Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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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
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1832 James Loch Whig[6][7][8][9]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1852 Samuel Laing Radical[10]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1857 Lord John Hay Whig[11]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1859 Samuel Laing Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1860 by-election William Keppel, Viscount Bury Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1865 Samuel Laing Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1868 George Loch Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1872 by-election John Pender Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1885 John Macdonald Cameron Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1892 Sir John Pender Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1896 by-election Thomas Hedderwick Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1900 Sir Arthur Bignold Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1910 Robert Munro Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: Wick Burghs[12][6]
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General election 1835: Wick Burghs[12][6]
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General election 1837: Wick Burghs[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Wick Burghs[12][6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Dempster 189 41.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 81 17.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 459 61.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1847: Wick Burghs[12]
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Wick Burghs[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". James Loch 202 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 31 7.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 435 62.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1857: Wick Burghs[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Nesbitt Shaw[13] 213 40.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 105 19.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 531 83.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: Wick Burghs[12]
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Elections in the 1860s

Laing resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 1 December 1860[12]
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General election 1865: Wick Burghs[12]
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General election 1868: Wick Burghs[14][12]
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". Samuel Laing 635 42.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 216 14.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,486 88.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1870s

Loch resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 28 Feb 1872: Wick Burghs[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Reid[15][16] 498 41.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 206 17.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,202 83.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1874: Wick Burghs[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". James Bryce[17] 730 46.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 127 8.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,587 88.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Wick Burghs[12]
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General election 1885: Wick Burghs[18][19]
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 Pender 868 48.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 45 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,781 88.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Swing N/A

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General election 1886: Wick Burghs[18][19]
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 Denison-Pender[20] 686 43.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 224 14.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,596 79.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber 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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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Wick Burghs[21][19]
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 Macdonald Cameron 825 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 127 7.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,777 80.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber 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 +10.6

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General election 1895: Wick Burghs[19][22]
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 Hedderwick 889 49.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,802 81.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -2.9

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Pender's resignation caused a by-election.

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By-election, 2 Jun 1896: Wick Burghs[22][19]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Charles Smith 842 44.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 212 11.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,896 83.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +6.3

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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Wick Burghs[19][22]
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 Hedderwick 1,041 47.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 113 5.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,195 79.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.9

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General election 1906: Wick Burghs[23][19]
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 Thomson 1,266 48.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 96 3.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,628 91.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -0.8

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Wick Burghs[24][19]
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". Arthur Bignold 1,262 45.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 275 9.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,799 92.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election December 1910: Wick Burghs[19]
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". Arthur Bignold 1,304 46.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 211 7.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,819 92.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.2

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File:1922 Robert Munro.jpg
Munro
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1913 Wick Burghs by-election[24][19]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". A.G. Mackenzie 1,134 41.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 443 16.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,711 87.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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See also


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Notes and references

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  1. ↑ For the burghs included see Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 and 1885-1918.
  2. ↑ For the burghs included in Tain Burghs (and the pre-1832 franchise) see Namier and Brooke, The House of Commons, 1754-1790.
  3. ↑ For the boundary changes in 1918 see Craig, Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972.
  4. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule - Parliamentary Counties, Scotland
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  6. ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  12. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  19. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  22. ↑ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  23. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  24. ↑ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

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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)
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  • Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889 (for 1885 and 1886 results)
  • Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 (for 1906 results)
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