Hawick Burghs

Hawick Burghs
Hawick Burghs
Former district of burghs constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire
Major settlements	Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk
1868–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Roxburghshire; Selkirkshire
Replaced by	Roxburgh 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.

Major settlementsHawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk

SeatsOne

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Election		Member^[1]	Party	Notes
	1868	George Trevelyan	Liberal
	1886	George Trevelyan	Liberal Unionist
	1886	Alexander Laing Brown	Liberal
	1892	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	later Baron Craigmyle
	1909 by-election	Sir John Barran	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Trevelyan	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Trevelyan	3,518	86.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Thomas Spencer Elliot^[4]^[5]	553	13.6	New
Majority			2,965	72.8	N/A
Turnout			4,071	82.7	N/A
Registered electors			4,920
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Members of Parliament

Hawick Burghs
Former district of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire
Major settlements	Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk
1868–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Roxburghshire Selkirkshire
Replaced by	Roxburgh and Selkirk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Laing Brown	2,523	50.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Unionist	George Trevelyan	2,493	49.7	New
Majority			30	0.6	N/A
Turnout			5,016	88.3	N/A
Registered electors			5,679
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	3,004	53.2	+2.9
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Fraser Watson	2,639	46.8	−2.9
Majority			365	6.4	+5.8
Turnout			5,643	89.7	+1.4
Registered electors			6,291
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	3,203	55.6	+2.4
	Liberal Unionist	Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton	2,556	44.4	−2.4
Majority			647	11.2	+4.8
Turnout			5,759	91.4	+1.7
Registered electors			6,302
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	3,033	54.5	+1.3
	Liberal Unionist	John Sanderson	2,531	45.5	−1.3
Majority			502	9.0	+2.6
Turnout			5,564	87.5	−2.2
Registered electors			6,357
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	2,611	52.3	−2.2
	Liberal Unionist	John Sanderson	2,386	47.7	+2.2
Majority			225	4.6	−4.4
Turnout			4,997	85.1	−2.4
Registered electors			5,869
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	3,125	56.1	+3.8
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Conan Doyle	2,444	43.9	−3.8
Majority			681	12.2	+7.6
Turnout			5,569	92.0	+6.9
Registered electors			6,053
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barran	3,028	54.7	−1.4
	Liberal Unionist	Halford Mackinder	2,508	45.3	+1.4
Majority			520	9.4	−2.8
Turnout			5,536	92.8	+0.8
Registered electors			5,968
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barran	3,261	59.0	+4.3
	Liberal Unionist	James Graham (Scottish politician)	2,268	41.0	−4.3
Majority			993	18.0	+8.6
Turnout			5,529	91.7	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3