Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)

Kirkcudbright Stewartry
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
1708–1918
Number of members One
Replaced by Galloway
Created from Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).

The first election in the stewartry was in 1708. In 1707-08, members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.

In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.

Boundaries

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish stewartry (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burghs of Kirkcudbright (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
25 June 1708 John Stewart
17 February 1715 Alexander Murray
14 September 1727 Patrick Heron
22 May 1741 Basil Hamilton
31 December 1742 John Maxwell
30 July 1747 John Ross Mackye
19 April 1768 James Murray
2 November 1774 William Stewart
9 October 1780 Peter Johnston
6 April 1781 John Gordon
6 February 1782 Peter Johnston
16 August 1786 Alexander Stewart
23 March 1795 Patrick Heron Whig
10 May 1803 Montgomery Granville John Stewart Conservative
2 November 1812 James Dunlop
21 June 1826 Robert Cutlar Fergusson
31 December 1838 Alexander Murray
20 August 1845 Thomas Maitland Whig
20 February 1850 John Mackie
3 April 1857 James Mackie
30 January 1868 Wellwood Herries Maxwell
10 February 1874 John Maitland
9 April 1880 John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell
1 December 1885 Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart Conservative
18 January 1906 Gilbert McMicking Liberal
19 January 1910 Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart Conservative
December 1910 Gilbert McMicking Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Gilbert McMicking
General Election Dec 1910: Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,817
Conservative Ronald John McNeill 2,625
General Election Jan 1910: Kirkcudbrightshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,661
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,620
General Election 1906: Kirkcudbrightshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,715
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,418
General Election 1900: Kirkcudbrightshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,784
Liberal Robert Hippisley Cox 2,100
General Election 1895: Kirkcudbrightshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart Bt 2,664
Liberal John Archibald Duncan 2,494
General Election 1892: Kirkcudbrightshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,485
Liberal Alexander Young 2,454
General Election 1886: Kirkcudbrightshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,471
Liberal Alexander Young 2,406
General Election 1885: Kirkcudbrightshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,526
Liberal Alexander Young 2,406
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References

  1. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889