Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivision	Kincardineshire
1708–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Kincardineshire
Replaced by	Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire

Kincardineshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).

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	Member	Party
1708	Sir David Ramsay, Bt
1710	Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt
1713	James Scott
1734	John Falconer
1741	Sir James Carnegie, Bt
1765	Sir Alexander Ramsay-Irvine, 6th Bt
1768	Robert Hepburn
1774	Lord Adam Gordon
1788	Robert Barclay Allardice
1797	Sir John Wishart-Belches
1806	William Adam
1812	George Harley Drummond
1820	Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt
1826	Sir Hugh Arbuthnot	Tory^[6]
1834	Sir Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative^[6]
1865	James Dyce Nicol	Liberal
1872	Sir George Balfour	Liberal
1892	John William Crombie	Liberal
1908	Arthur Murray	Liberal

Creation

Kincardineshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivision	Kincardineshire
1708–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Kincardineshire
Replaced by	Kincardine & Western Aberdeenshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Dyce Nicol	490	63.0	*New*
	Conservative	Thomas Gladstone	288	37.0	N/A
Majority			202	26.0	N/A
Turnout			778	78.8	N/A
Registered electors			987
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour	941	63.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Badenach Nicolson^[9]	533	36.2	New
Majority			408	27.6	N/A
Turnout			1,474	83.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,767
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour	1,037	67.5	+3.7
	Conservative	David Sinclair^[10]	500	32.5	−3.7
Majority			537	35.0	+7.4
Turnout			1,537	83.6	+0.2
Registered electors			1,838
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour	3,160	71.4	+3.9
	Conservative	David Scott Porteous	1,267	28.6	−3.9
Majority			1,893	42.8	+7.8
Turnout			4,427	79.3	−4.3
Registered electors			5,580
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Crombie	2,444	64.0	*N/A*
	Kincardineshire Church Defence	Johnston Stephen^{[n 1]}	1,376	36.0	New
Majority			1,068	28.0	N/A
Turnout			3,820	66.8	N/A
Registered electors			5,719
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Crombie	2,603	56.1	−7.9
	Conservative	Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis	2,040	43.9	New
Majority			563	12.2	−15.8
Turnout			4,643	78.7	+11.9
Registered electors			5,897
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Crombie	3,092	66.8	+10.7
	Conservative	James Mowat	1,536	33.2	−10.7
Majority			1,556	33.6	+21.4
Turnout			4,628	72.2	−6.5
Registered electors			6,410
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Crombie	3,877	71.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Sydney Gammell	1,524	28.2	−5.0
Majority			2,353	43.6	+10.0
Turnout			5,401	76.4	+4.2
Registered electors			7,067
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Murray	3,661	65.1	−6.7
	Conservative	Sydney Gammell	1,963	34.9	+6.7
Majority			1,698	30.2	−13.4
Turnout			5,624	79.0	+2.6
Registered electors			7,119
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Murray	3,926	67.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Robert Pearson	1,891	32.5	−2.4
Majority			2,035	35.0	+4.8
Turnout			5,817	81.0	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4