St Andrews Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Andrews Burghs Burgh constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

St Andrews Burghs was a district of burghs constituency, representing various burghs of Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1832 to 1918.

Contents 1 Area covered 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 Politics and history of the constituency

[edit] Area covered

The constituency comprised the burghs of St Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem, all in the county of Fife. St Andrews and Cupar had previously been part of Perth Burghs, and the other burghs part of Anstruther Burghs.

In 1918 the constituency was abolished, and the burghs were thereafter represented as part of the East Fife constituency.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1832 Andrew Johnston
• 1837 Edward Ellice
• 1880 Stephen Williamson
• 1885 Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet
• 1886 Henry Torrens Anstruther
• 1903 Edward Charles Ellice Liberal
• 1906 William Anstruther-Gray Conservative
• 1910 James Duncan Millar Liberal
• 1910 William Anstruther-Gray Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: St Andrews Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maj William Anstruther-Gray	1,495
	Liberal	Capt Edward Charles Ellice	1,472

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency