Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hawick Burghs | |
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Former district of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire |
Major settlements | Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consisted of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1868 | George Otto Trevelyan | Liberal | later a Liberal Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1886 | Alexander Laing Brown | Liberal | |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1892 | Thomas Shaw | Liberal | later Baron Craigmyle |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1909 by-election | Sir John Barran | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1868 general election and again after acceptance of office at a by-election on 14 January 1869.[2]
Elections in the 1880s
George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1885 general election and again after acceptance of office as Secretary for Scotland, at a by-election on 10 February 1886.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alexander Laing Brown | 2,523 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan | 2,493 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 30 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 88.3 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,004 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Robert Fraser Watson | 2,639 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 365 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 89.7 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,203 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton | 2,556 | 44.4 | ||
Majority | 647 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 91.4 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,033 | 54.5 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Sanderson | 2,531 | 45.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 502 | 9.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 87.5 | −3.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 2,611 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal Unionist | John Sanderson | 2,386 | 47.7 | ||
Majority | 225 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 85.1 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas Shaw | 3,125 | 56.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle | 2,444 | 43.9 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 681 | 12.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 92.0 | +6.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir John Nicholson Barran | 3,028 | 54.7 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Halford John Mackinder | 2,508 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 520 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 92.8 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir John Nicholson Barran | 3,261 | 59.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Edward Graham | 2,268 | 41.0 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 993 | 18.0 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 91.7 | −1.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir John Nicholson Barran | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
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;
- Liberal: Sir John Nicholson Barran
- Unionist: Norman W. Grieve
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ The Times, 6 March 1909
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916