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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 December 1832		657/763	86.11
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Tory	388	59.06
Thomas Burnett	Whig	269	40.94
Majority		119	18.11

16 January 1835		844
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 August 1837		906
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1841		914
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 August 1847		808
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1852		951
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 April 1857		997
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 May 1859		1,021
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 July 1865		778/987	78.82
James Dyce Nicol	Liberal Party	490	62.98
Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bt	Conservative Party	288	37.02
Majority		202	25.96

21 November 1868		1,731
James Dyce Nicol	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 November 1872 Death of James Nicol.

10 December 1872
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 February 1874		1,474/1,767	83.42
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	941	63.84
James Badenach Nicolson	Conservative Party	533	36.16
Majority		408	27.68

April 1880		1,537/1,838	83.62
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	1,037	67.47
David Sinclair	Conservative Party	500	32.53
Majority		537	34.94

3 December 1885		4,427/5,580	79.34
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	3,160	71.38
David Scott Porteous	Conservative Party	1,267	28.62
Majority		1,893	42.76

3 July 1886		5,580
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	Unopposed

11 July 1892		3,820/5,719	66.79
John William Crombie	Liberal Party	2,444	63.98
Johnston Stephen	Independent Liberal	1,376	36.02
Majority		1,068	27.96

Johnston Stephen was the nominee of the Kincardineshire Church Defence Constituency Association and opposed disestablishment of the Church of Scotland.

22 July 1895		4,643/5,897	78.73
John William Crombie	Liberal Party	2,603	56.06
Hon Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis	Conservative Party	2,040	43.94
Majority		563	12.13

15 October 1900		4,628/6,410	72.20
John William Crombie	Liberal Party	3,092	66.81
James Mowat	Conservative Party	1,536	33.19
Majority		1,556	33.62

20 January 1906		5,401/7,067	76.43
John William Crombie	Liberal Party	3,877	71.78
Sydney James Gammell	Conservative Party	1,524	28.22
Majority		2,353	43.57

22 March 1908 Death of John Crombie.

25 April 1908		5,624/7,119	79.00
Hon Arthur Cecil Murray	Liberal Party	3,661	65.10
Sydney James Gammell	Conservative Party	1,963	34.90
Majority		1,698	30.19

24 January 1910		5,817/7,179	81.03
Hon Arthur Cecil Murray	Liberal Party	3,926	67.49
Robert Barclay Pearson	Conservative Party	1,891	32.51
Majority		2,035	34.98

3 December 1910		7,179
Hon Arthur Cecil Murray	Liberal Party	Unopposed