Stirlingshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Stirlingshire
1708–1918
Seats	One
Replaced by	Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire; Stirling & Clackmannan Western

Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918

Stirlingshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain and later of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

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Election		Member	Party
	1708	Henry Cunningham
	1710	Sir Hugh Paterson
	1715	Mungo Haldane
	1722	John Graham
	1727	Henry Cunningham
	1734	Sir James Campbell
	1741	Lord George Graham
	1747	Lord Erskine
	1747	James Campbell, later Livingstone
	1768	Sir Thomas Dundas
	1794	Robert Graham
	1796	Sir George Elphinstone
	1802	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
	1812	Sir Charles Edmonstone
	1821	Henry Home-Drummond	Tory^[6]
	1831	William Ramsay	Tory^[6]
	1832	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming	Whig^[6]^[7]
	1835	William Forbes	Conservative^[6]^[7]
	1838	George Abercromby	Whig^[6]^[7]
	1841	William Forbes	Conservative^[6]^[7]
	1855	Peter Blackburn	Conservative^[7]
	1865	John Erskine	Liberal^[7]
	1874	Sir William Edmonstone	Conservative^[7]
	1880	Joseph Cheney Bolton	Liberal^[7]
	1892	William Jacks	Liberal
	1895	James McKillop	Conservative
	1906	Donald Mackenzie Smeaton	Liberal
	1910	William Chapple	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	William Ramsay	45	54.9
	Whig	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming	37	45.1
Majority			8	9.8
Turnout			82	62.1
Registered electors			132
	Tory hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming	995	68.2	+23.1
	Tory	William Forbes	465	31.8	−23.1
Majority			530	36.4	N/A
Turnout			1,460	81.7	+19.6
Registered electors			1,787
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+23.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Forbes	779	50.7	+18.9
	Whig	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming	759	49.3	−18.9
Majority			20	1.4	N/A
Turnout			1,538	79.0	−2.7
Registered electors			1,948
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+18.9

Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirlingshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Stirlingshire
1708–1918
Seats	One
Replaced by	Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire Stirling & Clackmannan Western

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Forbes	859	50.0	−0.7
	Whig	George Abercromby	858	50.0	+0.7
Majority			1	0.0	−1.4
Turnout			1,717	81.6	+2.6
Registered electors			2,105
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Forbes	1,019	53.2	+3.2
	Whig	Sir Michael Bruce, 7th Baronet	895	46.8	−3.2
Majority			124	6.4	+6.4
Turnout			1,914	82.4	+0.8
Registered electors			2,323
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Blackburn	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Erskine	726	51.2	*New*
	Conservative	Peter Blackburn	692	48.8	N/A
Majority			34	2.4	N/A
Turnout			1,418	73.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,943
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edmonstone	1,171	51.0	*New*
	Liberal	Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Baronet	1,127	49.0	N/A
Majority			44	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,298	81.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,837
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Cheney Bolton	1,606	56.3	+7.3
	Conservative	William Edmonstone	1,246	43.7	−7.3
Majority			360	12.6	N/A
Turnout			2,852	85.7	+4.7
Registered electors			3,328
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Cheney Bolton	6,454	62.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Hugh Shaw-Stewart	3,938	37.9	−5.8
Majority			2,516	24.2	+11.6
Turnout			10,392	83.2	−2.5
Registered electors			12,486
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Cheney Bolton	5,067	53.7	-8.4
	Liberal Unionist	Ernest Noel	4,360	46.3	+8.4
Majority			707	7.4	-16.8
Turnout			9,427	75.5	-7.7
Registered electors			12,486
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Jacks	5,296	50.4	-3.3
	Liberal Unionist	Ernest Noel	4,550	43.3	-3.0
	Scottish Trades Councils	Robert Chisholm Robertson	663	6.3	New
Majority			746	7.1	-0.3
Turnout			10,509	80.1	+4.6
Registered electors			13,128
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKillop	5,916	51.9	+8.6
	Liberal	William Jacks	5,489	48.1	−2.3
Majority			427	3.8	N/A
Turnout			11,405	79.6	-0.5
Registered electors			14,329
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKillop	6,325	51.2	-0.7
	Liberal	George Scott Robertson	6,023	48.8	+0.7
Majority			302	2.4	-1.4
Turnout			12,348	76.3	-3.3
Registered electors			16,179
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Mackenzie Smeaton	9,475	62.0	+13.2
	Conservative	James Graham	5,806	38.0	-13.2
Majority			3,669	24.0	N/A
Turnout			15,281	80.7	+4.4
Registered electors			18,942
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Chapple	10,122	61.2	-0.8
	Conservative	Robert Horne	6,417	38.8	+0.8
Majority			3,705	22.4	-1.6
Turnout			16,539	82.1	+1.4
Registered electors			20,144
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Chapple	9,183	58.6	-2.6
	Conservative	Robert Horne	6,487	41.4	+2.6
Majority			2,696	17.2	-5.2
Turnout			15,670	77.2	-4.9
Registered electors			20,294
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6