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

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Kirkcudbrightshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,526 50.3
Liberal Alexander Young 2,406 49.7
Majority 120 0.6
Turnout 87.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1886: Kirkcudbrightshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,471 50.7 +0.4
Liberal Alexander Young 2,406 49.3 -0.4
Majority 65 1.4 +0.8
Turnout 85.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Kirkcudbrightshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark John Stewart 2,485 50.3
Liberal Alexander Young 2,454 49.7
Majority 31 0.6
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: Kirkcudbrightshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,664 51.6 +1.3
Liberal John Archibald Duncan 2,494 48.4 -1.3
Majority 170 3.2 +2.6
Turnout 88.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Kirkcudbrightshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,784 56.1
Liberal Robert Hippisley Cox 2,181 43.9
Majority 603 12.2
Turnout 84.9
Conservative hold Swing
G. McMicking
General Election 1906: Kirkcudbrightshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,715 52.9 +9.0
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,418 47.1 -9.0
Majority 297 5.8 18.0
Turnout 88.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +9.0

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Kirkcudbrightshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart 2,661 50.4 +3.3
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,620 49.6 -3.3
Majority 41 0.8 6.6
Turnout 89.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.3
General Election Dec 1910: Kirkcudbrightshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert McMicking 2,817 51.8 +2.2
Conservative Ronald John McNeill 2,625 48.2 -2.2
Majority 192 3.6 4.4
Turnout 91.3
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.2

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

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