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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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18 December 1832 | 845 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
17 January 1835 | 626/875 | 71.54 | |
Whig | 340 | 54.31 | |
Conservative Party | 228 | 36.42 | |
Radical | 58 | 9.27 | |
Majority | 112 | 17.89 | |
5 August 1837 | 676/838 | 80.67 | |
Conservative Party | 362 | 53.55 | |
Whig | 314 | 46.45 | |
Majority | 48 | 7.10 | |
15 July 1841 | 800/800 | 100.00 | |
Whig | 403 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 397 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.75 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
5 August 1847 | 1,095 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1852 | 1,272 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 January 1856 Resignation of Viscount Dalrymple. (Northstead) | |||
9 February 1856 | 1,357 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
4 April 1857 | 1,357 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 May 1859 | 1,464 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 July 1865 | 940/1,087 | 86.48 | |
Liberal Party | 484 | 51.49 | |
Conservative Party | 456 | 48.51 | |
Majority | 28 | 2.98 | |
21 November 1868 | 1,371/1,517 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 719 | 52.44 | |
Liberal Party | 652 | 47.56 | |
Majority | 67 | 4.89 | |
2 January 1873 Succession of Baron Garlies to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Galloway. | |||
24 February 1873 | 1,369/1,549 | 88.38 | |
Conservative Party | 713 | 52.08 | |
Liberal Party | 656 | 47.92 | |
Majority | 57 | 4.16 | |
7 February 1874 | 1,653 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 April 1880 | 1,490/1,657 | 89.92 | |
Conservative Party | 768 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Party | 722 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 46 | 3.09 | |
28 November 1885 | 5,329/6,004 | 88.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,704 | 50.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,625 | 49.26 | |
Majority | 79 | 1.48 | |
10 July 1886 | 4,639/6,004 | 77.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,920 | 62.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,719 | 37.06 | |
Majority | 1,201 | 25.89 | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
12 August 1886 | 6,004 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1892 | 4,565/5,613 | 81.33 | |
Conservative Party | 2,895 | 63.42 | |
Liberal Party | 1,670 | 36.58 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 26.83 | |
13 July 1895 | 5,620 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 January 1906 | 4,993/5,698 | 87.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,866 | 57.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,127 | 42.60 | |
Majority | 739 | 14.80 | |
22 January 1910 | 4,919/5,683 | 86.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,777 | 56.45 | |
Liberal Party | 2,142 | 43.55 | |
Majority | 635 | 12.91 | |
8 December 1910 | 5,817 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 December 1914 Succession of Viscount Dalrymple to the Peerage - 12th Earl of Stair. | |||
12 February 1915 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |