Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, 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 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities | |
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Former University constituency for the House of Commons | |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Combined Scottish Universities |
Election | Member[1][2] | Party | |
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1868 | James Moncreiff | Liberal | |
1869 by-election | Edward Gordon | Conservative | |
1876 by-election | William Watson | Conservative | |
1880 | James Alexander Campbell | Conservative | |
1906 | Sir Henry Craik | Unionist | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Craik | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Craik | 4,879 | 58.9 | +9.9 | |
Free Trader | Frederick Pollock | 3,411 | 41.1 | +24.0 | |
Majority | 1,468 | 17.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,290 | 70.8 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,705 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Craik | 3,543 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Murison | 2,450 | 33.9 | New | |
Free Trader | W.R. Smith | 1,240 | 17.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,093 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,233 | 68.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,545 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | 2,520 | 54.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Asher | 2,139 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 381 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,659 | 78.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,969 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Watson | 2,392 | 57.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Anderson Kirkwood[7] | 1,788 | 42.8 | New | |
Majority | 604 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,180 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,389 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,776 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,120 | 56.7 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Archibald Smith[8] | 1,616 | 43.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 504 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,736 | 85.5 | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,368 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 2,067 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,020 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 47 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,087 | 93.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,368 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |