Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, Lauder and North Berwick.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.
History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1885 general election.
In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1708 Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet1722 Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet1734 James Fall1742 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet1747 Andrew Fletcher1761 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet1768 Patrick Warrender1774 John Maitland1780 Francis Charteris1787 William Fullarton1790 Thomas Maitland1796 Robert Baird1802 Thomas Maitland1805 Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet1806 Henry ErskineWhig1806 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWhig1807 Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet1812 Thomas Maitland1813 Anthony Maitland1818 Dudley NorthWhig1820 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet1826 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetToryMay 1831 Robert Steuart Whig(Unseated on petition)August 1831 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetTory1832 Robert SteuartWhig1841 James Maitland BalfourConservative1847 Sir Henry Ferguson Davie Whig1859 Liberal1878 Lord William HayLiberal1879 Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd BaronetLiberal1882 Alexander Craig SellarLiberal
Election results Elections in the 1830s
On petition, Steuart was unseated in favour of Dalrymple
Steuart was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Davie resigned, causing a by-election.
Hay succeeded to the peerage, becoming the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Elections in the 1880s
Wedderburn resigned, causing a by-election.
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