Background Information
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
17 Nov. 1868 E. BAINES (JUNR.) (Lib)
15,941
R.M. CARTER (Lib)
15,105
W. ST.J. WHEELHOUSE (Con)
9,437
Sir A. Fairbairn (Lib)
5,658
Hon. A. Duncombe (Con)
5,621
31 Jan. 1874 R.M. CARTER (Lib)
15,390
W. ST.J. WHEELHOUSE (Con)
14,864
R. TENNANT (Con)
13,194
E. Baines (Junr.) (Lib)
11,850
F.R. Lees (Lib)
5,954
1 July 1876 J. BARRAN (Lib) Resignation of Carter
16,672
W.L. Jackson (Con)
13,774
31 Mar. 1880 W.E. GLADSTONE (Lib)
24,622
J. BARRAN (Lib)
23,647
W.L. JACKSON (Con)
13,331
W.St.J. Wheelhouse (Con)
11,965
1 July 1880 H.J. GLADSTONE (Lib) Gladstone elects to sit for Edinburghshire
1 July 1881 H.J. GLADSTONE (Lib) Appt of Gladstone as Lord Cmmssr of the Treasury
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