Haddingtonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Haddingtonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1708 (1708)–1918 (1918)
Number of members One

Haddingtonshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1708 and encompassed the county of Haddingtonshire, with the exception, until 1885, of 3 towns (Haddington, Dunbar and North Berwick) which formed part of the separate constituency of Haddington Burghs. In 1918 it was amalgamated with neighbouring Berwickshire to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member [1] Party
1708 John Cockburn
1741 Lord Charles Hay
1747 Sir Hew Dalrymple
1761 Andrew Fletcher
1768 Sir George Suttie
1777 William Hamilton Nisbet
1780 Hew Dalrymple
1786 John Hamilton
1795 Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
1800 Charles Hope
1816 Sir James Suttie
1826 Lord John Hay
1831 James Balfour
1835 Robert Ferguson
1837 Lord Ramsay
1838 Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn
1847 Francis Charteris (styled Lord Elcho from 1853)
1883 Lord Elcho Conservative
1885 Richard Burdon Haldane Liberal
1911 John Deans Hope Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

By-election 19 Apr 1911: Haddingtonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Deans Hope 3,652
Conservative Benjamin Hall Blyth 3,184
General Election Dec 1910: Haddingtonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane KC 3,845
Conservative Benjamin Hall Blyth 3,158
General Election Jan 1910: Haddingtonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane KC 3,771
Conservative Benjamin Hall Blyth 3,026
General Election 1906: Haddingtonshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane KC 3,469
Conservative G. Craig Sellar 2,289
General Election 1900: Haddingtonshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Burdon Haldane QC 2,668
Liberal Unionist John Kerr 2,290
General Election 1895: Haddingtonshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Burdon Haldane QC 2,774
Conservative The Master of Polwarth 2,194
General Election 1892: Haddingtonshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane QC 2,551
Liberal Unionist The Master of Polwarth 2,255
General Election 1886: Haddingtonshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Burdon Haldane 2,677
Liberal Unionist Philip Albert Myburgh QC 1,714
General Election 1885: Haddingtonshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Burdon Haldane 3,472
Conservative Lord Elcho 945 (?)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
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