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'''Wick Burghs''', sometimes known as '''Northern Burghs''', was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1832 to 1918. It elected one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] voting system. |
'''Wick Burghs''', sometimes known as '''Northern Burghs''', was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1832 to 1918. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] voting system. |
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A similar constituency had been known as [[Tain Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Tain Burghs]] from 1708 to 1832. |
A similar constituency had been known as [[Tain Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Tain Burghs]] from 1708 to 1832. |
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|colspan="2"|''constituency created'' |
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| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] |
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] |
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| [[James Loch]] |
| [[James Loch]] |
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| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Henry Stooks|title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections|date=1842|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|page=212|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA212| |
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Henry Stooks|title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections|date=1842|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|page=212|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA212|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|page=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA146 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Chartist Conservative Creed |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002115/18410717/030/0003 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=The Atlas |date=17 July 1841 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Forthcoming Scottish Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18520705/021/0006 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=Fife Herald |date=8 July 1852 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|style="background-color: {{Radicals (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]] |
| [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]] |
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| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Searby |first1=Peter |title=A History of the University of Cambridge. Volume III: 1750-1870 |date=1997 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-35060-3 |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoMPRz8nYQEC&pg=PA116 |via= [[Google Books]] | |
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Searby |first1=Peter |title=A History of the University of Cambridge. Volume III: 1750-1870 |date=1997 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-35060-3 |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoMPRz8nYQEC&pg=PA116 |via= [[Google Books]] |access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> |
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|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |
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| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]] |
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]] |
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| [[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy admiral of the fleet)|Lord John Hay]] |
| [[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy admiral of the fleet)|Lord John Hay]] |
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| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001195/18570407/115/0005 | |
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001195/18570407/115/0005 |access-date=5 September 2018 |date=7 April 1857 |page=5 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]] |
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]] |
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| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1860 Wick Burghs by-election|1860 by-election]] |
| [[1860 Wick Burghs by-election|1860 by-election]] |
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| [[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle|William Keppel, Viscount Bury]] |
| [[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle|William Keppel, Viscount Bury]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]] |
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]] |
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| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
| [[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]] |
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]] |
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| [[George Loch]] |
| [[George Loch]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1872 Wick Burghs by-election|1872 by-election]] |
| [[1872 Wick Burghs by-election|1872 by-election]] |
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| [[John Pender]] |
| [[John Pender]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] |
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| [[John Macdonald Cameron]] |
| [[John Macdonald Cameron]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Unionist Party |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" | |
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| [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]] |
| [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]] |
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| [[John Pender|Sir John Pender]] |
| [[John Pender|Sir John Pender]] |
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| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] |
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1896 Wick Burghs by-election|1896 by-election]] |
| [[1896 Wick Burghs by-election|1896 by-election]] |
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| [[Thomas Hedderwick]] |
| [[Thomas Hedderwick]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" | |
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| [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]] |
| [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]] |
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| [[Arthur Bignold|Sir Arthur Bignold]] |
| [[Arthur Bignold|Sir Arthur Bignold]] |
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| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] |
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910]] |
| [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910]] |
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| [[Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness|Robert Munro]] |
| [[Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness|Robert Munro]] |
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===Elections in the 1840s=== |
===Elections in the 1840s=== |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party= Whigs (British political party) |
|party= Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate=[[James Loch]] |
|candidate=[[James Loch]] |
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|votes = 189 |
|votes = 189 |
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|percentage = 41.2 |
|percentage = 41.2 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors =742 |
|reg. electors = 742 |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
{{Election box hold with party link |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party= Whigs (British political party) |
|party= Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate=[[James Loch]] |
|candidate=[[James Loch]] |
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===Elections in the 1850s=== |
===Elections in the 1850s=== |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party= Radicals (UK) |
|party= Radicals (UK) |
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|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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|votes = 233 |
|votes = 233 |
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|percentage = 53.6 |
|percentage = 53.6 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 31 |
|votes = 31 |
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|percentage = 7. |
|percentage = 7.2 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party= Whigs (British political party) |
|party= Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate=[[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)|John Hay]] |
|candidate=[[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)|John Hay]] |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party= Whigs (British political party) |
|party= Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate= Alexander Nesbitt Shaw<ref>{{cite news |title=Northern Burghs Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000459/18570410/023/0003 | |
|candidate= Alexander Nesbitt Shaw<ref>{{cite news |title=Northern Burghs Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000459/18570410/023/0003 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=John o'Groat Journal |date=10 April 1857 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|votes = 213 |
|votes = 213 |
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|percentage = 40.1 |
|percentage = 40.1 |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1860 Wick Burghs by-election|By-election, 1 December 1860]]<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1860 Wick Burghs by-election|By-election, 1 December 1860]]<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle|William Keppel]] |
|candidate=[[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle|William Keppel]] |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
|candidate=[[Samuel Laing (science writer)|Samuel Laing]] |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Wick Burghs<ref>Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870</ref><ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Wick Burghs<ref>Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870</ref><ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[George Loch]] |
|candidate=[[George Loch]] |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes= 216 |
|votes= 216 |
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|percentage= 14. |
|percentage= 14.6 |
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|change= ''N/A'' |
|change= ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1872 Wick Burghs by-election|By-election, 28 Feb 1872]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1872 Wick Burghs by-election|By-election, 28 Feb 1872]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party= Independent Liberal |
|party= Independent Liberal |
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|candidate= [[Robert Reid (Kirkcaldy Burghs MP)|Robert Reid]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/18720206/013/0002| |
|candidate= [[Robert Reid (Kirkcaldy Burghs MP)|Robert Reid]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/18720206/013/0002|access-date=23 January 2018|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=6 February 1872|page=2|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wick Burghs Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001646/18720226/073/0003|access-date=23 January 2018|work=[[Cork Constitution (newspaper)|Cork Constitution]]|date=26 February 1872|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|votes = 498 |
|votes = 498 |
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|percentage = 41.4 |
|percentage = 41.4 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 206 |
|votes = 206 |
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|percentage = 17. |
|percentage = 17.2 |
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|change = +2.6 |
|change = +2.6 |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate= [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|James Bryce]]<ref>{{cite news|title=To the Electors|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18740212/007/0001| |
|candidate= [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|James Bryce]]<ref>{{cite news|title=To the Electors|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18740212/007/0001|access-date=23 January 2018|work=[[The Inverness Courier]]|date=12 February 1874|page=1|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|votes = 730 |
|votes = 730 |
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|percentage = 46.0 |
|percentage = 46.0 |
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|votes = 127 |
|votes = 127 |
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|percentage = 8.0 |
|percentage = 8.0 |
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|change = −6. |
|change = −6.6 |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
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===Elections in the 1880s=== |
===Elections in the 1880s=== |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|page=550}}</ref>}} |
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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
|candidate=[[John Pender]] |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="ReferenceA">Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889</ref><ref name="ReferenceCraig85-18">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=521}}</ref>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="ReferenceA">Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889</ref><ref name="ReferenceCraig85-18">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=521}}</ref>}} |
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{{Election box candidate minor party| |
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|party= Wick Radical Workingmen's Association |
|party= Wick Radical Workingmen's Association |
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|color = #FFFFAA |
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|votes=913 |
|votes=913 |
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|percentage=51.3 |
|percentage=51.3 |
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|change= '' |
|change= ''New'' |
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|winner=Wick Radical Workingmen's Association |
|winner=Wick Radical Workingmen's Association |
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|loser= [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
|loser= [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|swing= ''N/A'' |
|swing= ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="ReferenceA">Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889</ref><ref name="ReferenceCraig85-18"/>}} |
{{Election box begin|title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Wick Burghs<ref name="ReferenceA">Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889</ref><ref name="ReferenceCraig85-18"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
|party=Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate=[[John Macdonald Cameron]] |
|candidate=[[John Macdonald Cameron]] |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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Revision as of 17:37, 30 September 2023
Wick Burghs | |
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Former district of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cromartyshire and Tain Burghs |
Replaced by | Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty |
Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
A similar constituency had been known as Tain Burghs from 1708 to 1832.
Boundaries
The constituency was a district of burghs representing the parliamentary burghs of Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick.[1] Apart from Cromarty, these burghs had been previously components of Tain Burghs.[2] In 1918 Dornoch and Wick were merged into Caithness and Sutherland, Kirkwall into Orkney and Shetland and Cromarty, Dingwall and Tain into Ross and Cromarty.[3][4] The first election in Wick Burghs was in 1832. The franchise was extended to wider groups of the population than under the old system of burgh councillors electing a burgh commissioner to participate in the election. From 1832 the votes from each burgh were added together to establish the result.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | constituency created | ||
1832 | James Loch | Whig[6][7][8][9] | |
1852 | Samuel Laing | Radical[10] | |
1857 | Lord John Hay | Whig[11] | |
1859 | Samuel Laing | Liberal | |
1860 by-election | William Keppel, Viscount Bury | Liberal | |
1865 | Samuel Laing | Liberal | |
1868 | George Loch | Liberal | |
1872 by-election | John Pender | Liberal | |
1885 | John Macdonald Cameron | Liberal | |
1892 | Sir John Pender | Liberal Unionist | |
1896 by-election | Thomas Hedderwick | Liberal | |
1900 | Sir Arthur Bignold | Liberal Unionist | |
1910 | Robert Munro | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Loch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 366 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Loch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 571 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Loch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 680 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Loch | 270 | 58.8 | K.A. | |
Conservative | George Dempster | 189 | 41.2 | New | |
Majority | 81 | 17.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 459 | 61.9 | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 742 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Loch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 690 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Samuel Laing | 233 | 53.6 | New | |
Whig | James Loch | 202 | 46.4 | K.A. | |
Majority | 31 | 7.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 435 | 62.2 | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 699 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Hay | 318 | 59.9 | K.A. | |
Whig | Alexander Nesbitt Shaw[13] | 213 | 40.1 | K.A. | |
Majority | 105 | 19.8 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 531 | 83.6 | +21.4 | ||
Registered electors | 635 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Laing | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 657 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Laing resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Keppel | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Laing | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 793 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Loch | 851 | 57.3 | K.A. | |
Liberal | Samuel Laing | 635 | 42.7 | K.A. | |
Majority | 216 | 14.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 1,486 | 88.8 | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 1,673 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1870s
Loch resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Pender | 704 | 58.6 | K.A. | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Reid[15][16] | 498 | 41.4 | New | |
Majority | 206 | 17.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,202 | 83.5 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pender | 857 | 54.0 | K.A. | |
Liberal | James Bryce[17] | 730 | 46.0 | K.A. | |
Majority | 127 | 8.0 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,587 | 88.5 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,793 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Pender | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,754 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Wick Radical Workingmen's Association | John Macdonald Cameron | 913 | 51.3 | New | |
Liberal | John Pender | 868 | 48.7 | K.A. | |
Majority | 45 | 2.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 1,781 | 88.4 | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 2,015 | ||||
Wick Radical Workingmen's Association gain from Liberal | Swing | K.A. |
- Cameron was supported by the Highland Land League, and ally of the Crofter MPs.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Macdonald Cameron | 910 | 57.0 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Denison-Pender[20] | 686 | 43.0 | New | |
Majority | 224 | 14.0 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 1,596 | 79.2 | −9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,015 | ||||
Liberal gain from Wick Radical Workingmen's Association | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | John Pender | 952 | 53.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | John Macdonald Cameron | 825 | 46.4 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 127 | 7.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 1,777 | 80.5 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,208 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Pender | 913 | 50.7 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Hedderwick | 889 | 49.3 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.4 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,802 | 81.7 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,205 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Pender's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Hedderwick | 1,054 | 55.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Charles Smith | 842 | 44.4 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 212 | 11.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 1,896 | 83.3 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,277 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +6.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Arthur Bignold | 1,154 | 52.6 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Hedderwick | 1,041 | 47.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 113 | 5.2 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,195 | 79.9 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,746 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Arthur Bignold | 1,362 | 51.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | William Thomson | 1,266 | 48.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 96 | 3.6 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,628 | 91.0 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,887 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Munro | 1,537 | 54.9 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Bignold | 1,262 | 45.1 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 275 | 9.8 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 2,799 | 92.7 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Munro | 1,515 | 53.7 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Bignold | 1,304 | 46.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 211 | 7.4 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,819 | 92.8 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Munro | 1,577 | 58.2 | +4.5 | |
Unionist | A.G. Mackenzie | 1,134 | 41.8 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 443 | 16.4 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,711 | 87.6 | −5.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ For the burghs included see Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 and 1885-1918.
- ^ For the burghs included in Tain Burghs (and the pre-1832 franchise) see Namier and Brooke, The House of Commons, 1754-1790.
- ^ For the boundary changes in 1918 see Craig, Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule - Parliamentary Counties, Scotland
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- ^ a b c d e Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 212. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 146. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Chartist Conservative Creed". The Atlas. 17 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Forthcoming Scottish Elections". Fife Herald. 8 July 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Searby, Peter (1997). A History of the University of Cambridge. Volume III: 1750-1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 116. ISBN 0-521-35060-3. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser". 7 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 550. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "Northern Burghs Election". John o'Groat Journal. 10 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
- ^ "Election Intelligence". Manchester Evening News. 6 February 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wick Burghs Election". Cork Constitution. 26 February 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "To the Electors". The Inverness Courier. 12 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 521. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "The Political Contest". John O'Groat Journal. 30 June 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
Sources
- The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1997)
- Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1987)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889 (for 1885 and 1886 results)
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 (for 1906 results)
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Politics of the county of Caithness
- Politics of the county of Cromarty
- Politics of Orkney
- Politics of the county of Ross
- Politics of the county of Ross and Cromarty
- Politics of the county of Sutherland