Haddington Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Haddington Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlementsHaddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh
1708–1885
Seatsone
Created fromDunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick
Replaced byBerwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, Lauder and North Berwick

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1885 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.

Members of Parliament
YearMemberParty
1708Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
1722Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
1734James Fall
1742Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
1747Andrew Fletcher
1761Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
1768Patrick Warrender
1774John Maitland
1780Francis Charteris
1787William Fullarton
1790Thomas Maitland
1796Robert Baird
1802Thomas Maitland
1805Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet
1806Henry ErskineWhig
1806William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWhig
1807Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet
1812Thomas Maitland
1813Anthony Maitland
1818Dudley NorthWhig
1820Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet
1826Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetTory[6]
May 1831Robert SteuartWhig[6]
(Unseated on petition)
August 1831Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetTory[6]
1832Robert SteuartWhig[6]
1841James Maitland BalfourConservative[6]
1847Sir Henry Ferguson DavieWhig[7][8]
1859Liberal
1878Lord William HayLiberal
1879Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd BaronetLiberal
1882Alexander Craig SellarLiberal

Election results

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Haddington Burghs [6][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Adolphus Dalrymple Unopposed
Registered electors c. 99
Tory hold
General election 1831: Haddington Burghs [6][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Steuart 3 60.0
Tory Adolphus Dalrymple 2 40.0
Majority 1 20.0
Turnout 5 c. 5.1
Registered electors c. 99
Whig gain from Tory
  • On petition, Steuart was unseated in favour of Dalrymple
General election 1832: Haddington Burghs [6][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Steuart Unopposed
Registered electors 545
Whig hold
General election 1835: Haddington Burghs [6][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Steuart Unopposed
Registered electors 601
Whig hold

Steuart was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 May 1835: Haddington Burghs [6][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Steuart Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Haddington Burghs [6][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Steuart 268 53.1
Conservative Thomas Buchan-Hepburn 237 46.9
Majority 31 6.2
Turnout 505 79.5
Registered electors 635
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s
General election 1841: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Maitland Balfour 273 50.8 +3.9
Whig Robert Steuart 264 49.2 −3.9
Majority 9 1.6 N/A
Turnout 537 82.6 +3.1
Registered electors 650
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.9
General election 1847: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 775
Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry Ferguson Davie 312 62.8 N/A
Conservative Archibald Campbell Swinton 185 37.2 New
Majority 127 25.6 N/A
Turnout 497 77.4 N/A
Registered electors 642
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 741
Whig hold
General election 1859: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 657
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1865: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 698
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Haddington Burghs [12][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 1,477
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Ferguson Davie Unopposed
Registered electors 1,753
Liberal hold

Davie resigned, causing a by-election.

1878 Haddington Burghs by-election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Hay 881 57.5 N/A
Conservative James Grant-Suttie 651 42.5 New
Majority 230 15.0 N/A
Turnout 1,532 83.3 N/A
Registered electors 1,840
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Hay succeeded to the peerage, becoming the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale.

1879 Haddington Burghs by-election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wedderburn 921 56.0 N/A
Conservative John Macdonald 723 44.0 N/A
Majority 198 12.0 N/A
Turnout 1,644 89.1 N/A
Registered electors 1,846
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wedderburn 1,019 62.7 N/A
Conservative James Flower Houston[13] 607 37.3 N/A
Majority 412 25.4 N/A
Turnout 1,626 85.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,896
Liberal hold Swing

Wedderburn resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 Aug 1882: Haddington Burghs [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Craig Sellar 833 60.5 −2.2
Conservative Walter Scott Seton-Karr[14] 544 39.5 +2.2
Majority 289 21.0 −4.4
Turnout 1,377 74.9 −10.9
Registered electors 1,839
Liberal hold Swing −2.2

References
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  6. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 203. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  7. Mair, Robert Henry, ed. (1872). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. "Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Escott, Margaret. "Haddington Burghs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  10. Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts 1760-1830. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 58. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-06465-3. ISBN 978-1-137-06465-3. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Google Books.
  11. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 549. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  12. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
  13. "Haddington". Jedburgh Gazette. 2 April 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "The Haddington Burghs Election". Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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