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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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17 December 1832 | 1,059 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1834 Resignation of Robert Fergusson on appointment as Judge Advocate-General. | |||
3 July 1834 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 January 1835 | 1,079 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
25 April 1835 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Fergusson on appointment as Judge Advocate-General. | |||
2 May 1835 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
31 July 1837 | 1,119 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1838 Death of Rt Hon Robert Fergusson. | |||
31 December 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1841 | |||
Whig | 672 | 72.96 | |
Conservative Party | 249 | 27.04 | |
Majority | 423 | 45.93 | |
15 July 1845 Death of Alexander Murray. | |||
20 August 1845 | |||
Whig | 486 | 58.55 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 41.45 | |
Majority | 142 | 17.11 | |
1846 Resignation of Thomas Maitland on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
17 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
9 August 1847 | 1,351 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 February 1850 Resignation of Thomas Maitland on appointment as a Lord of Session - Lord Dundrennan. | |||
20 February 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1852 | 1,326 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 April 1857 | 697/1,312 | 53.12 | |
Whig | 365 | 52.37 | |
Independent Liberal | 332 | 47.63 | |
Majority | 33 | 4.73 | |
5 May 1859 | 1,573 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1865 | 1,353 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 December 1867 Death of James Mackie. | |||
30 January 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 November 1868 | 1,635/1,940 | 84.28 | |
Liberal Party | 932 | 57.00 | |
Conservative Party | 703 | 43.00 | |
Majority | 229 | 14.01 | |
10 February 1874 | 1,666/1,996 | 83.47 | |
Liberal Party | 835 | 50.12 | |
Conservative Party | 831 | 49.88 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.24 | |
7 April 1880 | 1,943/2,204 | 88.16 | |
Liberal Party | 982 | 50.54 | |
Conservative Party | 961 | 49.46 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.08 | |
1 December 1885 | 5,018/5,720 | 87.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,526 | 50.34 | |
Liberal Party | 2,492 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 34 | 0.68 | |
7 July 1886 | 4,877/5,720 | 85.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,471 | 50.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,406 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.33 | |
9 July 1892 | 4,939/5,700 | 86.65 | |
Conservative Party | 2,485 | 50.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,454 | 49.69 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.63 | |
1895 Mark Stewart assumes the additional surname of MacTaggart. | |||
20 July 1895 | 5,158/5,842 | 88.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,664 | 51.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,494 | 48.35 | |
Majority | 170 | 3.30 | |
11 October 1900 | 4,965/5,846 | 84.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,784 | 56.07 | |
Liberal Party | 2,181 | 43.93 | |
Majority | 603 | 12.15 | |
18 January 1906 | 5,133/5,829 | 88.06 | |
Liberal Party | 2,715 | 52.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,418 | 47.11 | |
Majority | 297 | 5.79 | |
19 January 1910 | 5,281/5,878 | 89.84 | |
Conservative Party | 2,661 | 50.39 | |
Liberal Party | 2,620 | 49.61 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.78 | |
14 December 1910 | 5,442/5,963 | 91.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,817 | 51.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,625 | 48.24 | |
Majority | 192 | 3.53 | |