Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1918}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2007}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Hawick Burghs
|parliament = uk
|map1 =
|map2 =
|map_entity =
|map_year =
|year = 1868
|abolished = 1918
|type = District of burghs
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
|next = Roxburgh and Selkirk
|region = Scotland
|county = Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire
|towns = Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk
}}
Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consisted of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|h|2|date=March 2012}} | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1868 |rowspan="2"| George Trevelyan | Liberal | |||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
|1886 | |||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1886 | Liberal | |||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1892 | Liberal | later Baron Craigmyle | |||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | | |||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 1918
|colspan="3"| constituency abolished |
Election results
File:George Otto Trevelyan portrait early career.jpg
George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1868 general election and again after acceptance of office at a by-election on 14 January 1869.Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,335
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Trevelyan was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 4 Jan 1869: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,729
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Hawick Burghs {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
|votes=3,518
|percentage= 86.4
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party= Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate= James Thomas Spencer Elliot{{cite news|title=General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001507/18800413/068/0005|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=Aberdeen Free Press|date=13 Apr 1880|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Death of Sir Walter Elliot|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/18870303/106/0003|accessdate=20 December 2017|work=Southern Reporter|date=3 March 1887|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes= 553
|percentage= 13.6
|change= New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes= 2,965
|percentage= 72.8
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=4,071
|percentage=82.7
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,920
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing= N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Trevelyan was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 18 May 1882: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Trevelyan was appointed Secretary for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 10 Feb 1886: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Trevelyan
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Hawick Burghs Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Alexander Laing Brown
|votes=2,523
|percentage=50.3
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=George Trevelyan
|votes=2,493
|percentage=49.7
|change=New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=30
|percentage=0.6
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=5,016
|percentage=88.3
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,679
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Hawick Burghs Whitaker's Almanack, 1893{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Shaw
|votes=3,004
|percentage=53.2
|change=+2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=Robert Fraser Watson
|votes=2,639
|percentage=46.8
|change=-2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=365
|percentage=6.4
|change=+5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=5,643
|percentage=89.7
|change=+1.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,291
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+2.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
Shaw was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin|title=1894 Hawick Burghs by-electionWhitaker's Almanack, 1893}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Shaw
|votes=3,203
|percentage=55.6
|change=+2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton
|votes=2,556
|percentage=44.4
|change=-2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=647
|percentage=11.2
|change=+4.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=5,759
|percentage=91.4
|change=+1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,302
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Hawick Burghs
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Shaw
|votes=3,033
|percentage=54.5
|change= +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=John Sanderson
|votes=2,531
|percentage=45.5
|change= −1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=502
|percentage=9.0
|change= +2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 5,564
|percentage=87.5
|change= −2.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,357
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing= +1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Hawick Burghs Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Shaw
|votes=2,611
|percentage=52.3
|change=−2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=John Sanderson
|votes=2,386
|percentage=47.7
|change=+2.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=225
|percentage=4.6
|change=−4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=4,997
|percentage=85.1
|change=−2.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,869
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing= −2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Hawick Burghs Whitaker's Almanack, 1907}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Shaw
|votes=3,125
|percentage=56.1
|change=+3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=Arthur Conan Doyle
|votes=2,444
|percentage=43.9
|change=−3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=681
|percentage=12.2
|change=+7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=5,569
|percentage=92.0
|change=+6.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,053
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+3.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
File:Halford Mackinder (1).jpg
{{Election box begin|title=1909 Hawick Burghs by-electionThe Times, 6 March 1909}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=John Barran
|votes=3,028
|percentage=54.7
|change=−1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate=Halford Mackinder
|votes=2,508
|percentage=45.3
|change=+1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=520
|percentage=9.4
|change=−2.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=5,536
|percentage=92.8
|change=+0.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,968
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing= −1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election January 1910: Hawick Burghs }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate= John Barran
|votes=3,261
|percentage=59.0
|change=+4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate= James Graham (Scottish politician)|James Graham
|votes=2,268
|percentage=41.0
|change=-4.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=993
|percentage=18.0
|change=+8.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 5,529
|percentage=91.7
|change=-1.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+4.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election December 1910: Hawick Burghs Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=John Barran
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John Barran
- Unionist: Norman W. Grieve
References
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