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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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21 December 1832 | 4,702/6,048 | 77.74 | |
Whig | 4,035 | 85.81 | |
Whig | 3,850 | 81.88 | |
Tory | 1,519 | 32.31 | |
Majority | 2,331 | 49.57 | |
May 1834 Resignation of Rt Hon Francis Jeffrey on appointment as Lord of Session. | |||
2 June 1834 | 3,813/6,512 | 58.55 | |
Whig | 1,932 | 50.67 | |
Tory | 1,401 | 36.74 | |
Radical | 480 | 12.59 | |
Majority | 531 | 13.93 | |
13 June 1834 Resignation of Rt Hon James Abercromby on appointment as Master of the Mint. | |||
23 June 1834 | 6,512 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1835 | 4,679/7,862 | 59.51 | |
Whig | 2,963 | 63.33 | |
Whig | 2,858 | 61.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,716 | 36.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,608 | 34.37 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 24.41 | |
April 1835 Resignation of Sir John Campbell on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
30 April 1835 | 7,862 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 July 1837 | 9,640 | ||
Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
June 1839 Elevation of Rt Hon James Abercromby to the Peerage - Baron Dunfermline. | |||
4 June 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 September 1839 Resignation of Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
23 January 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 July 1841 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of William Craig on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
7 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Paymaster-General of the Forces. | |||
13 July 1846 | 6,118 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
15 July 1846 | |||
Whig | 1,735 | 67.59 | |
Whig | 832 | 32.41 | |
Majority | 903 | 35.18 | |
31 July 1847 | 3,187/7,114 | 44.80 | |
Radical | 2,063 | 64.73 | |
Whig | 1,854 | 58.17 | |
Whig | 1,477 | 46.34 | |
Conservative Party | 980 | 30.75 | |
Majority | 377 | 11.83 | |
19 November 1847 Resignation of Charles Cowan on his discovery that he was disqualified on account of holding a Government contract. | |||
15 December 1847 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1852 | 3,438/6,230 | 55.18 | |
Whig | 1,872 | 54.45 | |
Radical | 1,754 | 51.02 | |
Radical | 1,559 | 45.35 | |
Conservative Party | 1,066 | 31.01 | |
Peelite | 625 | 18.18 | |
Majority | 195 | 5.67 | |
22 January 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay. (Hempholme) | |||
9 February 1856 | |||
Whig | 2,429 | 57.63 | |
Peelite | 1,786 | 42.37 | |
Majority | 643 | 15.26 | |
27 March 1857 | 8,297 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 8,347 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1859 Resignation of James Moncrieff on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
28 June 1859 | 8,347 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1865 | 8,011/10,343 | 77.45 | |
Liberal Party | 4,354 | 54.35 | |
Liberal Party | 4,148 | 51.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,797 | 47.40 | |
Liberal Party | 3,723 | 46.47 | |
Majority | 351 | 4.38 | |
16 November 1868 | 20,799 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 February 1874 | 18,912/24,832 | 76.16 | |
Liberal Party | 11,431 | 60.44 | |
Liberal Party | 8,749 | 46.26 | |
Liberal Party | 6,218 | 32.88 | |
Conservative Party | 5,713 | 30.21 | |
Majority | 2,531 | 13.38 | |
1 April 1880 | 22,952/28,524 | 80.47 | |
Liberal Party | 17,807 | 77.58 | |
Liberal Party | 17,301 | 75.38 | |
Conservative Party | 5,651 | 24.62 | |
Majority | 11,650 | 50.76 | |
18 January 1881 Resignation of Duncan McLaren. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
27 January 1881 | 15,330/28,644 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party | 11,390 | 74.30 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,940 | 25.70 | |
Majority | 7,450 | 48.60 | |
August 1881 Resignation of Rt Hon John McLaren on appointment as a Lord of Session - Lord McLaren. | |||
23 August 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 October 1882 Resignation of James Cowan. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
3 November 1882 | 16,173/29,252 | 55.29 | |
Liberal Party | 8,455 | 52.28 | |
Independent Liberal | 7,718 | 47.72 | |
Majority | 737 | 4.56 | |