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Wigtown District of Burghs
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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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22 December 1832 | 296/316 | 93.67 | |
Whig | 159 | 53.72 | |
Whig | 137 | 46.28 | |
Majority | 22 | 7.43 | |
19 January 1835 | 306/362 | 84.53 | |
Whig | 224 | 73.20 | |
Radical | 82 | 26.80 | |
Majority | 142 | 46.41 | |
29 July 1837 | 267/380 | 70.26 | |
Whig | 151 | 56.55 | |
Whig | 116 | 43.45 | |
Majority | 35 | 13.11 | |
7 July 1841 | 286/393 | 72.77 | |
Whig | 157 | 54.90 | |
Conservative Party | 129 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 28 | 9.79 | |
2 August 1847 | 382 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1852 | 279/400 | 69.75 | |
Whig | 140 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 139 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.36 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1 April 1857 | 694 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1859 | 505 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 June 1859 Resignation of Sir William Dunbar, bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
27 June 1859 | 505 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1865 Resignation of Sir William Dunbar, bt on appointment as a Commissioner for Auditing the Public Accounts. | |||
15 April 1865 | 518 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1865 | 518 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 November 1868 | 848/966 | 87.78 | |
Liberal Party | 484 | 57.08 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 42.92 | |
Majority | 120 | 14.15 | |
1868 Resignation of George Young on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
4 January 1869 | 966 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 February 1874 | 1,042/1,176 | 88.61 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 50.10 | |
Liberal Party | 520 | 49.90 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.19 | |
15 June 1874 | 1,042/1,176 | 88.61 | |
Conservative Party | 525 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 517 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.77 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
28 May 1874 Petition - election declared void after scrutiny revised totals to Young: 515, Stewart 514. However, George Young had been appointed a Senator of the College of Justice shortly before the petition's result was announced, and he was deemed to have vacated the seat. | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,288/1,391 | 92.60 | |
Liberal Party | 650 | 50.47 | |
Conservative Party | 638 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.93 | |
May 1880 Resignation of John McLaren on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
20 May 1880 | 1,289/1,391 | 92.67 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 50.89 | |
Liberal Party | 633 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.78 | |
14 July 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
2 August 1880 | 1,256/1,391 | 90.29 | |
Conservative Party | 636 | 50.64 | |
Liberal Party | 620 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.27 | |