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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		1,063/1,155	92.03
John Dunlop	Whig	535	50.33
James Campbell	Whig	528	49.67
Majority		7	0.66

17 January 1835		949/1,261	75.26
John Bowring	Radical	520	54.79
John Dunlop	Whig	276	29.08
Robert Downie	Conservative Party	153	16.12
Majority		244	25.71

29 July 1837		947/1,451	65.27
John Campbell Colquhoun	Conservative Party	509	53.75
John Bowring	Radical	438	46.25
Majority		71	7.50

7 July 1841		969/1,262	76.78
Alexander Johnston	Whig	490	50.57
John Campbell Colquhoun	Conservative Party	479	49.43
Majority		11	1.14

29 May 1844		866/1,289	67.18
Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	389	44.92
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	379	43.76
Henry Vincent	Chartist	98	11.32
Majority		10	1.15

1844 Petition - withdrawn.

9 May 1844 Death of Alexander Johnston.

30 July 1847		1,243
Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	Unopposed

14 July 1852		860/1,380	62.32
Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	558	64.88
James Archibald Campbell	Conservative Party	302	35.12
Majority		256	29.77

31 March 1855 Resignation of Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie on appointment as Vice President of the Council for Trade.

7 April 1855
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	Unopposed

13 August 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

16 August 1855
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	Unopposed

28 March 1857		1,414
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	Unopposed

30 April 1859		1,449
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 July 1865		1,645
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

19 November 1868		5,039/6,531	77.16
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Liberal Party	2,892	57.39
Edwin Chadwick	Liberal Party	1,148	22.78
Rev Robert Thompson	Independent Liberal	999	19.83
Majority		1,744	34.61

6 February 1874		6,335/8,020	78.99
James Fortescue Harrison	Liberal Party	3,316	52.34
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Liberal Party	3,019	47.66
Majority		297	4.69

8 April 1880		6,709/7,700	87.13
John Dick Peddie	Liberal Party	3,320	49.49
John Neilson Cuthbertson	Conservative Party	2,005	29.89
Dr Robert Malcolm Kerr	Independent Liberal	1,384	20.63
Majority		1,315	19.60

1 December 1885		9,075/10,475	86.63
Peter Sturrock	Conservative Party	3,645	40.17
John Dick Peddie	Liberal Party	3,513	38.71
John Hew North Henry Hamilton Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple	Independent Liberal	1,862	20.52
John Steven Storr	Independent Conservative	55	0.61
Majority		132	1.45

Viscount Dalrymple was the nominee of the Church Defence Association. He opposed disestablishment of the Church of Scotland.

John Storr was first adopted but later repudiated by the local Conservative Association. He did not, however, retire and was active on polling day.

7 July 1886		8,444/10,475	80.61
Stephen Williamson	Liberal Party	4,664	55.23
Peter Sturrock	Conservative Party	3,780	44.77
Majority		884	10.47

9 July 1892		9,445/11,216	84.21
Stephen Williamson	Liberal Party	5,110	54.10
Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative Party	4,335	45.90
Majority		775	8.21

24 July 1895		10,483/12,027	87.16
John McAusland Denny	Conservative Party	5,432	51.82
Stephen Williamson	Liberal Party	5,051	48.18
Majority		381	3.63

15 October 1900		11,768/13,621	86.40
John McAusland Denny	Conservative Party	6,076	51.63
Dr Adam Rolland Rainy	Liberal Party	5,692	48.37
Majority		384	3.26

23 January 1906		14,011/16,024	87.44
Dr Adam Rolland Rainy	Liberal Party	8,268	59.01
Thomas Walker McIntyre	Conservative Party	5,743	40.99
Majority		2,525	18.02

19 January 1910		14,638/16,467	88.89
Dr Adam Rolland Rainy	Liberal Party	8,937	61.05
John James Bell	Conservative Party	5,701	38.95
Majority		3,236	22.11

9 December 1910		14,226/17,023	83.57
Dr Adam Rolland Rainy	Liberal Party	8,657	60.85
James Buyers Black	Conservative Party	5,569	39.15
Majority		3,088	21.71

26 August 1911 Death of Dr Adam Rainy.

26 September 1911		14,321/17,023	84.13
William Glynne Charles Gladstone	Liberal Party	6,923	48.34
Sir John David Rees	Conservative Party	4,637	32.38
Thomas McKerrell	Labour Party	2,761	19.28
Majority		2,286	15.96

15 April 1915 Death of William Gladstone - killed in action.

28 May 1915
Hon Alexander Shaw	Liberal Party	Unopposed