Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Falkirk Burghs
Type = Burgh
Year = 1832
Abolition = 1918
members = One

Falkirk Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency comprised the burghs of Falkirk, Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgow, lying in Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire.

In 1918, Falkirk became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs, Hamilton and Lanark formed the core of new Hamilton and Lanark constituencies, and Linlithgow was represented as part of Linlithgowshire.

Member of Parliament

*1832 William Downe Gillon
*1841 William Baird
*1846 Henry Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, later Duke of Newcastle
*1851 James Baird
*1857 James Merry
*1857 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, later Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
*1859 James Merry
*1874 John Ramsay Liberal
*1886 William Pirrie Sinclair Liberal Unionist
*1892 Harry Smith Liberal
*1895 John Wilson
*1906 John Archibald Murray Macdonald Liberal

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Archibald Murray Macdonald
votes = 5,158
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H.S. Keith
votes = 3,176
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D. Gilmour
votes = 1,763
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Smith
votes = 3,816
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = William Pirrie Sinclair
votes = 3,177
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 8,402

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = William Pirrie Sinclair
votes = 2,713
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Smith
votes = 2,693
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Ramsay
votes = 3,104
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Dick Mason
votes = 2,204
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = James Galloway Weir
votes = 814
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J. Roskill
votes = 14
percentage =
change =

Notes

References

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See also