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1880 United Kingdom general election
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All 60 Scottish seats to the House of Commons

A general election was held in the United Kingdom between 31 March and 27 April 1880 and all 60 seats in Scotland were contested. Of particular note was the Scottish-based Midlothian campaign of William Gladstone.

Results edit

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1880 general election in Scotland.

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	52	12	195,517	70.1	1.7
	Conservative	6	12	75,145	29.9	1.7
Total		58		269,662	100

University constituencies edit

General election 1880: Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lyon Playfair	2,254	50.3%
	Conservative	Bickersteth	2,224	49.7%
Majority			30	0.6%
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1880: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	unopposed	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Votes summary edit

Popular vote

Liberal			70.10%
Conservative			29.90%

Parliament seats

Liberal			88.33%
Conservative			11.67%

References edit

^ "Data" (PDF). parliament.uk.
^ "Edinburgh And St Andrew's Universities". The Cornishman. No. 92. 15 July 1880. p. 5.

[1] "Data" (PDF). parliament.uk.

[2] "Edinburgh And St Andrew's Universities". The Cornishman. No. 92. 15 July 1880. p. 5.

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Summary

Results edit

University constituencies edit

Votes summary edit

See also edit

References edit