Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency, 1708–1918)

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Edinburghshire (also known as Midlothian) was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The seat is most famous as the location of William Ewart Gladstone's upset victory in the Midlothian Campaign of 1880, regarded as the birth of the modern political campaign in the United Kingdom. After Gladstone's victory it became the first non-English constituency to be represented by a serving prime minister.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Edinburghshire.

Boundaries

As first used, in the 1708 general election of the Parliament of Great Britain, the constituency covered the county of Edinburgh, except the burgh of Edinburgh, which was covered by the Edinburgh burgh constituency. 1708 boundaries were used also for all subsequent elections of that parliament.

In 1801 the Parliament of Ireland was merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The first general election of the new parliament was the general election of 1802. There was no change to the boundaries of any pre-existing Westminster constituency, and 1802 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, 1830 and 1831.

For the 1832 general election, as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1832, the constituency was redefined. The boundaries of counties and burghs for parliamentary purposes ceased to be necessarily those for other purposes, but nominally the Edinburghshire constituency consisted of the county of Edinburgh minus the burghs of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, and Musselburgh. Edinburgh was again covered by the Edinburgh constituency, and Leith, Portobello and Musselburgh were covered by the Leith Burghs constituency.

1832 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1835, 1837, 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1874, 1880, 1886, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, January 1910 and December 1910.

For the 1918 general election, as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1918, the area of the Edinburghshire constituency was mostly divided between the Midlothian and Peebles Northern and Peebles and Southern Midlothian constituencies. By this date, the county of Edinburgh had been renamed as the county of Midlothian.

The Midlothian and Peebles Northern constituency consisted of the Calder and Suburban districts and part of the Lasswade district of the county of Midlothian, and the Peebles and Southern constituency consisted of the county of Peebles, the Gala Water district and part of the Lasswade district of county of Midlothian, and the burghs of Bonnyrigg, Lasswade, and Penicuik in county of Midlothian.[1]

The rest of the county of Midlothian was covered by the Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West and Leith constituencies.[1]

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. There were 56 voters in 1708, 68 in 1710,[2] about 80 between 1715 and 1754,[3] 84 in 1764, 104 in 1774, 93 in 1788,[4] 95 in 1790 rising to 123 in 1811,[5] 174 in 1820, 168 in 1826 and 165 in 1830. [6] The seat was redefined for the 1832 general election and replaced for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1708 George Lockhart Tory
1715 John Baird
1722 Robert Dundas
1737 Sir Charles Gilmour
1751 Robert Balfour-Ramsay
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1754 Robert Dundas Whig
1761 Sir Alexander Gilmour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1774 Henry Dundas Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1790 Robert Dundas Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1801 Robert Saunders-Dundas Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1811 Sir George Clerk, Bt Tory[7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1832 Sir John Dalrymple, Bt Whig[7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1835 Sir George Clerk, Bt Conservative[7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1837 William Gibson-Craig Whig[7][8][9][10][11]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1841 William Ramsay Conservative[7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1845 Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1853 The Earl of Dalkeith Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1868 Sir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1874 The Earl of Dalkeith Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1880 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1895 Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1900 The Master of Elibank Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1906 Lord Dalmeny Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1910 The Master of Elibank Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1912 John Hope Unionist
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

1830s

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General election 1830: Midlothian[7][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1831: Midlothian[7][12]
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General election 1832: Midlothian[7][13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Dalrymple Script error: No such module "string". 52.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Clerk Script error: No such module "string". 47.1
Turnout 1,137 87.6
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General election 1835: Midlothian[7][13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Clerk Template:Replace 51.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Gibson-Craig 534 48.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 31 2.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,099 79.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 1,376 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1837: Midlothian[7][13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Gibson-Craig Template:Replace 51.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Clerk 661 48.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 42 3.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,364 81.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 1,682 Script error: No such module "String".
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1840s

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General election 1841: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 2,315 Script error: No such module "String".
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Ramsay resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 25 June 1845: Midlothian[13]
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General election 1847: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 2,185 Script error: No such module "String".
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1850s

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General election 1852: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 2,017 Script error: No such module "String".
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Hope's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 25 June 1853: Midlothian[13]
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General election 1857: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 1,960 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 1,974 Script error: No such module "String".
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1860s

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General election 1865: Midlothian[13]
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Registered electors 1,656 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1868: Midlothian [14][13]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland Template:Replace 55.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Montagu Douglas Scott 905 44.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 241 11.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,051 82.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,489 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing N/A

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1870s

General election 1874: Midlothian [13]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Montagu Douglas Scott Template:Replace 53.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Hay 1,059 47.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 135 6.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,253 84.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,672 Script error: No such module "String".
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1880s

General election 1880: Midlothian [13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Ewart Gladstone Template:Replace 53.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Montagu Douglas Scott 1,368 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 211 7.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,947 90.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,260 Script error: No such module "String".
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Gladstone's appointment as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer required a by-election.

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By-election, 10 May 1880: Midlothian [13]
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Gladstone
General election 1885: Midlothian [15][16]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Ewart Gladstone Template:Replace 70.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Dalrymple 3,248 29.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,631 41.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,127 86.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 12,924 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +17.2

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Gladstone's appointment as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer required a by-election.

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By-election, 10 Feb 1886: Midlothian [16][15]
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General election 1886: Midlothian [16][15]
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1890s

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Wauchope
General election 1892: Midlothian [17][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Ewart Gladstone Template:Replace 53.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Wauchope 5,155 46.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 690 6.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,000 83.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 13,234 Script error: No such module "String".
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Gladstone's appointment as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Lord Privy Seal required a by-election.

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By-election, 24 Aug 1892: Midlothian[16][17]
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Gibson-Carmichael
General election 1895: Midlothian [18][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Gibson-Carmichael Template:Replace 52.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton 5,631 48.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 459 4.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,721 85.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 13,750 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −1.1

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1900s

General election 1900: Midlothian [18][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Murray Template:Replace 51.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton 5,490 48.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 314 2.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,294 80.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 13,991 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −0.6

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Dalmeny
General election 1906: Midlothian [19][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harry Primrose Template:Replace 61.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frank J. Usher 5,131 38.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,217 23.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 13,479 85.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 15,711 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +10.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1910s

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Elibank
General election January 1910: Midlothian [20][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Murray Template:Replace 62.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mountstuart Elphinstone 5,427 37.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,635 25.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 14,489 84.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 17,141 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.6

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General election December 1910: Midlothian [20][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Murray Template:Replace 60.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Hope 5,680 39.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,157 21.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 14,517 82.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 17,639 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −1.6

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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Shaw
1912 Midlothian by-election[20][16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Hope Template:Replace 41.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Shaw 5,989 41.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Brown 2,413 16.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 32 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 14,423 80.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 17,847 Script error: No such module "String".
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Notes and references

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  1. ↑ a b Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (Template:ISBN), F. W. S. Craig, 1972
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  13. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
  15. ↑ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  16. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ a b Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  18. ↑ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  19. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  20. ↑ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

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Vacant
since 1876
Title last held by
Buckinghamshire 		Constituency represented by the prime minister
1880–1885 Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
until 1902
Title next held by
Manchester East

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Constituency represented by the prime minister
1 February – 20 July 1886 Template:S-ttl/check

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Constituency represented by the prime minister
1892–1895 Template:S-ttl/check

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