Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Electorate
As a university constituency, the constituency had no geographical basis. Instead, its electorate consisted of graduates from the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
- Pearson was raised to the Bench, as a Senator of the College of Justice.
- Stormonth-Darling was raised to the Bench, as a Senator of the College of Justice.
Elections in the 1880s
- Caused by Macdonald's appointment as Lord Justice Clerk, becoming Lord Kingsburgh.
- Caused by Macdonald being appointed Lord Advocate.
At Edinburgh Playfair had received 1,742 votes and Bickersteth 1,526, and at St Andrew's Playfair received 512 votes and Bickersteth 698. Eleven of Playfair's ballot papers had not been counted "Owing to certain information".
Elections in the 1870s
- Caused by Playfair's appointment as Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.
Elections in the 1860s
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 617. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 571. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
