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 Member Party1868 Lyon Playfair, later Baron Playfair Liberal 1885 John Macdonald Conservative 1888 by-election Moir Tod Stormonth Darling Conservative 1890 by-election Sir Charles Pearson Conservative 1896 by-election Sir William Overend Priestley Conservative 1900 by-election Sir John Batty Tuke ConservativeJan. 1910Sir Robert Finlay, later Viscount Finlay Liberal Unionist 1912 Unionist 1916 by-election Christopher Nicholson Johnston Unionist 1917 by-election Sir Watson Cheyne Unionist1918 constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities
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
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