Leith Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency)

Election Results

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
By-election 26 Feb 1914 Electorate: 17,705 Turnout: 77.1%	Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 16 (0.1%)	George Welsh Currie	Conservative	5,159	37.8	−5.0
		Malcolm Smith	Liberal	5,143	37.7	−19.5
		Joseph Nicholas Bell	Labour	3,346	24.5	N/A
General Election Dec 1910 Electorate: 17,987 Turnout: 68.7%	Liberal hold Majority: 1,785 (14.4%) Swing: 9.5% from LibU to Lib	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	7,069	57.2	+7.6
		Frederick Alexander Macquisten	Conservative	5,284	42.8	+11.3
General Election Jan 1910 Electorate: 17,351 Turnout: 83.0%	Liberal hold Majority: 2,606 (18.1%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	7,146	49.6	−11.6
		Sir Robert Cranston	Liberal Unionist	4,540	31.5	−7.3
		William Walker	Labour	2,724	18.9	N/A
General Election 1906 Electorate: 16,974 Turnout: 73.9%	Liberal hold Majority: 2,802 (22.4%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	7,677	61.2	+7.6
	Liberal hold Majority: 2,802 (22.4%)	Frank T. Cooper KC	Liberal Unionist	4,865	38.8	−7.6
General Election 1900 Electorate: 15,484 Turnout: 11,269 (72.8%)	Liberal hold Majority: 817 (7.2%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	6,043	53.6	−2.8
	Liberal hold Majority: 817 (7.2%)	Edward Theodore Salvesen	Liberal Unionist	5,226	46.4	+2.8
General Election 1895 Electorate: 13,982 Turnout: 73.8%	Liberal hold Majority: 1,325 (12.8%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	5,819	55.4	+1.0
	Liberal hold Majority: 1,325 (12.8%)	John Wilson	Liberal Unionist	4,494	44.6	−1.0
General Election 1892 Electorate: 13,198 Turnout: 74.5%	Liberal hold Majority: 1,643 (16.8%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	5,738	58.4
	Liberal hold Majority: 1,643 (16.8%)	William Alexander Bell	Liberal Unionist	4,095	41.6
By-election 20 Aug 1886 Electorate: 11,779 Turnout: 61.4%	Liberal hold Majority: 2,676 (37.1%)	Ronald Munro Ferguson	Liberal	4,204	58.2
		Donald Robert Macgregor	Independent Liberal Unionist	1,528	21.1
		William Jacks	Liberal Unionist	1,499	20.7
		H. Munster	Independent Liberal Unionist	3	0.0
General Election 1886	Liberal hold	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1885 Electorate: 11,779 Turnout: 75.0%	Liberal hold Majority: 3,870 (43.8%)	William Jacks	Liberal	6,355	71.9	N/A
	Liberal hold Majority: 3,870 (43.8%)	William David Thorburn	Conservative	2,485	28.1	N/A
General Election 1880 Electorate: 10,333	Liberal hold	Andrew Grant	Liberal	unopposed
By-election 29 Jan 1878 Electorate: 9,739	Liberal hold	Andrew Grant	Liberal	4,929
By-election 29 Jan 1878 Electorate: 9,739	Liberal hold	C. W. Tennant	Conservative	1,788
General Election 1874 Electorate: 8,248	Liberal hold	Donald Robert Macgregor	Liberal	4,489
General Election 1874 Electorate: 8,248	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	1,945
General Election 1868 Electorate: 6,223	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	2,907
General Election 1868 Electorate: 6,223	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	2,310
General Election 1859 Electorate: 2,139	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	904
General Election 1859 Electorate: 2,139	Liberal hold	Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal	746
General Election 1857 Electorate: 1,973	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	821
General Election 1857 Electorate: 1,973	Liberal hold	William Miller	Liberal	701
General Election 1852 Electorate: 2,027	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	643
General Election 1852 Electorate: 2,027	Liberal hold	T. W. Henderson	Conservative	407
By-election 11 April 1851	Liberal hold	James Moncreiff	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1847 Electorate: 1,888	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1841 Electorate: 1,732	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
By-election 1839	Liberal hold	Andrew Rutherfurd	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1837 Electorate: 2,171	Liberal hold	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1835 Electorate: 1,838	Liberal hold	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed
General Election 1832 Electorate: 1,624	Liberal win	John Archibald Murray	Liberal	unopposed

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