Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Stirling, Culross, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing and Queensferry

The constituency comprised the burghs of Stirling in Stirlingshire, Dunfermline, and Inverkeithing in Fife, Queensferry, in Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), and Culross, which was an exclave of Perthshire, transferring to Fife in 1889. By 1832, the burgh of Queensferry had become the burgh of South Queensferry.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election.{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/constituencies/stirling-burghs

| title=Stirling Burghs

| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| accessdate = 27 March 2019 }}

{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/stirling-burghs

| title= Stirling Burghs

| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)| accessdate = 27 March 2019 }}

{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/constituencies/stirling-burghs

| title= Stirling Burghs

| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1754-1790)| accessdate = 27 March 2019 }}

{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/constituencies/stirling-burghs

| title= Stirling Burghs

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{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/stirling-burghs

| title= Stirling Burghs

| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1820-1832)| accessdate = 27 March 2019 }}

In 1918, Stirling became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs and Dunfermline became part of Dunfermline Burghs, with the other burghs being represented as part of their respective counties.

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1830: Stirling Burghs{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=Stirling Burghs |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/stirling-burghs |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=7 May 2020}}{{cite book |author1=Cook, Chris |author2=Stevenson, John |title=British Historical Facts 1760-1830 |date=1980 |publisher=Palgrave |location=Basingstoke |isbn=978-1-137-06465-3 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eE0BDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 |accessdate=7 May 2020 |doi = 10.1007/978-1-137-06465-3 |via = Google Books}}}}

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|candidate= James Johnston (MP)|James Johnston

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|candidate= Robert Downie (MP)|Robert Downie

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|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Archibald Primrose

|votes = 492

|percentage = 57.3

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|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= James Johnston (MP)|James Johnston

|votes = 366

|percentage = 42.7

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|votes = 126

|percentage = 14.6

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|votes = 858

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1835: Stirling Burghs}}

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|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Archibald Primrose

|votes = 418

|percentage = 54.8

|change = −2.5

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|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= John Crawfurd

|votes = 345

|percentage = 45.2

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|votes = 73

|percentage = 9.6

|change = -5.0

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|votes = 763

|percentage = 72.0

|change = −17.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,060

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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Primrose was appointed as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

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|candidate= Archibald Primrose

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1837: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Archibald Primrose

|votes = 455

|percentage = 99.6

|change = +44.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Perronet Thompson

|votes = 2

|percentage = 0.4

|change = −44.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 453

|percentage = 99.2

|change = +89.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 457

|percentage = 36.8

|change = −35.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,241

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +44.8

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Archibald Primrose

|votes = 438

|percentage = 51.0

|change = −48.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= James Aytoun

|votes = 420

|percentage = 49.0

|change = +48.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18

|percentage = 2.0

|change = −97.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 858

|percentage = 75.2

|change = +38.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,141

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −48.6

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: Stirling Burghs{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18470802/012/0003 |accessdate=17 August 2019 |work=London Daily News |date=2 August 1847 |pages=2–3 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= John Benjamin Smith

|votes = 345

|percentage = 42.4

|change = −6.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland{{cite news |title=The Stirling Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000160/18470817/015/0002 |accessdate=17 August 2019 |work=Dundee Courier |date=17 August 1847 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 312

|percentage = 38.4

|change = -12.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Alexander Alison

|votes = 156

|percentage = 19.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 33

|percentage = 4.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 813

|percentage = 72.3

|change = −2.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,125

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1852: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= James Anderson

|votes = 431

|percentage = 51.2

|change = +8.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Miller{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000296/18520706/003/0002 |accessdate=4 September 2018 |work=Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser |date=6 July 1852 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 411

|percentage = 48.8

|change = −8.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 20

|percentage = 2.4

|change = -1.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 842

|percentage = 76.8

|change = +4.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,097

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = +8.8

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1857: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate=James Anderson

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,149

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1859: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Caird

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,224

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1865: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Laurence Oliphant

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,262

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

Oliphant resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 30 April 1868: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=John Ramsay

|votes= 565

|percentage= 53.4

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes= 494

|percentage= 46.6

|change=N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 71

|percentage = 6.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,059

|percentage = 84.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,257

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: Stirling BurghsDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes=2,201

|percentage= 56.7

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=John Ramsay

|votes=1,682

|percentage= 43.3

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 519

|percentage = 13.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,883

|percentage = 88.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,372

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,779

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Stirling 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=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes= 2,906

|percentage= 95.7

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= James Gibson-Maitland{{cite news|title=Stirling Burghs Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000478/18800320/031/0001|accessdate=11 December 2017|work=Dunfermline Saturday Press|date=20 March 1880|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 132

|percentage= 4.3

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,774

|percentage = 91.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,038

|percentage = 63.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,807

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{election box end}}

Campbell-Bannerman was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

{{Compact ToC election decades|

|decade1 = 1880s

|decade2 = 1890s

|decade3 = 1900s

|decade4 = 1910s

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Stirling BurghsDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

A by-election was called after Campbell-Bannerman accepted office as Secretary of State for War as at that time Cabinet Ministers were required on appointment to submit themselves for re-election.

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

File:1895_Henry_Campbell-Bannerman.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Stirling BurghsDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes=2,440

|percentage=62.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=John Pender

|votes=1,471

|percentage=37.6

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=969

|percentage=24.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 3,911

|percentage= 74.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,228

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Stirling Burghs{{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=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes=2,791

|percentage=62.2

|change=-0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Walter Hughes

|votes=1,695

|percentage=37.8

|change=+0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,096

|percentage=24.4

|change=-0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 4,486

|percentage=80.3

|change=+5.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,590

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-0.2

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{{election box end}}

Campbell-Bannerman was appointed Secretary of State for War requiring a by-election.Whitaker's Almanack, 1893

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Stirling BurghsDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes=2,783

|percentage=62.7

|change=+0.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Cunningham Macaskie

|votes=1,656

|percentage=37.3

|change=-0.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,127

|percentage=25.4

|change=+1.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,439

|percentage=73.9

|change=−6.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,007

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+0.5

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{{election box end}}

File:Picture of Henry Campbell-Bannerman.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Stirling Burghs{{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=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

|votes=2,715

|percentage=56.6

|change=-6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Oliver Thomas Duke

|votes=2,085

|percentage=43.4

|change=+6.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=630

|percentage=12.2

|change=-12.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,800

|percentage=74.7

|change=+0.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,422

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-6.1

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Stirling Burghs}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Campbell-Bannerman

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{election box end}}

File:Arthur_Ponsonby.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=1908 Stirling Burghs by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Ponsonby

|votes=3,873

|percentage=60.7

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=William Whitelaw

|votes=2,512

|percentage=39.3

|change=New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,361

|percentage=21.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,385

|percentage=84.5

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,558

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election January 1910: Stirling Burghs

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Ponsonby

|votes=4,471

|percentage=64.9

|change=+4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Neil Cochran-Patrick

|votes=2,419

|percentage=35.1

|change=-4.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,052

|percentage=29.8

|change=+8.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 6,890

|percentage=84.6

|change=+0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election December 1910: Stirling BurghsDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Ponsonby

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{election box end}}

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