Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stirlingshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandStirlingshire
1708–1918
SeatsOne
Replaced byClackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire
Stirling & Clackmannan Western

Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain and later of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

For the 1918 general election it was divided into Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire and Stirling and Clackmannan Western.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1708 Henry Cunningham
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1710 Sir Hugh Paterson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1715 Mungo Haldane
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1722 John Graham
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1727 Henry Cunningham
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1734 Sir James Campbell
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1741 Lord George Graham
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1747 Lord Erskine
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1747 James Campbell, later Livingstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1768 Sir Thomas Dundas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1794 Robert Graham
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1796 Sir George Keith Elphinstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1802 Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1812 Sir Charles Edmonstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1821 Henry Home-Drummond
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1831 William Ramsay Ramsay
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1832 Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1835 William Forbes
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1838 George Abercromby
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1841 William Forbes
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1855 Peter Blackburn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1865 John Elphinstone Erskine Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1874 Sir William Edmonstone Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1880 Joseph Cheney Bolton Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 William Jacks Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1895 James McKillop Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Donald Mackenzie Smeaton Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1910 William Allan Chapple Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Stirlingshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Cheney Bolton 1,606
Conservative William Edmonstone 1,246
Majority 360
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1885: Stirlingshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Cheney Bolton 6,454 62.1
Conservative Hugh Shaw-Stewart 3,938 37.9
Majority 2,516 24.2
Turnout 83.2
Liberal hold Swing
Noel
General Election 1886: Stirlingshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Cheney Bolton 5,067 53.7 -8.4
Liberal Unionist Ernest Noel 4,360 46.3 +8.4
Majority 707 7.4 -16.8
Turnout 75.5 -7.7
Liberal hold Swing -8.4

Elections in the 1890s

Jacks
General Election 1892: Stirlingshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Jacks 5,296 50.4 -3.3
Liberal Unionist Ernest Noel 4,550 43.3 -3.0
Scottish Trades Councils Robert Chisholm Robertson 663 6.3 N/A
Majority 746 7.0 -0.3
Turnout 80.1 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.1
General Election 1895: Stirlingshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James McKillop 5,916 51.9 -2.3
Liberal William Jacks 5,489 48.1 +8.6
Majority 427 3.8 10.9
Turnout 79.6 -0.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1900s

Robertson
General Election 1900: Stirlingshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James McKillop 6,325 51.2 -0.7
Liberal George Scott Robertson 6,023 48.8 +0.7
Majority 302 2.4 -1.4
Turnout 76.3 -3.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.7
General Election 1906: Stirlingshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Mackenzie Smeaton 9,475 62.0 +13.2
Conservative James Graham 5,806 38.0 -13.2
Majority 3,669 24.0 26.4
Turnout 80.7 +4.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +13.2

Elections in the 1910s

Chapple
General Election Jan 1910: Stirlingshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Chapple 10,122 61.2 -0.8
Conservative Robert Horne 6,417 38.8 +0.8
Majority 3,705 22.4 -1.6
Turnout 82.1 +1.4
Registered electors 20,144
Liberal hold Swing -0.8
Horne
General Election Dec 1910: Stirlingshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Chapple 9,183 58.6 -2.6
Conservative Robert Horne 6,487 41.4 +2.6
Majority 2,696 17.2 -5.2
Turnout 77.2 -4.9
Registered electors 20,294
Liberal hold Swing -2.6

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;

References

  1. ^ The Times
  2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  5. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ^ Stirling Observer 21 Mar 1914
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