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| Aberdeen Burghs | |
|---|---|
| Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Forfarshire |
| Major settlements | Aberdeen, Inverbervie, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose |
| 1708–1832 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin, Inverbervie, Montrose |
| Replaced by | |
Aberdeen Burghs was a district of burghs constituency which was represented from 1708 to 1800 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1832 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin, Inverbervie and Montrose.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the burgh of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen, the burgh of Inverbervie in the County of Kincardine, and the burghs of Arbroath, Brechin and Montrose in the County of Forfar.[1]
History
The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election.[2][3][4][5][6]
In 1832 the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of Aberdeen and Montrose Burghs. The Aberdeen constituency covered the burgh of Aberdeen, while Montrose Burghs covered the other burghs plus the burgh of Forfar, which was previously a component of the Perth Burghs constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | John Gordon | ||
| 1710 | James Scott | ||
| 1711 | William Livingston | ||
| 1713 | John Middleton | Whig | |
| February 1715 | James Erskine | Tory | |
| July 1715 | John Middleton | Whig | |
| April 1722 | William Kerr | ||
| October 1722 | John Middleton | Whig | |
| 1739 | John Maule | Whig | |
| 1748 | Charles Maitland | ||
| 1751 | David Scott | ||
| 1767 | Sir John Lindsay | ||
| 1768 | Thomas Lyon | Pro-Administration Whig | |
| 1779 | Adam Drummond | ||
| 1784 | Sir David Carnegie, Bt | Whig | |
| 1790 | Alexander Callender | ||
| 1792 | Alexander Allardyce | ||
| Act of Union 1800 | Parliament of Great Britain abolished, Parliament of the United Kingdom created | ||
| 1801 | Alexander Allardyce | ||
| 1802 by-election | James Farquhar | ||
| 1806 | John Ramsay | ||
| 1807 | James Farquhar | ||
| 1818 | Joseph Hume | Radical[7] | |
| 1830 | Sir James Carnegie, Bt | Tory[8] | |
| 1831 | Horatio Ross | Whig[9] | |
| 1832 | Constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1700s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Gordon | ||||
| Independent | James Scott | ||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
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Elections in the 1710s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Scott | 3 | 60 | ||
| Independent | William Livingston | 2 | 40 | N/A | |
| Independent | Thomas Coutts | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1 | 20 | |||
| Turnout | 5 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Livingston | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent gain from Independent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Middleton | N/A | |||
| Tory | James Erskine | N/A | |||
| Rejected ballots | N/A | ||||
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| Whig gain from Independent | Swing | ||||