Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Wick Burghs
Wick Burghs
Former district of Burghs constituency; for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Cromartyshire and Tain Burghs
Replaced by	Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty

Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

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A similar constituency had been known as Tain Burghs from 1708 to 1832.

Election		Member^[5]	Party
1832		constituency created
	1832	James Loch	Whig^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
	1852	Samuel Laing	Radical^[10]
	1857	Lord John Hay	Whig^[11]
	1859	Samuel Laing	Liberal
	1860 by-election	William Keppel, Viscount Bury	Liberal
	1865	Samuel Laing	Liberal
	1868	George Loch	Liberal
	1872 by-election	John Pender	Liberal
	1885	John Macdonald Cameron	Liberal
	1892	Sir John Pender	Liberal Unionist
	1896 by-election	Thomas Hedderwick	Liberal
	1900	Sir Arthur Bignold	Liberal Unionist
	1910	Robert Munro	Liberal
	1916	Robert Munro	Coalition Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Loch	270	58.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Dempster	189	41.2	New
Majority			81	17.6	N/A
Turnout			459	61.9	N/A
Registered electors			742
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

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Wick Burghs
Former district of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Cromartyshire and Tain Burghs
Replaced by	Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Samuel Laing	233	53.6	*N/A*
	Whig	James Loch	202	46.4	N/A
Majority			31	7.2	N/A
Turnout			435	62.2	N/A
Registered electors			699
	Radical gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Hay	318	59.9	*N/A*
	Whig	Alexander Nesbitt Shaw^[13]	213	40.1	N/A
Majority			105	19.8	N/A
Turnout			531	83.6	+21.4
Registered electors			635
	Whig gain from Radical		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Loch	851	57.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	Samuel Laing	635	42.7	N/A
Majority			216	14.6	N/A
Turnout			1,486	88.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,673
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pender	704	58.6	*N/A*
	Independent Liberal	Robert Reid^[15]^[16]	498	41.4	New
Majority			206	17.2	+2.6
Turnout			1,202	83.5	−5.3
Registered electors			1,439
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pender	857	54.0	*N/A*
	Liberal	James Bryce^[17]	730	46.0	N/A
Majority			127	8.0	−6.6
Turnout			1,587	88.5	−0.3
Registered electors			1,793
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wick Radical Workingmen's Association	John Macdonald Cameron	913	51.3	*New*
	Liberal	John Pender	868	48.7	N/A
Majority			45	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,781	88.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,015
	Wick Radical Workingmen's Association gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Macdonald Cameron	910	57.0	+8.3
	Liberal Unionist	John Denison-Pender^[20]	686	43.0	New
Majority			224	14.0	N/A
Turnout			1,596	79.2	−9.2
Registered electors			2,015
	Liberal gain from Wick Radical Workingmen's Association		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Pender	952	53.6	+10.6
	Liberal	John Macdonald Cameron	825	46.4	−10.6
Majority			127	7.2	N/A
Turnout			1,777	80.5	+1.3
Registered electors			2,208
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.6

General election 1906: Wick Burghs^[23]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Bignold	1,362	51.8	−0.8
	Liberal	William Thomson	1,266	48.2	+0.8
Majority			96	3.6	−1.6
Turnout			2,628	91.0	+11.1
Registered electors			2,887
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-0.8

General election December 1910: Wick Burghs^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Munro	1,515	53.7	−1.2
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Bignold	1,304	46.3	+1.2
Majority			211	7.4	−2.4
Turnout			2,819	92.8	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

1913 Wick Burghs by-election^[24]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Munro	1,577	58.2	+4.5
	Unionist (Conservative)	A.G. Mackenzie	1,134	41.8	−4.5
Majority			443	16.4	+9.0
Turnout			2,711	87.6	−5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hedderwick	1,054	55.6	+6.3
	Liberal Unionist	William Charles Smith	842	44.4	−6.3
Majority			212	11.2	N/A
Turnout			1,896	83.3	+1.6
Registered electors			2,277
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Bignold	1,154	52.6	+1.9
	Liberal	Thomas Hedderwick	1,041	47.4	−1.9
Majority			113	5.2	+3.8
Turnout			2,195	79.9	−1.8
Registered electors			2,746
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Munro	1,537	54.9	+6.7
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Bignold	1,262	45.1	−6.7
Majority			275	9.8	N/A
Turnout			2,799	92.7	+1.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+6.7