Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Former university constituency for the House of Commons
1868–1918
Seats	1
Replaced by	Combined Scottish Universities

Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1][2]	Party
	1868	James Moncreiff	Liberal
	1869 by-election	Edward Gordon	Conservative
	1876 by-election	William Watson	Conservative
	1880	James Alexander Campbell	Conservative
	1906	Sir Henry Craik	Unionist
1918		constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election December 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Craik	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election January 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Craik	4,879	58.9	+9.9
	Free Trader	Frederick Pollock	3,411	41.1	+24.0
Majority			1,468	17.8	+2.7
Turnout			8,290	70.8	+2.2
Registered electors			11,705
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Craik	3,543	49.0	N/A
	Liberal	Alexander Murison	2,450	33.9	New
	Free Trader	W.R. Smith	1,240	17.1	N/A
Majority			1,093	15.1	N/A
Turnout			7,233	68.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,545
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1892: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1885: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1880: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	2,520	54.1	N/A
	Liberal	Alexander Asher	2,139	45.9	N/A
Majority			381	8.2	N/A
Turnout			4,659	78.1	N/A
Registered electors			5,969
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 14 Nov 1876: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Watson	2,392	57.2	N/A
	Liberal	Anderson Kirkwood[7]	1,788	42.8	New
Majority			604	14.4	N/A
Turnout			4,180	77.6	N/A
Registered electors			5,389
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Gordon's appointment as a Lord of Appeal, becoming Lord Gordon of Drumearn.

By-election, 14 Mar 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gordon	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Gordon's appointment as Lord Advocate.

General election 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gordon	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,776
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 22 November 1869: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gordon	2,120	56.7	+7.3
	Liberal	Archibald Smith[8]	1,616	43.3	−7.3
Majority			504	13.4	N/A
Turnout			3,736	85.5	−8.1
Registered electors			4,368
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.3

• Caused by Moncreiff's appointment as Lord Justice Clerk and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Moncreiff.

General election 1868: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Moncreiff	2,067	50.6	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Gordon	2,020	49.4	N/A
Majority			47	1.2	N/A
Turnout			4,087	93.6	N/A
Registered electors			4,368
	Liberal win (new seat)

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 616. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
3. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1916
4. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
6. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
7. "The Representation of the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities". Dundee Courier. 22 September 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen". Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser. 9 November 1869. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.