Aberdeen was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1885. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.
Aberdeen | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Aberdeenshire |
Major settlements | Aberdeen |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Aberdeen Burghs |
Replaced by | Aberdeen North Aberdeen South |
As created in 1832, the constituency covered the burgh of Aberdeen, which was previously within the Aberdeen Burghs constituency. Together with Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen was one of two constituencies covering the county of Aberdeen.
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the 1832 Act, were-
In 1885, the Aberdeen constituency was divided between Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1832 | Alexander Bannerman | Whig[2][3] | |
1847 | Alexander Fordyce | Whig[4][5] | |
1852 | George Thompson | Radical[6][7] | |
1857 | William Henry Sykes | Whig[4][8] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1872 by-election | John Farley Leith | Liberal | |
1880 | John Webster | Liberal | |
1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Webster | 7,505 | 70.5 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | James Shaw[11] | 3,139 | 29.5 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 4,366 | 41.0 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,644 | 75.0 | +29.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,184 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Farley Leith | 3,910 | 58.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Shaw[12] | 2,724 | 41.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,186 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,634 | 45.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,585 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Farley Leith | 4,392 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | James William Barclay | 2,615 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Shaw[12] | 704 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,777 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,711 | 55.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,996 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Henry Sykes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,312 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Henry Sykes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,996 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Sykes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,442 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | William Henry Sykes | 1,035 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Whig | John Farley Leith[14] | 849 | 45.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 186 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,884 | 80.3 | +54.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,346 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | George Thompson | 682 | 58.8 | New | |
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay[2] | 478 | 41.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 204 | 17.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,160 | 25.5 | −14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,547 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Fordyce | 918 | 68.5 | N/A | |
Whig | William Henry Sykes | 422 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 496 | 37.0 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,340 | 39.8 | −20.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,364 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Alexander Bannerman | 780 | 59.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Innes | 513 | 38.8 | New | |
Chartist | Robert Lowery[15] | 30 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 267 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,323 | 60.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,189 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Alexander Bannerman | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,110 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Bannerman | 938 | 71.6 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Farquhar | 372 | 28.4 | ||
Majority | 566 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,310 | 62.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,098 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Bannerman | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,024 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |