1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
â 1874 31 March â 27 April 1880 1885 â
â outgoing members elected members â
All 60 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
	Results of the 1880 election in Scotland Liberal Conservative

A general election was held in the United Kingdom between 31 March and 27 April 1880 and members were returned for all 60 seats in Scotland.^[2] Scotland was allocated 54 territorial seats, comprising 22 burgh constituencies and 32 county constituencies,^[c] and two university constituencies, Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities. As voters in university constituencies voted in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.

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Of particular note was the Scottish-based Midlothian campaign of William Gladstone.

Party		Seats	Last Election	Seats change
	Liberal	53	41	12
	Conservative	7	19	12
Total		72	60	12

Party		Seats^[2]	Seats change	Votes^[2]	%	% Change
	Liberal	52	12	195,517	70.1	1.7
	Conservative	6	12	75,145	29.9	1.7
Total		60		269,662	100.0
Turnout:					80.0^[3]	9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	Lyon Playfair	2,522	50.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Edward Robert Bickersteth^[6]	2,448	49.3	New
Majority			74	1.4	N/A
Turnout			4,970	83.3	N/A
Registered electors			5,966
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	James Alexander Campbell	unopposed	unopposed	*N/A*
	Conservative hold

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