Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirkcudbright Stewartry | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright |
1708–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kirkcudbrightshire |
Replaced by | Galloway |
Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a 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 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).
The first election in the stewartry was in 1708. In 1707-08, members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.
In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.
Boundaries
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish stewartry (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burghs of Kirkcudbright (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 25 June 1708 | John Stewart | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 17 February 1715 | Alexander Murray | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 14 September 1727 | Patrick Heron | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 22 May 1741 | Basil Hamilton | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 31 December 1742 | John Maxwell | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 30 July 1747 | John Ross Mackye | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 19 April 1768 | James Murray | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 2 November 1774 | William Stewart | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 9 October 1780 | Peter Johnston | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 6 April 1781 | John Gordon | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 6 February 1782 | Peter Johnston | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 16 August 1786 | Alexander Stewart | |
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | 23 March 1795 | Patrick Heron | Whig |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 10 May 1803 | Montgomery Granville John Stewart | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 2 November 1812 | James Dunlop | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 21 June 1826 | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 31 December 1838 | Alexander Murray | |
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | 20 August 1845 | Thomas Maitland | Whig |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 20 February 1850 | John Mackie | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 3 April 1857 | James Mackie | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 30 January 1868 | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 10 February 1874 | John Maitland | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 9 April 1880 | John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1 December 1885 | Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 18 January 1906 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 19 January 1910 | Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | December 1910 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark John Stewart | 2,526 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 120 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 87.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark John Stewart | 2,471 | 50.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | 49.3 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 85.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark John Stewart | 2,485 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,454 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 31 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,664 | 51.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | John Archibald Duncan | 2,494 | 48.4 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 170 | 3.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 88.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,784 | 56.1 | ||
Liberal | Robert Hippisley Cox | 2,181 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 603 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 84.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,715 | 52.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,418 | 47.1 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 297 | 5.8 | 18.0 | ||
Turnout | 88.1 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,661 | 50.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,620 | 49.6 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.8 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 89.8 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,817 | 51.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald John McNeill | 2,625 | 48.2 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout | 91.3 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.2 |
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;
- Liberal: Gilbert McMicking
- Unionist:
References
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916