Edinburgh | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Edinburgh |
1708–1885 | |
Seats | 1708–1832: One 1832–1885: Two |
Created from | Edinburgh |
Replaced by | Edinburgh Central Edinburgh South Edinburgh East Edinburgh West |
Edinburgh was a burgh 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 until 1885.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituency of Edinburgh.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until representation was increased to two members in 1832.[1][2][3][4][5] It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
Election | Member | Party | |
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1708 | Sir Samuel McClellan | ||
1709 by-election | Sir Patrick Johnston | ||
1713 | Sir James Stewart | Whig | |
1715 | Sir George Warrender | ||
1721 by-election | John Campbell | ||
1734 | Paul Lindsay | ||
1741 | Archibald Stewart | ||
1747 | James Ker | ||
1754 | William Alexander | ||
1761 | George Lind | ||
1762 by-election | James Coutts | ||
1768 | Sir Lawrence Dundas | Whig | |
1780 | William Miller | ||
1781 | Sir Lawrence Dundas | Whig | |
1781 by-election | James Hunter Blair | ||
1784 by-election | Sir Adam Fergusson | ||
1790 | Henry Dundas | Tory | |
1803 by-election | Charles Hope | Tory | |
1805 by-election | George Abercromby | Whig | |
1806 | Sir Patrick Murray | ||
1812 by-election | William Dundas | Tory[7] | |
1831 | Robert Dundas | Tory[7] |
Under the Representation of the People Act 1832, Edinburgh's representation was increased to two members.
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Francis Jeffrey | Whig[7] | James Abercromby, later Baron Dunfermline | Whig[7] | ||
1834 by-election | Sir John Campbell, later Baron Campbell | Whig[7] | ||||
1839 by-election | Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay | Whig[7][8][9][10][11] | ||||
1841 | Sir William Gibson-Craig | Whig[7][12][13][8][9] | ||||
1847 | Charles Cowan | Radical[14][11][15][16] | ||||
1852 | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Whig[7][8][9][10][11] | ||||
1856 by-election | Adam Black | Whig[17][18] | ||||
1859 | Liberal | James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff | Liberal | |||
1865 | Duncan McLaren | Liberal | ||||
1868 | John Miller | Liberal | ||||
1874 | James Cowan | Liberal | ||||
1880 | ||||||
January 1881 by-election | John McLaren | Liberal | ||||
August 1881 by-election | Thomas Buchanan | Liberal | ||||
1882 by-election | Samuel Danks Waddy | Liberal | ||||
1885 | constituency divided: see Central, East, South and West divisions |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Danks Waddy | 8,455 | 52.3 | −33.8 | |
Independent Liberal | James Hall Renton[20] | 7,718 | 47.7 | New | |
Majority | 737 | 4.6 | −23.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,173 | 55.3 | −5.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 29,252 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Buchanan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McLaren | 11,390 | 74.3 | −11.8 | |
Independent Liberal | Edward Jenkins[21] | 3,940 | 25.7 | New | |
Majority | 7,450 | 48.6 | +20.1 | ||
Turnout | 15,330 | 53.5 | −7.7 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 28,644 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 17,807 | 43.7 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | James Cowan | 17,301 | 42.4 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | John Macdonald | 5,651 | 13.9 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 11,650 | 28.5 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 17,458 (est) | 61.2 (est) | −15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 28,524 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 11,431 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Cowan | 8,749 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Miller | 6,218 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Macdonald | 5,713 | 17.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,531 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,912 (est) | 76.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 24,832 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Duncan McLaren | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Miller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 20,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Duncan McLaren | 4,354 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Moncreiff | 4,148 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Adam Black | 3,797 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Miller | 3,723 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 351 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,011 (est) | 77.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,343 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Moncreiff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Black | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | James Moncreiff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,347 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Adam Black | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Charles Cowan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,297 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Adam Black | 2,429 | 57.6 | +30.4 | |
Peelite | Francis Brown Douglas[25][26][27] | 1,786 | 42.4 | +33.3 | |
Majority | 643 | 15.2 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,215 | 50.8 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,297 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,872 | 27.2 | +4.0 | |
Radical | Charles Cowan | 1,754 | 25.5 | −6.9 | |
Radical | Duncan McLaren[30] | 1,559 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Charles Bruce[31] | 1,065 | 15.5 | +0.1 | |
Peelite | Alexander Campbell Cameron[32][33][34] | 625 | 9.1 | New | |
Turnout | 3,438 (est) | 55.2 (est) | +10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,230 | ||||
Majority | 118 | 1.7 | −12.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Majority | 689 | 10.0 | +6.7 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Cowan | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Cowan | 2,063 | 32.4 | New | |
Whig | William Gibson-Craig | 1,854 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,477 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Blackburn | 980 | 15.4 | New | |
Turnout | 3,187 (est) | 44.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,114 | ||||
Majority | 209 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 874 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1,735 | 67.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Culling Eardley | 832 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 903 | 35.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,567 | 42.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,118 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Gibson-Craig | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Gibson-Craig | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,346 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Speaker |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Speaker |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | James Abercromby | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,640 | ||||
Speaker gain from Whig | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Abercromby | 2,963 | 32.4 | −10.5 | |
Whig | John Campbell | 2,858 | 31.3 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | James Broun-Ramsay | 1,716 | 18.8 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | John Learmonth | 1,608 | 17.6 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 12.5 | -12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,679 | 59.5 | c. −18.2 | ||
Registered electors | 7,862 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −10.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Abercromby | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Campbell | 1,932 | 50.7 | −33.1 | |
Tory | John Learmonth | 1,401 | 36.7 | +20.5 | |
Radical | James Aytoun | 480 | 12.6 | New | |
Majority | 531 | 14.0 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,813 | 58.6 | c. −19.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,512 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −26.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Francis Jeffrey | 4,035 | 42.9 | +21.2 | |
Whig | James Abercromby | 3,850 | 40.9 | +19.2 | |
Tory | Forbes Blair | 1,519 | 16.2 | −41.4 | |
Majority | 2,331 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | c. 4,702 | c. 77.7 | c. −22.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,048 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +21.0 | |||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Dundas | 17 | 51.5 | ||
Whig | Francis Jeffrey | 14 | 42.4 | ||
Tory | William Allan | 2 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 3 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 33 | 100.0 | |||
Registered electors | 33 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 33 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Dundas | 25 | 89.3 | ||
Whig | James Maitland | 3 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 22 | 78.6 | |||
Turnout | 28 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing |