Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities | |
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Former University constituency for the House of Commons | |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Combined Scottish Universities |
As a university constituency, the constituency had no geographical basis. Instead, its electorate consisted of graduates from the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1868 | Lyon Playfair, later Baron Playfair | Liberal | |
1885 | John Macdonald | Conservative | |
1888 by-election | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling | Conservative | |
1890 by-election | Sir Charles Pearson | Conservative | |
1896 by-election | Sir William Overend Priestley | Conservative | |
1900 by-election | Sir John Batty Tuke | Conservative | |
Jan. 1910 | Sir Robert Finlay, later Viscount Finlay | Liberal Unionist | |
1912 | Unionist | ||
1916 by-election | Christopher Nicholson Johnston | Unionist | |
1917 by-election | Sir Watson Cheyne | Unionist | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Watson Cheyne | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Christopher Nicholson Johnston | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Robert Finlay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Robert Finlay | 5,205 | 65.9 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Russell Simpson | 2,693 | 34.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,512 | 31.8 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,898 | 69.8 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,319 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Batty Tuke | 4,893 | 67.9 | N/A | |
Free Trader | John Strachey | 2,310 | 32.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,583 | 35.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,203 | 64.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,131 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Batty Tuke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Batty Tuke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Priestley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Pearson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Pearson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Pearson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Moir Tod Stormont Darling | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Macdonald | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Macdonald | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Macdonald | 2,840 | 53.7 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | John Eric Erichsen | 2,453 | 46.3 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 387 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,293 | 77.2 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,860 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Lyon Playfair | 2,522 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Robert Bickersteth[10] | 2,448 | 49.3 | New | |
Majority | 74 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,970 | 83.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,966 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
At Edinburgh Playfair had received 1,742 votes and Bickersteth 1526, and at St Andrew's Playfair received 512 votes and Bickersteth 698. Eleven of Playfair's ballot papers had not been counted "Owing to certain information".
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Lyon Playfair | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,861 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Lyon Playfair | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Lyon Playfair | 2,322 | 52.9 | ||
Conservative | Archibald Campbell Swinton | 2,067 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | 255 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,389 | 89.9 | |||
Registered electors | 4,880 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |