Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)
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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 Scottish 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).
Creation
[edit]The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kirkcudbright Stewartry. 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.
Boundaries
[edit]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 and 1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district). In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.
History
[edit]The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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25 June 1708 | John Stewart | ||
17 February 1715 | Alexander Murray | ||
14 September 1727 | Patrick Heron | ||
22 May 1741 | Basil Hamilton | ||
31 December 1742 | John Maxwell | ||
30 July 1747 | John Ross Mackye | ||
19 April 1768 | James Murray | ||
2 November 1774 | William Stewart | ||
9 October 1780 | Peter Johnston | ||
6 April 1781 | John Gordon | ||
6 February 1782 | Peter Johnston | ||
16 August 1786 | Alexander Stewart | ||
23 March 1795 | Patrick Heron | Whig | |
10 May 1803 | Montgomery Granville John Stewart | Conservative | |
2 November 1812 | James Dunlop | ||
1826 | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Whig[6][7] | |
1838 | Alexander Murray | Whig[6][8] | |
1845 | Thomas Maitland | Whig[9][10][11] | |
1850 | John Mackie | Whig[12][13] | |
1857 | James Mackie | Whig[14] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1868 | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | Liberal | |
1874 | John Maitland | Liberal | |
1880 | John Heron-Maxwell | Liberal | |
1885 | Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | Conservative | |
1906 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal | |
Jan 1910 | Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | Conservative | |
Dec 1910 | Gilbert McMicking | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Decades: |
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Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 161 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 161 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,059 | ||||
Whig hold |
Fergusson was appointed Judge-Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,079 | ||||
Whig hold |
Fergusson was appointed Judge-Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Cutlar Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,119 | ||||
Whig hold |
Fergusson's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Murray | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Alexander Murray | 672 | 73.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Maxwell | 249 | 27.0 | New | |
Majority | 423 | 46.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 921 | 69.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Murray's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Maitland | 486 | 58.6 | −14.4 | |
Conservative | James McDouall[17] | 344 | 41.4 | +14.4 | |
Majority | 142 | 17.2 | −28.8 | ||
Turnout | 830 | 61.5 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −14.4 |
Maitland was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Maitland | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Maitland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,351 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Maitland resigned after being appointed a senator of the College of Justice, becoming Lord Dundrennan and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mackie | 365 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Independent Whig | George Maxwell[18] | 332 | 47.6 | New | |
Majority | 33 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 697 | 53.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,312 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,573 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Mackie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,353 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Mackie's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wellwood Herries Maxwell | 932 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Hannay[19] | 703 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 229 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,635 | 84.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,940 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Maitland | 835 | 50.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Horatio Granville Murray Stewart[20] | 831 | 49.9 | New | |
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,666 | 83.5 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,996 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Heron-Maxwell | 982 | 50.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Horatio Granville Murray Stewart[20] | 961 | 49.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,943 | 88.2 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,204 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,526 | 50.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,492 | 49.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 34 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,018 | 87.7 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,471 | 50.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | 49.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,877 | 85.3 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Stewart | 2,485 | 50.3 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,454 | 49.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.6 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,939 | 86.6 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,700 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark 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 | 5,158 | 88.3 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,842 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,784 | 56.1 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Hippisley Cox | 2,181 | 43.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 603 | 12.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,965 | 84.9 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,846 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,715 | 52.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,418 | 47.1 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 297 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,133 | 88.1 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,829 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark MacTaggart-Stewart | 2,661 | 50.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,620 | 49.6 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,281 | 89.8 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,963 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert McMicking | 2,817 | 51.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald McNeill | 2,625 | 48.2 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,442 | 91.3 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,963 | ||||
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Gilbert McMicking
- Unionist:
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