Electorate: 2,139	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	904
General Election 1859 ^[2] Electorate: 2,139	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	746
General Election 1857 ^[2] Electorate: 1,973	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	821
General Election 1857 ^[2] Electorate: 1,973	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	701
General Election 1852 ^[2] Electorate: 2,027	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	643
General Election 1852 ^[2] Electorate: 2,027	Liberal hold	T. W. Henderson	Conservative	407
By-election 11 April 1851 ^[2]	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1847 ^[2] Electorate: 1,888	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1841 ^[2] Electorate: 1,732	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
By-election 1839 ^[2]	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1837 ^[2] Electorate: 2,171	Liberal hold	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1835 ^[2] Electorate: 1,838	Liberal hold	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1832 ^[2] Electorate: 1,624	Liberal win	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870

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