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Stirling Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Stirling, Culross, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing and Queensferry

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the burghs of Stirling in Stirlingshire, Dunfermline, and Inverkeithing in Fife, Queensferry, in Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), and Culross, which was an exclave of Perthshire, transferring to Fife in 1889. By 1832, the burgh of Queensferry had become the burgh of South Queensferry.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election.

In 1918, Stirling became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs and Dunfermline became part of Dunfermline Burghs, with the other burghs being represented as part of their respective counties.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1708 John Erskine
1710 Henry Cunningham
1728 Lord Erskine
1734 Peter Halkett
1741 James Erskine
1747 George Haldane
1758 Robert Haldane
1761 Francis Holburne
1768 James Masterton
1774 Archibald Campbell
1780 James Campbell
1789 Archibald Campbell
1791 Andrew Cochrane
(from 1793, Cochrane Johnstone)
1797 William Tait
1800 Alexander Cochrane
1806 Sir John Henderson, Bt
1807 Alexander Campbell
1818 John Campbell
1819 Francis Primrose
1820 Robert Downie Non Partisan
1830 James Johnston Non Partisan
1832 Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny Whig
1847 John Benjamin Smith Radical
1852 Sir James Anderson Radical
1859 James Caird Liberal
1865 Laurence Oliphant Liberal
1868 John Ramsay Liberal
1868 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal
1908 Arthur Ponsonby Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results 1708-1885

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan politician James Johnston 3 60.0
Nonpartisan politician Robert Downie 2 40.0
Majority 1 20.0
Turnout 5 c. 4.9
Registered electors c. 103
Nonpartisan politician gain from Nonpartisan politician Swing
General election 1831: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan politician James Johnston Unopposed
Registered electors c. 103
Nonpartisan politician hold
General election 1832: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Archibald Primrose 492 57.3
Whig James Johnston 366 42.7
Majority 126 14.6
Turnout 858 89.7
Registered electors 956
Whig gain from Nonpartisan politician
General election 1835: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Archibald Primrose 418 54.8 −2.5
Radical John Crawfurd 345 45.2 N/A
Majority 73 9.6 -5.0
Turnout 763 72.0 −17.7
Registered electors 1,060
Whig hold Swing −2.5

Primrose was appointed as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 5 May 1835: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Archibald Primrose Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Archibald Primrose 455 99.6 +44.8
Radical Thomas Perronet Thompson 2 0.4 −44.8
Majority 453 99.2 +89.6
Turnout 457 36.8 −35.2
Registered electors 1,241
Whig hold Swing +44.8

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Archibald Primrose 438 51.0 −48.6
Radical James Aytoun 420 49.0 +48.6
Majority 18 2.0 −97.0
Turnout 858 75.2 +38.4
Registered electors 1,141
Whig hold Swing −48.6
General election 1847: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical John Benjamin Smith 345 42.4 −6.6
Whig Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland 312 38.4 N/A
Whig Alexander Alison 156 19.2 N/A
Majority 33 4.0 N/A
Turnout 813 72.3 −2.9
Registered electors 1,125
Radicals gain from Whig Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical James Anderson 431 51.2 +8.8
Whig John Miller 411 48.8 −8.8
Majority 20 2.4 -1.6
Turnout 842 76.8 +4.5
Registered electors 1,097
Radicals hold Swing +8.8
General election 1857: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radicals James Anderson Unopposed
Registered electors 1,149
Radicals hold
General election 1859: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Caird Unopposed
Registered electors 1,224
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Laurence Oliphant Unopposed
Registered electors 1,262
Liberal hold

Oliphant resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 April 1868: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ramsay 565 53.4 N/A
Liberal Henry Campbell 494 46.6 N/A
Majority 71 6.8 N/A
Turnout 1,059 84.2 N/A
Registered electors 1,257
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell 2,201 56.7 N/A
Liberal John Ramsay 1,682 43.3 N/A
Majority 519 13.4 N/A
Turnout 3,883 88.8 N/A
Registered electors 4,372
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Registered electors 4,779
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2,906 95.7 N/A
Conservative James Gibson-Maitland 132 4.3 New
Majority 2,774 91.4 N/A
Turnout 3,038 63.2 N/A
Registered electors 4,807
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Campbell-Bannerman was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 31 Oct 1884: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Liberal hold

Election results 1885-1918

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Liberal hold

A by-election was called after Campbell-Bannerman accepted office as Secretary of State for War as at that time Cabinet Ministers were required on appointment to submit themselves for re-election.

By-election, 10 Feb 1886: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Liberal hold
1895 Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Campbell-Bannerman
General election 1886: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2,440 62.4 N/A
Liberal Unionist John Pender 1,471 37.6 New
Majority 969 24.8 N/A
Turnout 3,911 74.8 N/A
Registered electors 5,228
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2,791 62.2 -0.2
Liberal Unionist Walter Hughes 1,695 37.8 +0.2
Majority 1,096 24.4 -0.4
Turnout 4,486 80.3 +5.5
Registered electors 5,590
Liberal hold Swing -0.2

Campbell-Bannerman was appointed Secretary of State for War requiring a by-election.

By-election, 25 Aug 1892: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2,783 62.7 +0.5
Conservative Stuart Cunningham Macaskie 1,656 37.3 -0.5
Majority 1,127 25.4 +1.0
Turnout 4,439 73.9 −6.4
Registered electors 6,007
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1900s

Picture of Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Campbell-Bannerman
General election 1900: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2,715 56.6 -6.1
Liberal Unionist Oliver Thomas Duke 2,085 43.4 +6.1
Majority 630 12.2 -12.2
Turnout 4,800 74.7 +0.8
Registered electors 6,422
Liberal hold Swing -6.1
General election 1906: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman Unopposed
Liberal hold
Arthur Ponsonby
Ponsonby
1908 Stirling Burghs by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Ponsonby 3,873 60.7 N/A
Conservative William Whitelaw 2,512 39.3 New
Majority 1,361 21.4 N/A
Turnout 6,385 84.5 N/A
Registered electors 7,558
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Ponsonby 4,471 64.9 +4.2
Conservative Neil Cochran-Patrick 2,419 35.1 -4.2
Majority 2,052 29.8 +8.4
Turnout 6,890 84.6 +0.1
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing +4.2
General election December 1910: Stirling Burghs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Ponsonby Unopposed
Liberal hold

See also

  • Black Bond
  • Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
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